Yes there is white resin urethane you can make your eye from

I didn't realize this until receiving many emails from my youtube channel. A lot of people weren't aware of white resin urethane .. So, I thought I would put the information up for those of you that are considering making doll eyes and you can use white for the eyeball. Check it out and see if its what your wanting. Hope this helps.

http://amazingmoldputty.com/ProdDetail.cfm?Category=Casting+Resin&Name=Alumilite+White+%28Amazing+Casting+Resin%29

Here's a tip that helps me out with sculpting a face

Here's something I do a lot and thought I would share it. When Im sculpting a face and going by a pic. I take a picture of my head in all different angles and then I take the pic Im using as a reference and I cut out the parts and place them on my dolls face. This will show me where Im off. This picture is just an example of when I was making a Marilyn Monroe. Back then I didn't have as good of a camera as I do now. But you get the idea. Use your software when sculpting. At first it felt awkward but now I can't do without.. Thanks to a very good friend who really pushed me to keep trying this Technique. Also by doing this in my software it expanding to where I can take the whole face and break it all down in planes. Take all the pieces and sculpt each one. Then its just putting the puzzle pieces together. I will have a tutorial this year on this Technique

How other people (artist) can play a role in our lives does this fit you?

This could be interesting for many... How other artist play roles in our own lives. 

Someone wrote to me and I really thought this one over whether or not to post it and I decided I would because I think it will hit home with many. She thanked me for sharing all my ways and not holding back on things because someone has said you can't do a certain thing. She stated that she's been making dolls now over 10 years and when she was first learning she was so excited and was sharing everything she was doing and she got hit hard. She found many artist were telling her she couldn't do a lot of things. She listened and went back to her sculpting table and started to do it the way they said and things weren't working out. She shared in groups with other artist that she took there information but she was having problems now what can she do. She was amazed because they pretty much ignored her which that was confusing because they were so helpful in the beginning but now they weren't... She went off to herself and sat at her table and just cried and felt so alone. What did she do to loose interaction with others? She kept visiting the groups and she would reply on something but no one seem to notice her not like before. Now it had become depressing and she stopped sculpting. Her heart felt empty and lost.. She had a lot going on at that time because one of her children was diagnosed with leukemia and the sculpting was giving her a place to take her focus off of her fear for awhile during the days. It had been two years she never touched the clay but she got through the days with her daughter due to a very good friend of hers. One day she was telling her friend how she loved playing with the clay and what happened. Her friend said something to her that clicked. Friend said, the experience was only for her and not to focus on what she felt they did to her. To only focus on what she thought they did only stopped her from doing something that felt good. So, the lady goes home and picks up her clay and has a nice talk with herself. And from that moment on she has been sculpting ever since and she stays to her self and never will join a group again. She, now only has a handful of real close artist friends and they share everything. Her daughter is in remission and she is playing sports and loving school. She said there's not a day that goes by that she is so grateful for her friend being there for her and saying some magical words that brought her back to herself and is sculpting her heart and soul out to the world.

When I read this letter it brought tears because I could relate somewhat of what she was saying. My story didn't play out like hers The way I played it out was all the negativity from others pushed me to only find myself through my art and I didn't give a hoot what others said. If I did then I needed to view myself only and see why it bothered me so much. How did I judge and how could I see that person in a different light. Now after reading this ladies letter to me I have another true artist friend that I can join in with her other artist friends to be totally open and share just a god given talent, art....

If any of you have a story or something you would like to share feel free to state it here. Its an open discussion and something you may say might help someone.. How many people new this lady here her daughter had leukemia. We never know whats behind a closed door and when we are honest and caring we don't need to know the details but we can enter through there door just as far as they can let us in. Why not the choice is ours...

Question taken from my art channel mail

Question; I have been experimenting with face foundation and I wanted to write you and thank you for sharing. I love it and your so right about just giving off a tone of color. It looks so natural. I do have a question my daughter has a foundation that is thicker then the Loreal I use for myself. I wanted to try my daughters just to experiment and see if there's a difference. I want to just thin it down a little and I was wondering if you ever thin makeup and what have you used? I did try a little baby oil but I didn't like it at all.

Yes, I do thin it down sometimes because I do a lot of blending so sometimes I need thicker and then thin. I have used a little bit of coconut oil or almond oil. These two work so well but you only use a tiny tiny bit.

Taken from my youtube channel and sharing here

Question I love making my own eye's and your tutorials have given me so many different ways to see what works for me. I want to thank you for that. I have a question and I make very small eye's 2mm and 3mm. After I color the iris sometimes its like a tunnel and the color is just all blurred. Then I try not making the hole so deep but when I do I end up with a flat iris and I don't like that effect do you have any suggestions?

I know what your talking about and making that small of an eye your going to run into that problem with certain colors least I did. I found when making them that small I had to place in the iris more high lights I just couldn't do very dark colors like on a larger eye. Just keep in mind that when working on something much smaller it takes less detail and you only put in an illusion.

Sealer for foundations

Question do I need to seal after I put face foundation on my doll? 

Well I never have because after the make up is applied I do wipe it and keep blending. There is always a lot of blending for me and really I see that as what the individual may be looking for in there doll to look. After I have it blended I let it set, dry. The way I can tell its dry is just by picking it up and feeling the doll it will feel not as moist. Then if I take my finger and swipe where I added the foundation it doesn't come off so easy as when I first apply it. When its at that stage I will bake it and the baking seems to be my sealer.

I have to say I really do love using the face foundations and in the present moment Im practicing and experimenting with two to three different Technics of painting my dolls. My plan is called change with polymer clay and I want a whole new look. Its time after 30 some years I think and I also feel there are unlimited ways of doing so.

Im also experimenting and yes I will always say practice with some sealers and so far its been going well. The one thing Im going for in a look with my dolls is a very natural look not painted. My goal is to have every part of my piece to just have a natural glow and not so much of just the polymer clay look. It's funny how we grow because when I first started with polymer clay I loved just the clay look now it looks like clay to me. My art teacher had told me a long time ago when you see one thing and then something else your expanding with art. Take everything to the next level because if you don't you get stuck.

New eye's

I'm always looking and playing around with making eye's for my doll's and I thought I would show you a sneak preview of what I have come up with.  I will be making a tutorial to show you step by step all free on my youtube channel this year 2015.  These eye's are not foil or paper.