Sculpting Mata Mata Turtle Chelus fimbriata Turtle Sculpture Polymer clay Life of Clay

• Mata mata turtle is a large freshwater and a sedentary turtle with large, triangular, flattened head with many tubercles and flaps of skin, that when triggered send signal to its brain and do a necessary action. It has a very long neck where it extend to reach the surface of the water to breath through its tubular snout act as a snorkel. • They can be found throughout the Amazon in northern South America, and in Orinoco is one of the two extant species in the genus Chelus, the other one being Chelus orinocensis. • Mata Mata’s plastron is narrowed, hinge less, shortened towards the front and deeply notched at the rear. With narrow bridge. The appearance of this turtle carapace resembles a piece of bark, and its head resembles fallen leaves, indeed a good camouflage they possess. Adult Mata Mata turtle’s carapace can measure up to 37 inches and weight up to 21kilogram. • Unaware small fish swim too close, and they disappear instantly,; sucked in by the Mata Mata’s wide powerful vacuum mouth when they open their jaws. Their eyes reflect lights similar to other nocturnal reptiles, so they’re predominantly feed at night, and kept them smiling all day long. Actually they are smiling, look at that smile. This is the first ever #turtlesculpture i made out of #polymerclay, a very interesting subject and for sure you going to love it guys. And may you find it helpful and useful. Did you guys enjoy my sculpting tutorials? Make sure to SUBSCRIBE and Hit that NOTIFICATION BELL ICON so you will be updated whenever a NEW VIDEO is up. Direct Link is here. RELATED VIDEOS: Red-eyed Tree Frog Samar Cobra Marine iguana OTHER MATERIALS: • Aluminum foil • 3mm Aluminum wire • 1mm Stainless steel wire • 2 parts epoxy • Cotton twine • Clear resin SCULPTING MEDIUM: • Sculpey original (pre-covering) • Sculpey premo grey (majority of the sculpture) • Sculpey premo translucent black (claws and snout) ACRYLIC PAINTS USED: Folkarts brand • Titanium white • Yellow ochre • Burnt umber • Burnt sienna • Raw umber • Black Armored Komodo Brands • Burnt umber • Insignia red • Thinner VARNISH:  Gloss Water-based Polyurethane Varnish ***You can also use other types and Brands of water based varnish Like, Decoart Americana; Varathane; Davies/ Boysen clear emulsion My OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS are: Pinterest - Instagram - Facebook page - Reddit - Imgur - Twitter – Thanks a ton Guys! Special thanks to the Music Artist: Sun by KV Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library