Second Clay Project!

The project was to make an animal.  At first i was thinking about making a piggybank, but I decided against it.. so I made a frog!!

This is what I've got right now! Once the clay dries a bit I'm gonna carve out the webbing between his little froggy toes, and a bit of texture over the body, and make his little froggy face a bit more defined.. =] I'm really happy with it right now.

Update! Got him all glazed up and in the kiln. The leg broke off, and into two parts. So I managed to get the parts of the leg together with glaze, and I'll end up gluing them on after he's been fired...  I hope he turns out good..

First firing! Obviously the leg didn't stay together like i thought it might.. oh well! I need to do several more layers of glaze as well as a few more firings to get some detail in the belly and eyes.. he should still come out well.

So i did a few more layers of glaze and lost patience with this project, but in between firings, a friend of mine had shown this piece to a favorite teacher of mine, who just so happens to be IN LOVE with frogs. So, after a bit of reasoning with myself, i decided to make her day and give her the frog to add to her collection.

First attempt at water color in.... forever?

Alrighty, now I'm gonna try my hand at watercolor. I've opted to do a fairy, because I love 'em =]

I started out with a pretty rough sketch.. pencil on watercolor paper. No big deal. I'm not quite where I want to be with human figures just yet.. but I'm getting there. This pencil didn't erase well.. I'm not sure if it was primarily the paper, pencil or eraser, but I'm bummed out that I can still see the initial lines. =[

Once I was finished with my pencil drawing, I decided I wanted to make my lines more defined, so I went over my pencil with ink. I then went back and erased what I could. I'm upset that the ink blotted at the toe and in part of the wing.. I'm hoping I can find a decent way to cover the blots up.

Finished! I think I might make a watercolor collage with this at some point.. I'll keep you posted.