Technology

Modeling Clay Animal

This is Hogitha. She is princess of Pen state. Her subjects consider her to be just a little piglet. Someday, however, she'll grow to be the queen everyone's dreamed of. Pen state is the messiest place in the world and she plans to keep it that way if not make it even dirtier. It's actually something she takes pride in. The beautiful mounds of mud she can swim in is like a day at the spa for her. It's really a miracle she was clean when she posed for her sculpture. It was also difficult for her to not be eating for that long. Hogitha loves to eat. Mostly she eats slop. She never gets bored of it though because it changes from day to day. Sometimes it's leftover pizza. Other days it's week old Chinese take out. Her favorite is half eaten BBQ chicken though. Something about the previous persons saliva really leaves her mouth watering. At the end of the day, Hogitha is just your average fair tale pig. She dreams of living in a brick house and worries only about the big bad wolf. No wonder her subjects love her so much!

Wire Sculpture

This is my circus lion. He is about to pounce. I made this lion by using only my right hand and my teeth. The reason why I did this was to simulate not having a limb. To be honest it was one of the hardest things I've ever done in school. I was so frustrated with myself and the wire. Everything took much longer than I wanted it to and I ended up not putting some things I had originally planned. Taking that much longer would have made me go crazy. From this exercise I realized that some of my students are going to need more time to complete things and they might still not be able to finish. They might have to simplify things. It also helped me see how some things are going to make my students very frustrated and they might really dislike an assignment just because it's hard. Overall, it was a good experience.

Watercolor Resist

Scratchboard ABC's

Color Wheel

Watercolor Techniques