Animal Head

The animal head I made was the head of a squirrel. When I started working with my clay, I spent a lot of time adding moisture to my clay to make it soft and workable. That helped for the first few days, but after a few days the clay started drying out. That made it difficult to work with and I had to try several times to add the eyes. The eyes were a big issue for me during this project, and even by the end, I still hadn't made the eyes perfectly level. It was also difficult to add the ears because they were so thin and delicate. I then had trouble painting the head, because I couldn't get the color just right. I decided to add white streaks to add texture and I really like the way it finally turned out.