Mastodawn

Happy Caturday. To celebrate the occasion, I made this cat.

I was a little worried it wouldn't turn out quite as I hoped. The ears, in particular, concerned me. I got the thinking maybe I could make them a little more triangular, so nobody mistakes it for a Chihuahua or something. I also thought about making it some eyes, but as I said last night, all the green clay dried up. Furthermore, all the black clay that would have used for a nose and pupils for the eyes mostly went towards another project entirely.

After showing it to my wife and my brother-in-law, though, they assure me that you can definitely tell it's supposed to be a cat.

Those initial concerns aside, I got to say, I'm actually quite proud of how this little kitty cat turned out. Probably one of my best works to date, if I do say so myself.

#clay #modelingclay #airdryclay #sculpture #cats #Caturday #Crayola #MoldMagic

Cyclops Mar 4

My modeling clay gymnast is complete.

Adding the hair to the base figure ended up being a lot easier than I thought. Although I thought for sure at one point, the head was going to break off. Thankfully, that didn't happen.

By contrast, the leotard ended up being pretty challenging. Not impossible, or even difficult, necessarily, but I kept worrying about little details like one sleeve being thicker than the other, or that she might be showing too much hip on this side, etc.

All in all, I think it turned out okay. Again, I kind of wish I had more white clay to work with, if only to make more detailed hands and feet, and maybe attempt some approximation of a face. But all in all, I'm kind of proud of how this one turned out.

, this is also giving me the inspiration and motivation to possibly make other figurines.

#clay #sculpture #gymnast #figurine #Crayola #MoldMagic #airdryclay #modelingclay

Cyclops Mar 2

The beginning of my latest sculpting project. Made using Crayola mold magic.

So far, I have the main body. I'm hoping to add some hair, and a leotard in order to make it a proper gymnast sculpture.

Not going to lie, I feel kind of ripped off. The variety pack I bought the other day came with one really large glob of red, one large glob of blue, and four teeny tiny globs of yellow, green, black, and white.

I hope this figure turns out okay. I feel like I could have added more detail if I had more clay to work with. In particular, I could have given it a face, maybe some more detailed hands and feet, etc.

I'm also not thrilled with the fact that the abdomen is as long as it is, but it's too late to fix now.

I'll probably give my final verdict of mold magic when I finished everything, but for now, I'd say it's okay.

#clay #modelingclay #sculpture #gymnast #WIP #CRAYOLA #MoldMagic #airdryclay

Sam Feb 20

Birdy! 🐦 Drew this back in 2020.

#crayola #markerart #animalart #birdart #fediart #mastoart #traditionalart #sketchbook

Sam Feb 17

Oriole artwork from 2023 :) I had mixed feelings on the background at the time, but now I don't mind it. Adds a fun pop of color and interest 💙

#birdart #markerart #animalart #crayola #art

Michelle Still Art Jan 19

A little practice idea, felt pens and ink on watercolour paper. I do enjoy using Crayola felt pens and crayons, feels like I have more permission to just play instead of worrying about wasting expensive art products.

#artlife #sketchbook #crayola #artexperiment

Sam Jan 13

Happy #PortfolioDay 🎨 My name is Sam, I'm a queer & disabled variety artist. 😊 I also teach art & share resources (stock photos, tutorials, etc) for artists on my Ko-Fi page!

✨ https://ko-fi.com/sambeawesome
⭐ https://vgen.co/sambeawesome/
❤️ https://www.sambeawesome.com/

#traditionalart #digitalart #furryart #art #animals #cat #painting #crayola #ocart #mastoartist