Category: Ceramic Sculpture

Clancy in Clay

Published on by Raud Kennedy7 Comments

P8230086P8230094 P8230093 P8230092 P8230091 P8230090 Creating dogs out of clay from photos stresses me out. I’ve procrastinated making this one for at least a month. When I began to think of it as a cartoon in clay, I finally relaxed and was able to make it. It needs to dry a couple days before I turn it upside down and hollow it out. I’ve never done the complete dog, body and all, before. I’ve only done just the head, some for hanging on the wall, others for sitting on a table, some with stands, others for sitting on their own. I did a series of them as candle holders also. Making the entire dog presents its own problems of proportion without letting the size of the dog get out of hand. Next comes painting it. Here are the photos I worked from.P7010033 P7010017 P7010025

First Brushing of Color on Next One

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This is the chocolate dog from a previous post. When I started painting the darker brown highlights on top of the chocolate, it just didn’t do anything for me so I’ve opted to paint it more like the one I just finished but with lighter colored eyes.

They’re always kind of strange looking at this stage in the painting process.

Another Hungry Ceramic Dog

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ceramic dog dandle holder 2The first one is almost dry enough to paint, so this one should be dry enough to paint in a little over a week. I hollowed it out more so it might dry a little faster than the first one.