The tall creature is much easier to paint than to make.

Little ceramic monsters will show up in my shop sometime. All the in-progress ones in the photo are sold already. :)

Finally, after months of working on this thing, it is ready to paint! I still have to work on the wood base that it will be attached to. I am so excited to finally be done with the sculpting on it!!!

A small long-legged dragon beast. He will be gray with yellow ochre.

The lion creature again, with a quick coat of pale yellow. His accents will be in bronze. Should I stick with the yellow or try teal?

Several works in progress. The top photo is of two large sculptures I just started working on. The shorter one still needs some armature pieces added. The taller one is currently 12 inches tall, so the finished piece will probably be between 13 and 14 inches tall. Both of these will be made with air-drying clay.

The other photo has two more long-legged dragon beasts that are almost ready to paint. They both still need a little work on their legs and the smaller one needs some work on his back. There’s another little alien in the painting phase.

My lion-like creature finally has feet and is ready for paint! I don’t know where he came from; he isn’t even in my sketchbook. Sometimes, creatures just happen.

And the turtle… Odd fact: I used to make turtles when I first started sculpting years ago. I think I originally picked turtles because I thought they would be easy to make. They’re not. Turtles are all weird and wrinkled and lumpy and have odd crevices where various limbs stick out at odd angles. I didn’t give up because I’m stubborn. Now I still get the occasional request for a turtle. (and I gripe and grumble through the entire sculpting process) The last one I made was pink!