Hare Hair~

February's theme for TDIPT Mercantile is, "Bird's, Bees, and Bunnies Too!" And my offerings for the update on February 1st are all about the bunnies. Here is one I worked on for hours! I haven't named her yet, but you can see a little of the painting process, once she was ready to prime and paint. She has a clay head and bust and is sewn onto a cloth body. Her "paws" are also molded out of clay. Because I'm not as "practiced" with molding clay, getting the head "just right" took a few days of sanding, applying more clay, sanding, etc. And when she was ready for paint, I thought...hmmmm, why not try to paint fur? I usually paint fur on canvas, not sculpted creatures, but thought I'd give it a try. Well, 5 colors (for depth and dimension), and several hours later......my hand hurt, but she was hairy! Here are a few photos of the process. (the photo of the back of the head shows the last color, a sandy white.)