witch pin~



while i'm waiting for my clays to arrive i decided to get started on my new halloween project by making a practice witch head. obviously had fun with the eyes haha

here's a clay tip, if you have lots of scrap clay, you can use it to cheat. like if you have a limited amount of color, use the scrap for the bulk of the body of whatever your making then just cover it with a thin sheet of the color you need, like what i did with this witch and also the bangles i make , so you don't waste what precious clay you have and you get to use your scraps ^_^














going back to the witch, i don't have hair for her yet -- the white feathery stuff is actually the fuzz on a cow pen i have. Niiice :)--  but now i know what i'm going to be buying heheh  

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