Continuing the Oaxacan Animal theme...

I carted my Oaxacan carvings into my classes again, hoping it would inspire my students to get really creative.  We used Sculpey clay to create little animals. 

Fish, fish and more fish!

While the clay pots made the previous week were drying, this week's class drew underwater scenes using markers. I encouraged then to look for and add details from their photo references.

Jonathan really succeeded in creating a sense of depth in his drawing.

Alyssa and Emma

Abby and Esther worked as a team.

Matthew accepted a lot of challenges in this, like drawing that gnarly football fish!


Andrew... he hid since he ALWAYS has to make a super goofy face for the camera.

Meaghan concentrates on getting that coral just right!

Drew developed lots of textural patterns.

Finished birds

Stuart, Morgan and Ethan with their finished bird designs.