water drops and the fly

Well I added some of the final touches to the sculpture... Some EPOXY water drops and the fly. I will get the project clear coated next week and see about adding more water drops. They kinda look cool but are difficult and costly to achieve. Once the whole thing is clear coated you will see the colors and drops pop off more.

after airbrushing

So today, Easter Sunday, I spent several hours airbrushing. It sure does add a lot of character to the frog. The crowning finally will be the fly, which has yet to be created. I also need to do more work on the eyes. All in all the frog is 95% done (without counting clear coating) I think I also want to mess with adding some "waterdrops" to the lillypad. Still thinking on that.. perhaps some type of epoxy. I am happy with how it is turning out. :)

um... excuse me!

Mellisa's cat, Dexter, took up residence on top of my frog. lol
Cats just have to be on top of everything!

frog painting!

Today I started paitning the frog, it's the first step. After the first coat I will detail more, shade more and then break out the airbrush. The airbrush is what will really give it the depth and detail that I am envisioning. (note: the lilly pad isn't colord yet.) I debated whether or not to do more frog realistic eyes, but then again I really wanted a cartoony look. And yes I still need to do the crowning FLY on the tongue. Also figured out it stands a little over 3ft today.

Camp Au Sable

Photos taken at last weekend's woman's retreat at Camp Au Sable,
in Grayling. The squirrel was a greta shot!

frog dissection

Well, I had to do some surgery today on the frog. After constructing the other arm yesterday I felt that the frog's left arm needed to come out and away from his body. I cut off the old arm and made a new one, looks much better now. More character. I have it propped up for drying.

We have an ARM!

We have a arm! If you haven't noticed the arm on the other side of the body is closer to the body.
Soon we can start painting!