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It's not finished yet, but here's one of my first attempts at oil painting on stoneware clay. The clay has been fired first at around 900 degrees, then sanded, clay painted and glazed (at the base only), then fired again at around 1300 degrees I think (aka damn hot) and now I've started painting it.

As I said, not finished yet. I haven't painted the other side of it and I need to add to this side as well. But oil paint has that nice shimmer to it that is hard to get on camera, so in real life the coat already looks pretty nice simply because of characteristics of oil paint itself. I hope this works. I'll probably varnish it in some way once I feel good enough about the paint job.

To be continued...

(Also, this sculpture has a little secret. I'll show it once I'm finished painting it.)

Oil paint on stoneware clay, yes/no?

I've just started playing around with sculpture using stoneware clay. It's really fun, I'm loving it. And sure, glazing can look real good, and there are clay paints that can be used to pait and draw on it. And special wax crayons. There are alternatives.

However.

I really like oil paint. Because of how you can build up layer upon layer, and all the nuances and just how easy it is to work with. So now I wonder if I could use oil paint on stoneware clay.

Notes: This would not be on bowls and stuff that would be used. Only on sculptures that are to be seen but not touched. It also would not be covered with glaze, or in any way combined with anything else. Once I paint on the sculpture with oil paint - no more kiln. (Other parts of the sculpture could have glaze though, just not in combination with oil) The clay would be properly fired, and I don't mean I'd paint on glaze. Although, maybe matte glaze could work. I'd have to try.

So, sculptors and clayshapers of tumblr, do you think it would work? Have you tried? Did it stick properly? Did the clay suck up all oil and the pigments started dusting off? Any experience and thoughts are welcome. :>

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Unedited photos of an unfired stoneware clay sculpture I've made. Looking a bit ominous in the sharp light on a white table in the workshop.

Taking photos of stuff is hard. Really hard. But these I like (and like how they look together). I'll get some more photos of this once I've fired it and painted it.

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NOFFERATU! The fearfome blood fu-... Ok, question: Would you prefer to be bitten by a vampire with typical sharp teeth, or one with these?

Because on one hand, dull buckteeth probably wouldn't be able to pierce your skin - and you'd be able to get away. On the other hand... if the vampire is hellbent on drinking your blood, being bitten open by those things would probably be like being cut open by a spoon or butter knife.

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Happy Halloween from the pumpkin patch!

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'Tis Halloween now, folks! Happy Halloween!

Don't let the vampires bite! (Or do, whatever you're into)

(The drawing's old but it has a boopable snout)

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Cleaned up an old drawing a bit! HSSS!

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Looking Halloween-ish nasty with a touch of spring, this guy completelly skips winter.

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Oil paint on stoneware clay, yes/no?

I've just started playing around with sculpture using stoneware clay. It's really fun, I'm loving it. And sure, glazing can look real good, and there are clay paints that can be used to pait and draw on it. And special wax crayons. There are alternatives.

However.

I really like oil paint. Because of how you can build up layer upon layer, and all the nuances and just how easy it is to work with. So now I wonder if I could use oil paint on stoneware clay.

Notes: This would not be on bowls and stuff that would be used. Only on sculptures that are to be seen but not touched. It also would not be covered with glaze, or in any way combined with anything else. Once I paint on the sculpture with oil paint - no more kiln. (Other parts of the sculpture could have glaze though, just not in combination with oil) The clay would be properly fired, and I don't mean I'd paint on glaze. Although, maybe matte glaze could work. I'd have to try.

So, sculptors and clayshapers of tumblr, do you think it would work? Have you tried? Did it stick properly? Did the clay suck up all oil and the pigments started dusting off? Any experience and thoughts are welcome. :>

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"The eyes are the windows to your soul"

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Meow!

(Yet another drawing from 2020 because I made a lot of Halloween drawings that year and haven't really been drawing lots recently :s )

(Really like this cat tho :D )

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Mind control pumpkin? Pumpkin mind control device? Biological warfare?!

Drawing from 2020.

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Old drawing from back in 2020. I haven't finished any Halloweeny drawings this year but I still want to post Halloweeny stuff because that's how I celebrate Halloween. Basically. I'm not a party animal so no Halloween parties for me.

Spooky season woo!

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October again! Halloween again! :D

October is Halloween month! Let’s make the darkness cozy. 

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Just dooodlin'. Sketching. Drawing. I've been doing other stuff recently (papier-maché, digital 3d and clay, mostly) but today I tried to get back to the drawing tablet.

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Oooh, spooky season coming up! Closer and closer.

So I doodled some spooky doodles on my nasty doodle that I was doodling.

Looking forward to internet turning spooky in October!

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I'm not sure what's happening in this drawing but that is the nature of random doodles I guess.

From 2020.

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Every once in a while I feel like I have to reteach myself how to draw.