Tree Spirit

Working with clay is not one of my stronger abilities, but I do love it. My tree spirit was sculpted with Crayola Model Magic over a wire and tinfoil armature. It took awhile to put down all the leaves and model magic drys quickly. So, the ground at the base of the tree had to be sacrificed, it was too dry to do much with, other than poking little holes into it with a fork.

 I used tempera paints, because that is what my students will use to make their creations. My preference would have been acrylics - it would have looked better when done.

The back of the tree. Model Magic dries to a spongy consistency. Weird stuff. it will be interesting to see what my students aged 9-12 will make with it next week.