"Ella-Singh" 

My little 2 1/2 old grandson gave the sculpture a hug and said, "Baba, it's finished." Too bad I didn't get that picture.  Basically finished and loving it, just need to clean up some areas and put the final protective coating on.  The collector titled the sculpture  Ella-singh.  

 It's a joyful sculpture that I am sure will be loved. Ohhh Ella-Singh.

Painting the decorations

First I primed the sculpture with Zinzer123 with 2 coats and let it dry a few days to harden.  Then I applied bronze metal coating to the darker area that you see.  With white pencil, I sketched the design and then used a specific white dye to fill in the floral design.  White is a base for the colors to come.

Wateringcan decorations are being put into clay

Glass and metal was attached to create decorative elements of the elephants head dress.  Paper cutouts of flower motifs were used to create the design that will later be painted on and inlaid with stones.

Stones create the circle around the flowers which will be painted when all the clay is complete.  Soon I will be adding ears and eyelids.