Day 7 of sgraffito challenge

So we could add a tool today.  I added a meat thermometer, as the end is weighted and t thought might steady my shaky hand.  I didn't realize we had unlimited time so i just did 5 min sketches again and all were dumped back into the powder jar.  The pointed end was nice but i'm still shaky!!  Tomorrow i'll use more time!!

Day 6 of Sgrafitto Challenge

I didn't complete 5 drawings, 5 min. each, today!  Feeling under the weather so i colored and fired two drawings from the previous day.  I did make two 5 min. Drawings of feathers using only my fingers and a business card.  Good-bye 5 in 5 min....cause tomorrow will be a new challenge????

Day 5 of Sgraffito Challenge

Not all days are good days for creativity!  I started off my 5 min drawing with a repeat of the cattails that i didn't complete yesterday!  Ummm. Well, then i moved to 5 min flowers...ok only.  And at this point, i couldn't draw a koi to save my soul and was not in a mood to dump the powder and start over...so there!  The face is a mess and as my final contribution, i have to admit, the boat took longer than 5 but i couldn't stop because i knew i would never finish...so my boat up front is a cheat!  As i said not all days can be good, but tomorrow will be better!!

Day 4 of Sgraffito Challenge, 5 in 5

Woo-hoo...do sketch in glass powder in 5 min. using only your fingers and a business card.  We are to do 5 sketches total..i started with an iris since i'm familiar with it's shape.  I repeated a tree since i felt my first trees were a disaster.  Goal was to become lighter and simpler and this challenge has helped me a lot.  It's amazing how simple you get when you know you only have 5 min!!  On the last one...the cattails...i was really going for simple.  Unfortunately it's a bit unfinished since that's my blood

in the middle of it!!  Lol

Days 1-3 after firing

These are the quick sketches done with glass powder after firing

Day 3... Landscape using only your fingers & business card

I'm still doing my quick studies in black powder only...hoping to learn more about the thicknesses of the powder and how they fire.

Day2...A tree using only your fingers and a business card

I can't do a tree even on a good day!  My first attempt at top was way too heavy...didn't know what to do with all that powder...but, i finished.  So at lower, i tried to become lighter.  Too many branches so i got lost in them.  I didn't do trees even when i oil painted!  Goal now will be to do a lighter, simpler tree!