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My Art II students (a wild mix of 10-12th graders) are using a cold finish with acrylic paint on their clay portraits. As we wrap up our monochromatic painting on canvas students move on to their clay portraits. We relentlessly practiced shades, tints and mixing neutrals which helps students confidently paint their clay. All tutorials and videos are linked in my bio.

I love sculpting the face in clay, and clay portraits are always a hit with my high school students.

I have had over 130 clay portraits in and out of the kiln over the last couple weeks. This is my favorite cold finish technique because the results are always 100%. In a perfect world, we would glaze every clay piece in every class. I share a kiln with five art teachers and glazing is so expensive and unpredictable. I love this acrylic dry brush technique because it looks great even when students have limited painting experience. And I don’t have to fight for the kiln for another round of glaze firings, especially since I can’t tetris stack them like I do with a bisque fire.

This group of Sculpture II students did an amazing job with their clay busts. We created two separate forms and then hollowed them out and attached them. They are glazing them now using a combination of glaze and underglazes.

Try out this simple flower acrylic painting! I’m only using ultramarine blue, phthalo green and white. 🎨

My Art II students (a mix of 10-12) just finished their expressive clay portraits this week! We started by looking at Japanese Noh Theatre masks and sketching basic human proportions. It has been a really fun month.

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HI! My name is Sierra Machado and I am a public school art educator in Oklahoma. This is a creative space dedicated to the crafts of teaching and art making.

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My Art II students (a wild mix of 10-12th graders) are using a cold finish with acrylic paint on their clay portraits. As we wrap up our monochromatic painting on canvas students move on to their clay portraits. We relentlessly practiced shades, tints and mixing neutrals which helps students confidently paint their clay. All tutorials and videos are linked in my bio.

I love sculpting the face in clay, and clay portraits are always a hit with my high school students.

I have had over 130 clay portraits in and out of the kiln over the last couple weeks. This is my favorite cold finish technique because the results are always 100%. In a perfect world, we would glaze every clay piece in every class. I share a kiln with five art teachers and glazing is so expensive and unpredictable. I love this acrylic dry brush technique because it looks great even when students have limited painting experience. And I don’t have to fight for the kiln for another round of glaze firings, especially since I can’t tetris stack them like I do with a bisque fire.

This group of Sculpture II students did an amazing job with their clay busts. We created two separate forms and then hollowed them out and attached them. They are glazing them now using a combination of glaze and underglazes.

Try out this simple flower acrylic painting! I’m only using ultramarine blue, phthalo green and white. 🎨

My Art II students (a mix of 10-12) just finished their expressive clay portraits this week! We started by looking at Japanese Noh Theatre masks and sketching basic human proportions. It has been a really fun month.

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