This is a penguin sculpture I made in my sculpting class. Its just a head and it was entirely composed of clay. I had a hard time figuring out what animal I wanted to do. I actually settled on a dog but as I was sculpting the dog's ear, it really didn't look like a dog anymore and I ended up turning it over and using the ear as the beak for the penguin. It took me maybe 3 or 4 days to edit the piece to make it more penguin like.
After fixing the shape, i used black and orange glaze paint to paint it. After letting the paint dry over night, I fired it in the kiln and that's how it took it's shiny form.