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.