Dragon the Line

I know that's a silly pun, but Draggin' the Line by Tommy James and the Shondells used to be one of my favorite songs, and today's project reminded me of it. The first verse goes like this...

Making a living the old, hard way,

Taking and giving my day by day.
I dig the snow and the rain and the bright sunshine.
I'm draggin' the line (draggin' the line)

Recently I asked my sister what I could make for her best friend's birthday in July. She reminded me that she collects dragons and although I'm not into dragons myself, I put on my thinking cap and jumped in with both feet. I am going to make several and send them all to her. I have a large one in the works, using an armature covered with paper clay, but just as a lark, I took a piece of Glow-in-the Dark Fimo and fashioned a small dragon.


It is done a style similar to Christi Friesen, that marvelous polymer clay artist and author. I actually used a picture of one of her dragons from an old Polymer Cafe Magazine. Christi has a fabulous website, so be sure and check it out.

I used a clear green glass nugget in the design and painted and antiqued and highlighted (as I am prone to doing) with acrylic paints. I was concerned that I had painted it too much for it to still glow, but it does...


So that's my project for this weekend. I did get my new air dry clay and have been practicing making flowers. This clay is completely different than polymer clay and it takes a bit of getting used to, but the flowers are so realistic you will be stunned. After I get a few more flowers completed, I'll post them. In the meantime, enjoy the rest of your weekend and enjoy the snow, the rain and the bright sunshine.