For the mini lessons I made mushrooms on a clay tile and a cardboard trunk of a tree. The cardboard tree was my least favorite, in fact I'm not sure what happened to it, but it didn't work out the way I wanted and in the end it didn't even really look like a tree. I ran into many problems with this piece, I had a hard time over coming my problems, I was able to add some texture to it, but it didn't help the piece at all. The biggest lesson I learned with this one was, sometimes there are problems you can't disguise even when you try your hardest. The mini clay tile I did was my favorite the mushrooms look so good, and I was able to add a lot of texture to the background in the end it was a nice piece. I did something new with this piece, I used water color, I had fun with this new medium and fining out the best ways to make it work. Water color is an unusual medium on clay, but builds well and gives it a whole new texture and look that glaze and acrylic can not. I really enjoyed working with new materials, and have even more fun when they turn out well. For the final project I really don't remember doing one with all of the snow days I think it just didn't get done. I'm pretty sure i just moved into doing the animal head. I don't have any pictures at the moment but will put one up the next time I am at school.