Art Share: Pearl the Supergirl

This is Pearl the Supergirl. She is supposed to look like me with dark skin and long black hair. She was born in the ocean and lives both in the sea and on land. Her superpowers are being able to talk to animals (which is what I wish my own power was) and breathing underwater. Her leaf weapon helps turn waste into energy. Her weakness is trying to take on every problem of the world and being hard on herself.

I had a lot of difficulty creating this piece. At first I felt excited to create a superhero me and make her really cool. As I continued I felt stressed for time. At some point I decided to clothe her in red over the brown instead of just using the red as a body as I had already created a brown body. This proved a disaster and I got extremely angry because the clay was blending into each other and the body I had created just looked like a mush. I threw down my piece and almost felt like crying. A classmate told me just breathe even though inside I felt like storming out of the classroom. I eventually got it together and redid my piece even though I felt extremely rushed. I was not very pleased with my end product, but I was proud that I got it done and I loved it for what it was.