Making Guardian Dixie

This is Dixie, she is a dilute calico Persian.  Calico cats are red, black, and white.  Dilute calico cats are the opposite of the dominate colors, instead of red, you have cream, instead of black you have blue, and the last color is the same in both which is white.  Most dilute calico Persians have copper eyes.  Dixie's eyes are like copper pennies. 

The first thing I did was start sketching.  In my sketch you can see all my guidelines and changes.  The good thing about making cutouts in glass is you only have to draw half because the other half can be mirrored.

Once I had the sketch completed, I created cardstock cutouts of the pieces I  would need trace on to the glass.  I ended up not needed all the pieces, I used only the body back and the wings for Guardian Dixie.

Once I had the cutouts I started practicing painting on paper.  I tried out colors styles shapes, shading. 

This image shows Guardian Dixie in the kiln covered with clear glass powder.  

Here is the piece after fusing and annealing.  You can see that the powder has melted to clear revealing the fused glass cat underneath.