1 cup water
1/2 cup flour
1 cup salt food coloring (optional)
Mix all ingredients in saucepan. Add food coloring if desired. Stir over low heat and remove from heat when thick and rubbery.
You can roll out this clay on a floured sheet of wax paper. Cut out or mold objects. Allow to air dry. Clay can be painted when dry.
Art is a shadow of what a person is thinking... a small glimpse of what they hold inside. Little secrets, regrets, joys... every line has its own meaning. ~Sarah, Los Cerros Middle School, 1999
The only painting by Leonardo da Vinci on permanent display in the United States hangs in the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. It's a portrait of Ginevra di Benci, the wife of a politician in Florence.