I have recently begun a new piece in my concentration on human anatomy. This piece is watercolor and chalk pastel on paper, 30''x35''. I found an image of the cross section of the mouth in an antique medical textbook lent to me by Mr. VanWormer, and decided to focus on this part of the body. The original textbook image is black and white, and does not give much information about textures or depth. I am adding color to model the shape and textures of the tongue, teeth, and imagining what the interior of the cheek must look like in a cross-section. Also, I have added six teeth specimens that frame this mouth cross-section. Two molars are strung to two canine teeth, each sitting in the four corners of this painting. Above each molar is an image of that tooth as seen from the view of a transverse plane (looking from the top down). The wisdom tooth sits between the two canine teeth. The modeling of each tooth will be painted with a different color, and each tooth will be tied to the above tooth with piece of string. (Whether I'm using real string or painting the threads in, I'm still not sure!) Here is the progress I've made so far:

(Also, I am still continuing to work on the painting of the cross-section of the neck- I like working on more than one painting at a time!)