I Sculpted an Ancestor

I took a sculpting class some months ago, and learned so much.... I was sculpting in ceramic clay.  This is not the final view, it was taken before the sculpt was fired.  It's interesting working in ceramic clay because there is no armature.  You just have a big hunk of clay to work on, standing and sculpting it at waist-level on the turntable.  We were using all sorts of tools, but most of them familiar, just larger versions of what I use.   I found that my doll sculpting experience really helped me.  This is the first try I have ever done at doing a realistic type sculpture. 
People kept wandering in asking us what we were doing, I guess they didn't realize it was a class...
This is a sculpture-resemblance of my great-great-grandfather; I worked from an old photo of him. 
      Isn't it remarkable what a class can do for one's skills?  I don't know if I could do this well again, but I wowed myself sculpting him. 
 After all the sculpting was done, we hollowed the busts out on the inside, carefully, and then brushed a glaze over them.  Then, the busts were fired in a large kiln.  
Thanks for looking!