A tip and a WIP guessing game

We've been having lovely sunny days here and going for nice walks with Ludo has cheered me up no end. I've been making a bit of headway on sculpting again and here are some WIP shots. First I'd just like to share a tip for anyone who might be coming across this and just getting in to sculpting with polymer clay. It's taken me a long time to learn this. Too long! 

Ok, here it is. If something isn't working out, don't try and try and try again. 

I know that seems the opposite to that old saying if at first you don't succeed. But I'll give you an example. I was sculpting a cat's head. It just wasn't going well. I was getting more and more frustrated. Rolling it back into a ball over and over. I have learned now that when I start doing that, it's never gonna work. That particular piece of clay just doesn't want to be a cat's head. So scrunch it up. (use force, maybe some choice words) get a new piece of clay and start again. Even if you had one bit right, chances are the clay has got too warm and lost it's firmness so every time you shape one bit another bit will distort, so just, start again. I am very stubborn and I am learning not to be and to go with the creative flow.

Ok, here's two cats and something for the smooshers challenge. Any guesses what it is trying to become?

 The sitting cat had surgery after baking, he's shorter now. There was too much length in his shoulder/neck area.

oh and just to show off the sun. Some seagulls outside my house.