I am going to be using Folk Art TerraCotta paints for the first time. I picked up a 6 pack from Amazon that included the light blue "Seastone" and "Snowbank", the white. I had to buy the dark blue, "ocean cavern" separate. These paints are made for outdoor/indoor use. Any paint for "outdoor" use should be more scratch resistant than regular craft paints. These have a slight texture to them as if the piece being painted if made of clay.
Before painting, I applied Liquitex Acrylic Gesso and let it dry over the Polymer Clay sculpture for 24hrs.
If you are interested in seeing a video of this process: https://youtu.be/c9xABkTLvLk?si=WvOiCUG9JpDRj8n1
I started out just using the lighter blue seastone color. I thought it looked too light without any contrast. So I added on the Ocean Cavern color to darken it a bit. I thinned the terracotta paints with water and they painted just fine with no brushstrokes. If I applied the paint thicker with no or minimal water thinning, the texture was much more pronounce as the paint dried. I also noticed some pulling away of color if I thinned the paint very much. I mean that I painted an area blue, but as it dried the paint pulled into itself, so that area was now the white of the primer underneath. Thicker application did not do this. It was easier for me to blend the colors if they were more watered down.
FolkArt TerraCotta Paints blended fine with Vallejo model color white paint that I was using initially before just using the terracotta white. Areas with more Vallejo white, like the face ended up being less textured.
Eye painting.
Painting the back of the sculpture. Actually, I really think the back of this sculpture is amazing, with the way all the grooves are and accentuated with the painting. Total painting time was about 3-4hours.
If you interested in seeing a 3 minute video of me actually painting: https://youtu.be/0-3pjaSSzcs?si=hJ0dKiXBHhonwX90
Or if you prefer a short video of it : https://youtu.be/LHb-m7CERxY?si=WSrBXHKxFG4o7Smv
So all done and in windowed giftbox ready to ship. For sale on my
Here are some completed pictures below. I will be working on some Mermaids next!
