painting ploymere clay
Samantha Sied
best to paint fimo or sculpty? I have not used any paint before on
polymere clays, but am interested in trying!
Dorothy Mcmillan
Acrylic paint seems to work the best. A lot of doll people paint the
faces and use a soft wash of acrylic, plus some real eyeshadow, and full
acrylic colors for things like eyeliner, eybrows, etc.
I used to paint polymer, until I discover that for most everything,
it wasn't necessary. Everything (except doll faces) can be done with the
different colors of clay. If the color you want isn't made, you can
probably mix it. I suppose it would depend upon what it is you are doing
and what you wish to paint, however.
I remeber years ago when I made a beaded necklace with a little
horse pendant. I used the old white Sculpey and hand painted the beads
and horse black, then painted tiny flowers onto the black surfaces. It
won a division prize at our county fair, but my goodness, it was such a
lot of work! Now, I can do the same thing with black clay and a simple
flower cane.
Dotty in CA
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DOROTHY MCMILLAN VBC...@prodigy.com
stepha...@delphi.com
>This may be a silly question, but I am curious, what kind of paint is
>best to paint fimo or sculpty? I have not used any paint before on
>polymere clays, but am interested in trying!
other. I use DecoArt Ultra Gloss Glitters acrylic enamel available
at craft stores (sometimes on sale for 66 cents). What's interesting
is that you then bake this paint. I put it on the clay after
the clay has been baked. I've tried fabric paints but even with
several coats of acrylic shellac (okay Future floor wax) the paint
remains soft and sticky so I've given up on it. I have had more
luck painting the fabric pain on very thingly then dumping a fine
glitter on top then shellac-ing. No stickiness with that and the
glitter doesn't come off.
Stephanie
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