All about Texturing and Shading to make Realistic Pastries

 

            Have you ever seen a perfectly baked pastry? It probably had that golden-brown color, and looked flaky and delicious.

            In this article I will teach you all about texturing and shading polymer clay to make it look just like the real thing! The materials you will need are: Polymer clay in light brown, beige, or tan, chalk pastels in brown, gold, and yellow, a small paint brush, sandpaper, and a tooth brush, which should be used strictly for crafting purposes, and not to put in your mouth.

            Once you’ve made the clay into whatever pastry you want, place it on the sandpaper, and start gently tapping it with the tooth brush. You should start to see a crumbly texture on the top of the clay. By doing this step on sandpaper you can have texture on the bottom too. When you are happy with the way the texture looks, you can move on to the next step, which is shading.

            With your pastry still on the sandpaper, take your lightest color of chalk pastel and paint brush, and start lightly brushing the chalk all over the pastry. Next, take your slightly darker color of chalk pastel, and brush it around the outer part of your pastry, so that the outside is more browned than the inside. Lastly, take the darkest chalk pastel and apply it to the very edges of the pastry to complete the baked look.

            Texturing and shading your pieces adds an extra layer of quality, and makes them look much better than if you just leave them plain. Plus, it is fun to do!