I did take a few in-progress photos while I was making stuff for the Bead Bazaar and I thought I’d start with this little guy.
The original was sculpted in relief on a smooth ceramic tile and I made a mold of it so I could try some variations. In this case, the bull was in Premo gold mixed with a touch of black and baked before I set it into the textured black frame.
I wanted to give it a patina affect so I dug out the acrylic paints. I gave the bull a light wash of black to give it some depth and bring out the texture. When that was dry, I used a brush with only a tiny bit of bronze paint to drybrush the high spots.
I used a loosely mixed combo of white and turquoise (you could also use white, blue and green) on the black clay. I made sure there was variation in color and amount of paint – take a look at real aged copper or bronze for ideas.
🙂 awesome