Polymer Clay Color Mixing | A World of Skin Tone Clay Color Recipes
Perfect For Sculpting Dolls And Fabulous for Making Face Canes:
In packing up the earrings and jewelry I needed for the craft fair I'm doing this weekend, I realized I needed to put together some color mixing recipes to go with this week's video tutorial in the Polymer Clay Library.
While thinking over what color palette would be a good one to showcase, I came across the "Jungle Ninja – Warrior and Protector of Mother Earth" earrings (pictured above) with her cute little face peeking out from her leafy headdress.
Then it dawned on me… I haven't given you any skin color recipes yet! For all of you that want to make polymer clay face canes or even those of you who make dolls, having some nice skin tone color recipes can be really helpful.
The fantastic variety in the skin colors of our world is a thing of beauty. These recipes are not only useful for sculpting dolls but also fabulous for making face canes.
So the next set of color recipes you can look forward to downloading at the Polymer Clay Tutor Library are:
- Cocoa Skin
- Fair Skin
- Copper Skin
- Porcelain Skin
I think you will love them and will find them very useful in your polymer clay projects!
If you haven't already, be sure to read my Introduction to Polymer Clay Color Mixing (general recipe tips and techniques).
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6:20 pm
When you get these recipes you can adjust the skin tones to your liking by adjusting the amount of the lightest or darkest color in the recipe. Translucent can be added as well to change the luminosity of the skin tone. Make sure to write down your new formula in the notes section of the recipe card.
6:02 am
Dear Cindy,
Thanks for the new recipes, but the bonus recipe is Cashmere Rose and not as listed in the index Fair skin…
Have a nice day
Janine
9:03 am
Thanks for pointing that out Janine. It's great to see that you are keeping up to date with your color recipe collection.
For the benefit of others reading this, Janine is referring to the Polymer Clay Recipe Card series. You can receive one complimentary card each week by subscribing to my Polymer Clay Guest List. The link by my name will take you to the sign up form.
11:04 am
Hi Cindy,
I purchased a ceramic princess doll for a bank and when I was cleaning it very carefully I somehow broke off 2 fingers. One of them it was just the tip and the other finger the entire finger fell off. I decided to bake them in the kiln and glue on after. Glueing has not yet worked. I can put a bouquet of flowers in her hand to hide the fact of the missing fingers but the good hand is in the position that should be holding flowers not the broken one. What I am asking is if you think it would work to take some polymer clay to smooth the finger out after using liquid pc between the pieces I am attaching then bake in oven. I will have to use my oven in kitchen because of the size of doll. Thought I could buy 2 foil roasting pans and lay a piece of cloth in the bottom to set doll on then put the 2nd pan upside down over top of bottom pan and take foil to seam shut. Do you think the PC would stick to the ceramic. I can make a seed bead ring to help cover the seamed area if needed. I am in tears over this. The princess doll is beautiful and perfect for what my grandaughter would like. Any suggestions?
Kindest Thanks,
Peggy
11:44 am
That's too bad about breaking the fingers on your doll Peggy. I would worry about baking your ceramic piece in the oven, even though it was probably fired at a much higher temp, you can't be positive whether the paint or any metallic trim was. Maybe you could make and bake new fingers separately and then glue them on after with some Krazy glue. The seed bead ring is a great idea! I bet that would work quite nicely! Good luck!
5:51 pm
Thank you Cindy for the suggestions. I am going to try to bake the fingers seperate then glue on like you said. I have found another princess doll since I wrote and have purchased it. I should be getting in the mail any day now. So if this doesn't work I now have another doll to use. I might even end up liking the 2nd doll better. Who knows. Will let you know how things work out.
Thanks again, Peggy