Blushing little polymer clay doll with Genesis heat paints

My little polymer clay, press mold doll is complete. Now I need to make her look life-like by painting her face and blushing her skin. Although polymer clay can be painted using acrylic paints, I decided to paint this doll using Genesis heat set paints.. I ordered these paints about 4 years ago from a shop online. They were sold as a kit for painting "re-born" baby dolls, but many polymer clay OOAK artists use these paints to set their work permanently onto the polymer clay surface. Even though I bought these paints several years ago, they will not dry out and a very little amount is needed to paint the doll.

In this picture, I have my tiny paint brush in the pot of Genesis glaze. I painted the doll's eyes with the clear glaze before I added a tiny amount of blue to create her irises.

In this series of pictures, I added and wiped off the red for blushing and lips. I also added a tiny amount of burnt senena to the red to soften the color into a more naural blush. The lips were difficult, because of their tiny size. I had to add and remove the color over an over until her lips were a soft shade of red.

I blushed her tiny body in areas that would normally be in shadow, if she were a real person. I added color to her forehead, cheeks, breasts, knees, elbows and underarms. I rubbed off the color with a paper towel after applying it so that the color was muted and not stark. I added a tiny amount of brown to her iris to create a pupil. I also drew very tiny eyebrow and a trace of brown where her eyelashes would be. Her face is only the size of my thumb nail, so each place I painted had to be carefully done. Once I was finished, I placed her in a cool oven at 250 degrees for 10 minutes to set her paints permanently.

I think she turned out very pretty. It is interesting how much a doll's personality comes out once her face is painted.

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