These dinner rolls use the same color mixes as the corresponding larger loaves of bread. The butternut squash rolls are a mix of Premo ecru, cadmium yellow, white, and translucent, and the seeded rye rolls are a mix of Premo burnt umber, Fimo Soft sahara, and translucent. My texturing and shading process was also much the same.
See my post on butternut squash bread for a description of how I made the raisins and walnuts. Here’s a closeup of one of the rolls.
After texturing the rye rolls, I shaded the bottoms with soft pastels for a dark brown baked effect, just like I did for my rye bread loaves. I dusted my initial batch of rolls with “flour,” too, but wasn’t happy with the result. I decided to redo them with a topping of seeds instead.
I used the same sesame seeds as for my sesame seed rolls, using a mix of Fimo vanilla, Premo white, and translucent. I also made sunflower seeds from a mix of Premo rhino gray and translucent. My process was the same, except that I tried to make the seeds more consistently flat rather than teardrop-shaped.
I attached the seeds using TLS (translucent liquid Sculpey). After a second bake, I used a wet brush to apply a little bit of pale yellow and brown soft pastels randomly to the seeds, to give them a slightly baked appearance. Here’s a closeup.
One more tray added to the shelves!
