For these rye rolls, I wanted a lighter shade of brown than in my previous rye bread projects, in the hope that there would be greater contrast between the dough and the crust. Since I’m getting close to the end of my bread projects, I wanted to use up some scraps, so I mixed together my leftovers from the darker rye bread (Premo burnt umber, Fimo Soft sahara, and translucent) and the whole wheat bread (Fimo Soft sahara and Premo translucent). I used a toothbrush, needle tool, and crumpled aluminum foil for texture and shaded the rolls with soft pastels for a dark brown baked effect.
After baking, I applied some dark brown pastels with a wet brush to the ridges of the split areas, the parts that would naturally be a little more browned. Finally, I sealed the rolls with Helmar Crystal Kote Matte spray varnish, so that the pastels wouldn’t rub off. Here’s a closeup of one of the rolls.
Here they are added to the shelves.
