For these whole wheat dinner rolls, I used the same color mix as for my other whole wheat roll project: Fimo Soft sahara and Premo translucent, with grated specks of baked clay (Premo raw sienna and a mix of Premo ecru and raw sienna). As always, I used a toothbrush, needle tool, and crumpled aluminum foil for texture and shaded the loaves with soft pastels for a golden-brown baked effect.
Here’s a closeup of one of the rolls.
My inspiration for these rosemary potato rolls came from some bread I once bought at a bakery in Udine. I used the same color mix as for my other white bread projects: Fimo vanilla, Fimo Soft sahara, Premo white, and translucent.
For the flecks of rosemary, I rolled some small logs in various shades of green: Premo Spanish olive; Premo jungle mixed with Spanish olive; Premo ecru mixed with Spanish olive; and Premo raw sienna mixed with Spanish olive. After baking these logs, I grated them using the medium holes on a cheese grater and then sliced the shavings into very thin strips resembling rosemary. Since this process was quite a bit more tedious than creating the whole wheat flecks for the rolls described above, I didn’t want to spend more time than necessary cutting pieces that wouldn’t show. So instead of mixing the rosemary into the dough, I simply pressed it onto the outside surface.
After texturing, shading, and baking, I applied a little TLS (translucent liquid Sculpey) to the tops of the rolls and, using a small brush, flicked on a bit of white soft pastel for “flour.” Here’s a closeup.
My bread shelves are now halfway filled—seven more trays to go!
