Silicone Painting Tutorials

Carolyn Doughty

Download a check sheet of the colours you will need and the mixes you will be making.

Finished baby:

The tutorials on this page (and matting page) show Effie being painted and matted.

Most of these products, including pigments, matting powder,  practice pieces and silicone blank kits, are available here in our online shop.

For information about our babies, how to order or adopt, please visit our website www.ourworldofchi.com

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Part 1

Stages:
Front of baby:

• First layer living flesh blue: Cyan​

​Most of these products are available here in our online shop.

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Part 2

Stages:
Front of baby:

• Second layer living flesh in pale grape: Crim Ox / Violet
• Cutting mouth open for use of dummy/paci
• Veins and shadows blue: Cyan
• Creases and wrinkles : Bt Umber/Crimson Ox / Raw Umber
• Targeted living flesh layer (fleshy areas): Bt Umb / Crim Ox / R Umb
• Third layer living flesh green: cool yellow / cyan
• Magenta glaze
• Fourth layer living flesh: salmon
• Fifth layer living flesh : crimson oxide

​Most of these products are available here in our online shop.

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Part 3

Back of baby:
Overview of painting the back of the baby.

Most of these products are available here in our online shop.

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Part 4

​Products used:

• SAM pigments
• Platsil Gel 00 silicone as a paint base
• Brushes, applicators, 
• SAM odorless silicone solvent

Most of these products are available here in our online shop.

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Part 5

The details - creases and wrinkles, lips, blushing and detail.

​Products used:

• SAM pigments
• Platsil Gel 00 silicone as a paint base
• Brushes, applicators, 
• SAM Odorless Silicone Solvent

​​Most of these products are available here in our online shop.

Matting your Silicone Baby:

This tutorial is part 6 in the Painting Effie series, and shows me matting baby Effie.

Materials used in video:

• Matting powder - recommend:
  • Silicone Velvet
  • SAM silicone finishing powder
• Psycho paint
• Solvent 
• Shaker for applying powder

Most of these products, including matting powders, are available here in our online shop.

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Part 7

The final part of our silicone painting video, showing finishing touches such as nails and nail tips and rooting brows and lashes.

Most of these products are available here in our online shop.

Overview of Silicone Painting Video Tutorial:

Stages:
Front of baby:

• First layer living flesh blue: Cyan
• Second layer living flesh in pale grape: Crim Ox / Violet
• Cutting mouth open for use of dummy/paci
• Veins and shadows blue: Cyan
• Creases and wrinkles : Bt Umber/Crimson Ox / Raw Umber
• Targeted living flesh layer (fleshy areas): Bt Umb / Crim Ox / R Umb
• Third layer living flesh green: cool yellow / cyan
• Magenta glaze
• Fourth layer living flesh: salmon
• Fifth layer living flesh : crimson oxide

​​ Back of baby:
(As above plus detail)
Front of baby:

• Lips
• Blush
• Detail

Materials used in this tutorial:

• SAM dispersion pigments (set of colours used in video available from web shop)

Also:

• SAM odorless silicone solvent
• Silicone paint applicators and brushes
• Scalpel for opening mouth
• Mixing pots and mixing sticks
• Curved surgical scissors
• Silicone paint base eg Platsil Gel 00 (used in video) or Psycho Paint.

Information sheets supporting tutorials

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