An assortment of items painted for an art installation. Torches, arms, tails, it can all be painted. And all different finishes too.
Home brew red pigment added to clear latex; acrylic pink paint; gold flake; varnished blackboard paint.


It's all in the basecoats. The art of painting is in preparing the foundation.
Michelangelo had terrible trouble early on until he worked out how frescos worked best.