Tutorial #1: Urban Craters

Materials:
1. empty pie tins, choose any size that you like, make sure they're clean.
2. fine grain sand
3. grey acrylic paint
4. black spray paint (optional)
5. PVA glue
6.cork/small pebbles



I start with a clean pie tray, they are small ones, the ones that would contain tarts.

Turn them over with the bottom side facing up. Then press them down until they form the shape of the crater.

Spread some PVA glue on the crater and then sprinkle the fine grit sand over the glue to make them stick. Make sure to get rid of excess glue that did not stick.

Using small pebbles or pieces of cork(I used cork). Glue them down in the middle of the crater, this will help make it look more uneven and ruined.

Then we will prime the crater black using the black spray paint, you can use black acrylic paint, but spray paints are easier. And fun.

 The final part is dry-brushing this crater with a light grey. If you don't know what dry-brushing is, it is basically putting a little bit of paint on your brush, then your method of brushing should be in quick strokes. As you can see in the picture below, the left crater looks much better because I kept my brush from touch too much of the crater. So there are still some blacks marks left from painting it black, making it look more scorched. The one on the right looks a bit less impressive because I put too much paint on my brush, making the final product look more grey than I liked.

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