Hmm hammered metal…. Now I have another method to think about!

The panel is cheap foam core which was a mistake really. I was planning on just practicing with texture and had the foam core in my stack of substrates, but it wanted to be something, haha. I built up most of the texture with palette knives using joint compound, then spray painted it black, which caused the paper to lift up in places but I liked the effect. The dragons head and wing were made from air dry clay and the color is a mix of heavy body acrylics and iridescent acrylics. The base is decking lumber with bolts holding the panel off the surface. Here is a close up of the dragon’s head: