Clay Miniature Pizza tutorial pt.1 (Pizza Base)
 
What we'll need:
* Polymer clay in these colours: brown, yellow, white, red and dark green
* An old mascara brush
* A toothbrush
* Light and dark yellow chalk (or pencils); brown chalk (optional)
* Red and white oil paint
* Fimo Liquid and/or TLS
* Table salt
* Sandpaper
* Yellow and brown acrylic paints
* Old make up sponge
* A thin brush
* Oregano
* Water or alcohol based varnish 		 
       
   
Mix a small amount of brown and yellow clay with a lot of white - see picture for proportions- to get a light beige color.
Form the clay into a ball.		    
   
Flatten the ball with your fingers. Start by pressing the clay in the middle; when it's flat enough start pulling the edges with the tips of your fingers, with an "inside-out" motion.
You'll end up with a thin (about 1-2 mm) clay circle.
It doesn't have to be perfectly rounded, though! Uneven edges make the pizza look more realistic :)
     
If you want to texture the back of the pizza, lay the clay on a piece of sandpaper.
Texture the front by rolling a mascara brush all over the clay; once you're done, tap a toothbrush on the borders of the pizza base.
   
Pick up some light yellow chalk with a brush, and apply it to the pizza base, especially on the borders.
   
Add some spots of dark yellow to the borders of the pizza base.
   
Optional: you can give the pizza a "burnt" look by adding tiny spots of brown chalk here and there. Use a hard bristles brush and tap it vertically on the clay.
Your mini-pizza's base is ready to be baked! Bake it in the oven for about 5 minutes, then let it cool off.

Learn how to dress up your pizza in the second part of the tutorial.