Ceres Searching for Prosperine unfinished
Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish, born 1740-08-28, dead 1814-02-26
 
https://collection.nationalmuseum.se/
A bit of history - firstly the painting
Ceres, seen in the painting mourning her daughter Proserpina’s kidnapping, was the Roman goddess of agriculture and abundance. Personified and celebrated by women in secret rituals at the festivals of Ambarvalia and Cerealia, the latter was celebrated exclusively by women, who, dressed in white garments, carried torches to represent the search of the goddess for her daughter. The Painting by Evelyn de Morgan, 1906 is for reference only and not part of the kit.
A bit of history - secondly the scuplture
From the National Museum website: "This figurative work depicts Ceres, in a popular narrative from early Roman religion. Ceres (Demeter) is the mother of Prosperina, who was abducted by the god of the Underworld (Hades) under the permission of her father Zeus. Ceres, when she found out her daughter had disappeared, searched for her all over the earth with Hecate's torches.
In most versions of the story, Ceres forbids the earth to produce, neglecting the earth and in the depth of despair causes nothing to grow. Zeus, pressed by the cries of hungry people and other deities, forced Hades to return Proserpina. Hades indeed complied with the request, but first he tricked her, giving her some pomegranate seeds to eat. Because she had tasted food of the underworld, she was obliged to spend a third of each year there, hence why we have winter months."
 
Made from resin
 
Sold individually
 
Dimensions
Height   6.3cm to top of candle
Height 5cm to top of head
 
NOTES
Resin Items
All resin items come unfinished (unless stated otherwise) and will require a small amount of "cleaning" - this will involve removing any printing support nodules using a sharp knife and or snips and also sanding sections to a smooth finish. This is very easy to do and takes minutes.
Always prime the resin item after any assembly. The primer will help to stick the paint to the surface. Once primed you can proceed with any paint finish you prefer from gilding to aged paint finishing. 
 
Pewter Items
As with all my  designs the pieces will require a little cleaning using a file and/or sandpaper. The metal is very soft so this is a simple and satifying part of the build process. 
I tend to use superglue (Hafixx being my favoured choice) with a super glue activator to speed things up. 
 
To paint the item I strongly recommend a metal primer. Spray primers are the easiest and just a light coat with give the paint something to 'key' with......then the choice is yours. I use all types of paints from acrylics to cellulose spray paints. All have their own merits and so I choose according to the finish I wish to create. 
After applying my coats of paint I will always add an aging layer of raw umber acrylic (water it down and then paint and wipe off to leave the dark paint in the recesses). Aging can be very rewarding and there are many options for this. One little recommendation is to use rotten stone/pumice stone powder to add what I like to describe as "dust" to the piece. It is a powder and will always be a powder unless mixed with a binder such as glue. The powder is a soft grey and if it is brished on then off it will leave a slight dusting in the recesses of the design. 
A final flourish of splatter (very subtle brown/grey applied with by splattering the paint from a bristled brush such as a toothbrush) adds a little more interest.