This is my system for making items for detail in markets, shops and such
The result:
http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc152/gocanesba/?action=view¤t=market.jpg All the fruits and veggies and items are made from.....spilled acryllic paint! yes, Some dried paint globs, drops and spills on my terrain painting table, drops on styrofoam leftovers, etc., was peeled off.
Then cut, torn and rolled into shapes with my fingers (scissor can cut the stuff up, it's rubbery.)
To make your own, if you are not a sloppy painter, then simply pour a small puddle on a celephane topped flat area (a box with package wrapping will work great, like a Marlbourough pack).
Let it dry, peel off, and work it.
(I have made uniform shirts, towels, blankets, rugs and stuff too, by making a thin, wide puddle of paint, and cutting out the shape, and "flattening down" with fingers.)
You can CRANK out filler for your market/bazaar/general store and don't need too much concentration (I made all this stuff while watching one episode of the "The Rockford Files)
And, no painting required
BTW, those large clay pots in the top of the pic, , are seed pods from a tropical tree in my yard. No painting neccessary, just drybrush and place in the scenery.