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Cake Painting Techniques for Creating Edible Art

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Overview

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Design and paint elegant fondant cakes by exploring composition, coloring techniques, and painting exercises to create art that's meant to be eaten
  • Introduction
  • Techniques and Exercises
  • Idea Creation and Sketching
  • From Paper to Cake
  • Bringing your Cake into the Spotlight
  • Final project
Creativity comes in many shapes and sizes—something artist Grace Pak knows all too well, having started her own New York-based business using cakes as a canvas for hand-painted works of art. Her cakes have been featured in publications like Vanity Fair, and she has collaborated with brands including Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co, and Jean Paul Gaultier.

In this online course, Grace teaches you her process for designing and painting intricate fondant-covered cakes. Explore composition, color, and texture to paint elegant edible masterpieces from start to finish. Create art that’s meant to be eaten!

Syllabus

  • Getting to Know Me
  • Influences
  • Materials and Workspace Preparation
  • Basic Techniques: Navigating Color
  • Basic Techniques: Working with Fondant 1
  • Basic Techniques: Working with Fondant 2
  • Basic Techniques: Working with Fondant 3
  • Painting Exercises
  • Inspiration and Rough Thumbnail Sketches
  • Composition and Layout
  • Final Sketch
  • Scaling and Repetitive Patterns: The Bottom Tier 1
  • Scaling and Repetitive Patterns: The Bottom Tier 2
  • Painting with a Dark Background: The First Option
  • Painting with a Dark Background: A Second Option
  • Painting on a Light Background 1
  • Painting on a Light Background 2
  • Planning and Timing
  • Storage, Packaging, and Delivery
  • Documenting Your Work and Sharing It on Social Media
  • Cake Painting Techniques for Creating Edible Art

Taught by

Grace Pak | Duchess of Cameron

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