Today we welcome Maya from @paintedladiespastry who will be teaching us how to add dimension to floral cookies with our Elite Paint Powders!
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But First, Ed's Advice on Painting With Water
In Maya's use of water on these spectacular cookies, and not high-proof alcohol or the Color Solution (click here), it is ok and will not damage her royal icing for a few reasons. First, this is a brushed technique, not a flooded royal icing where it created a glossy shell. If you apply water to a fully flooded cookie, there's a high probability of creating pitting when using water.
Now For Maya's Instructions!
Inconsistent outlines: Starting with wavy outlines help to give florals a naturally effortless finish. Plus they are fun and forgiving to pipe!
Brushed layers: Layering royal icing and brushing thin with a damp paintbrush gives instant texture and dimension (I’m using @thesugarart brush set).
Painted details: Edible paint truly transforms the look of the cookie and is the quickest and easiest step thanks to my favorite @thesugarart powdered colors. I like to mix the color with water, but @thesugarart also makes a great Color Solution for mixing if you are nervous about over-saturating your icing surface. For this Iris cookie I used the color English Lavender for the highlights (I buffed in a small dot of color on the high points with a damp brush) and I used the color Mona Lisa for the shadows and detail work (to define the border, I outlined with the color and then used a damp brush to pull and blend the color). For the stems my go-to green is the color Fern and my favorite yellow color is Golden Leaf. I always end with a splatter of loose white color, trust me, it’s magic✨
Edible pollen: The perfect finishing touch is a little dry dust of @thesugarart Golden Leaf around the center. The application works best if your cookie is still tacky from painting.
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English Lavender Edible Paint Powder
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Mona Lisa Edible Paint Powder
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Golden Leaf Edible Paint Powder
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EDIBLE POWDER COLORS FOR DUSTING, PAINTING AND EVEN AIRBRUSHING! DRY DUSTING ELITES IS A SIMPLE WAY TO ADD DIMENSION TO YOUR COOKIES OR CAKES! PAINT ELITES ONTO ANY CONFECTION USING OUR NEW COLOR SOLUTION! WHEN AIRBRUSHING, IT IS BEST TO… read more
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And here's another similar tutorial you should check out!
PAINTING COOKIES WITH PAINT POWDERS + COLOR SOLUTION!
For even MORE tutorials on painting, click links below:
How To Paint Edible Luster Dust
Powder Colors to Edible Paint!
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