Ballerina

Yes G

Doing faces is a art. I went to a demo of a famous gumpaste sculpter and was bitterly disappointed. She had a translator as she was from Argentina, that wasn't the problem. I was expecting her to MAKE the model as we watched, and get pointers along the way. She jabbered on about cake customers, and to keep your work surface clean.... blah, blah, blah. What a waste of 2 1/2 hrs. of my time.  But she had brushes, let me tell you G... many $100 a pop. Very, very fine for face work.  Turns out she was a water colourist before she got into cake & gumpaste models, so obviosly, she knows about brushes.  She did say if we wanted fine, excellent detailed work on our models, to spend good money on sable brushes. She has had hers for 25 yrs +. I did learn you always dry your brushes flat, on a clean towel.  If you stand them up to dry, the water trickles past the brush under the collar and can rot the sable. Her one brush was SOOooo fine, I had never seen one that thin. But for you & me... hobbyists.... we wouldn't spend that kind of $$$$. You know, my sis-in-law had the most steady hands, and could really do faces.

I'm going to give it one more try without a mold but I need a finer brush too.  I love the challenge of doing it w/o molds but I've always had trouble with faces--even drawing them.