Petal Dust How To Needed

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Permalink Reply by jeri c on May 10, 2011 at 1:12am

Sheila,

I bought some DVD's from Edna, Nicholas Lodge and Jennifer Dontz.   All very informative and you can pause it and keep going as you need to.  Their DVD's are the best! 

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Permalink Reply by Trudi on May 11, 2011 at 10:36pm

Hi Sheila

 

You brush the petal dust on using a firm paint brush  them steam to set your colours and takes away the powdery  look.   Different brands of dust will give you differing coverage and strength of colour. I find some brands are much better than others.    If you are after a really strong deep colour you may need to brush it on then steam your flowers when completly dry re brush with petal dust.   Also dusting your petals and/or flowers before they are completely dry helps whit darker colouring.

You can also use artist chalks for colouring flowers (as wire gumpaste flowers are not eaten). I find I get the best colouring with chalks.   You scratch chalk with a sharp knife to make a powder and brush on the same as for petal dusts and again steam. 

for really dark colour flowers and leaves.  put a touch of colour in your gumpaste before making them, eg. for red roses start with a melon/pink coloured gumpaste. for leaves a pale green.

 

Hope this is a little helpful!  =)

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Permalink Reply by Paula Ames on May 12, 2011 at 10:34am

I have found that it is helpful to try and find a real flower to look at if you are going for accuracy.  Then you can see where the color needs to go and what shades to use. 

Always remember the rule, less is more.  You can always ADD color, but it's much more difficult to remove it. :)

last, I dust my flowers assembled so that I can see where the shading should go.  It just makes more sense to me.

 

Hope this helps.

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