Hi Everyone...
I wanted to try painting on my cookies now....I thought I'd try a few simple strokes with regard to flowers & leaves. I'm assuming the best way to do this is royal icing....
Are there any tricks? Any preferred brands/types. Gel colors straight, watered down gel colors, airbrush colors?
Also, I'd like to make some for my grandmother in NC. Will these dry & package normally?
Thanks for your time!
Evmarie
You can use royal or fondant, just make sure your royal is completely dry.
I used watered down colors, very lightly. They dried just fine.
Good Luck Evmarie, I look forward to hearing how you went. I haven't been game myself except for flowers .
Pipe the outside rim/ line then get a paintbrush and lightly blend that inward. Then you can add another line and do the same toward where you will put the flower centre. I am sure there are better ways and people on here that are very good at it, that might share.
I just found a tutorial on Karens cookies forum, have a look in there.
it is also a very helpful site.
Thanks grozzie11. There are so many things to try. I've been getting better gradually at a bunch of things. Maybe if I stick to one technique, I'd have a dramatic improvement and not feel so frustrated....
But...I get bored easily. And, grandma needs some cookies! So, I borrowed some books from my Aunt (she paints beautifully). And I will do some brushed embroidery back up cookies just in case my painting looks like a 2 year old got a hold of it!!!
I love that look when the brushed in royal is painted metallic. I'm not sure who did it here on CC...but I've seen it a couple times. Looks super pretty. My grandma is a lace/victorian type lady for sure. All things girly. One way or another, I'll send her something nice.
Thanks for the Karen's cookie tip too. I printed out a couple of her recipes once upon a time. If I remember...I'll post in this topic...what I come up with.
if you use straight gel colors, it may dry tacky (to the touch, I mean). I suggest mixing it with some clear vanilla or other clear alcohol (I use vodka) to lessen the tackiness when it dries.
Thanks bonniebakes...I was wondering about that.
I tried gumpaste for the first time a couple weeks ago. I made some beagles & a raccoon....(and a ill-proportioned number topper). I tried to color the gumpaste black for the figures but couldn't get anything darker than a very hunter green. After some frustration I painted the spots/stripes on with straight wilton gel color. And...yup, when I picked up my first beagle...the one I placed on the cake board...I left a finger print. No biggie for that - I just touched it up. But, if I want to ship these cookies, I'd rather they not stick to the cello bag.
Maybe I'll bank on the brushed embroidery style cookies for grandma until I get this painting thing down.
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