Getting That Realistic Pumpkin Color Using An Airbrush??????
Decorating By Schmoop Updated 26 Oct 2006 , 10:21pm by formerbuckeye
Just got my air brush for my birthday and will be doing a pumpkin cake (going with the 2 bundt pans for shape) for my son's school Harvest Festival this weekend. I want to get a realistic look to the pumkin shadowing and such.
First question...can I / should I mix (is it possible) orange and a touch of brown for the the all over?
Second question...what color do I use for shadowing in in the creases?
Third questions...any tips on technique of how far ro hold the air brush and how or anything else you would add since I have never used one?
Thanks!
Michelle
i think i would ice in yellow and air brush with orange and a little red! did you watch the spooky cake challenge? if not, go to foodnetwork.com and check out some of those pumpkins, they are awesome!
i'm not sure but duff said he was doing his grass with yellow and then highlighting with other colors and i think it would work with the orange too. the ridges of your pumpkin sections will be lighter (makybe with just a little orange) kind of like they are highlighted? and then do the creases with more orange a little red. don't forget to run a little clean water thru between colors. just fill up the little bowl and blow it out into the sink or something before you add your next color
I just did mine and I colored them first with yellow and than with orange and it did make a HUGE difference. I used egg yellow though, but I don't know if Americolor makes that color in airbrush colors.
Rachel
I am going to do one for Thanksgiving and I thought that I would use brown first in the creases and then go over it with orange to get shading. After I airbrush the orange, I may even do a very light mist of brown again in the creases. I haven't actually tried it yet, but I am going to do a "practice run" before I do the actual cake.
formerbuckeye
That is the combination I was wondering about. Have you done some air brushing with other cakes? This will be my first...when I have time to figure out how to use it. It seems pretty simple, but I don't have time to test it out as I have other orders this week and am busy with
Hope I'm not hijacking this thread, but since several of us seem to be trying to learn to use an airbrush, I thought this might be a good place and time to ask. Do any of you experienced users spray into a box or do you just put your work on the counter and spray in the open? I have used an airbrush once and that was in a class situation, and we used a big cardboard box to control the airborne pigment. I was using green, and I had pigment inside my nose at the end of the session ( 
I know- information overload--- eeeewwwwww!).
You are not hijacking, I am looking for any input as well since I will be a novice as oon as it comes out of the box. I did see in another thread that the reccommendation was to tarp your areabehind and around the cake. A box sounds like the most effective solution, so thanks!
formerbuckeye
That is the combination I was wondering about. Have you done some air brushing with other cakes? This will be my first...when I have time to figure out how to use it. It seems pretty simple, but I don't have time to test it out as I have other orders this week and am busy with
I have airbrushed a couple of cakes and have used it on flowers. (The clothesline cake and the good luck Katie cake in my pics.) I haven't had it too long, but the more I use it, the more I love it. Just remember to start with a very fine mist. You can always add more, but you can't take it off. As for spraying into a box.....so far I haven't. I just put newspaper all over my island. I haven't noticed the overspay to be that bad. I am thinking about making something though, just in case. One thing that is a good idea especially if you are spraying flowers and holding them................wear latex gloves. If you don't you will probably have red, yellow, green, etc. etc. fingers. 
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