I am a visual person and do better if I see something done. There are many gumpaste flower books around, Nic Lodge, Scott Clark Woolley and my very favorite Alan Dunn, but I wouldn't consider any of those beginners level. Look on eBAY, if you ever see a VHS tape come up called "Sugar Bouquets, or "A Bakers Dozen" that would be a good one to learn from. The problem there is that Sugar Bouquets has gone out of business and you can no longer get her exact same cutters and veiners. There are other companies that make similar items, you just have to decide which you want to learn first.
i bought the wilton gumpaste flower set from michaels. it came with alot of cutters, rolling pin, a few tools, sponge and detailed instruction book for many popular flowers. it cost $20. i bought wilton gumpaste mix for about $8 there as well, except i used the %40 off coupons (nearly every week in the sunday paper) so it was less than $20 including tax for everything to get started. i dont know if this is techniquely right or not, but the recipe for gumpaste called for gluclose...instead of the expensive stuff, i used normal corn syrup(the only ingrediant is gluclose i think) and it seemed to work fine. i've started with simple daisys and apple blossoms but it was farely simple. i also used a clean egg carton to dry them so the sides would curl up since i didnt buy the flower formers. i saw that on ace of cakes- it works! good luck .
If you post what kind of flowers you want to learn how to make, there are people online who will help you.
Here's a link to instructions I posted on making a roses a while back. Let me know if you need pictures and I'll try to sit down sometime this week and get those done for you.
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