Please forgive me for reposting this, but I need ideas for getting a sunset technique in BC for a cake. I posted yesterday in the cake ideas forum, but it doesn't get much traffic. I'd like to get the streaky effect, if that makes sense...ya know, how the sun hits the clouds? I think I need to watch Bob Ross reruns on PBS... 
"I need help doing a 9x13 sunset theme. (I have a feeling this is for my surprise 40th birthday, but that's another story). So, in case it's a real order, it needs to look nice 
I have no airbrush and no access to Wilton color mist at the moment, as Michaels is too far away to warrant a special trip...
Oh and it's BC, not fondant. I thought about painting w/ BC, but I'm not so sure, since I've never done it. And i have to do this at night after my real job. Any help would be appreciated! "
I haven't the first clue how to go about doing it. So, the first thing I would do would be to do a search...
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-logi&p=how%20to%20paint%20a%20sunset&type=
Channeling Bob Ross...
Ok, Beachcakes, what do you have to work with at home? Do you have any powdered colors (not petal dust, powdered food color)? Colored sanding sugar?
Give me some clues so I can think about it and try to help.
Theresa
Thanks for all the responses! This forum has all the action !
playingwithsugar - Great idea about channelling Bob Ross. Maybe he'll send a Happy Little Cloud my way! Unfortunately, I don't have powdered color. Just Americolor gels in various colors and lustre/petal dusts. And 1/2 can (or less) of that spluttery blue Wilton color mist.
although this one is digital imaging, I found it interesting and useful as far as details go..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsQCUCml4Rk&feature=related
I can not draw. I have no idea about how to go about getting perspectives or anything like that. I've been thinking while searching through the links, what if you started with an image of the one you'd like to duplicate and either do a fbct and leave it at that or further elaborate the fbct once it's on the cake...
just a thought...
I've painted on fondant before using the americolor gel and it worked great and didn't bleed at all... not sure how it would work on bc but you could test it out...
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