Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Soften The Petals Edges

I love making gumpaste flowers and leaves look realistic  The way I create this affect is by both shaping the petal or leaves and adding the petal dust.

Here are a few extra steps to take while making your flower or leaf to add a more realistic look.

Start by cutting out your petal and softening the edge lightly, you shouldn't ruffle it. Just smoothing the sides of any harsh cuts really

gumpaste leaves softening the edeges
Right petal is slightly softened

Take a Dresden tool or another tool with a similar tip. Now just along the very, very edge of the petal pull outward the edges with the tip of the Dresden tool. It is almost like shredding it a bit. You don't need to do it much or to heavily. You still want to keep it realistic looking

Rememer: only the very, very edge


Pulling the very tip out just slightly


After you vein your leaf take a small rounded tool such as a celstick or ball tool and run it along the very, very edge to soften. All you want to do is blend and shape it just a bit more.
  
Remember: stay along the edge or you will loose your veining.

Veined the leaf

Softening the edges of the veined leaf


Here is the leaf with the right side complete. 
See how it looks a bit more natural looking.

texturing gumpaste leaves
The petal when it is complete






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