Part 2 of 3 in the Cocoa Butter painting series for Dessert Professional Magazine.
All painting done with colored cocoa butter:
Airbrush gradient.
Sponge texture.
Hand painting.
Airbrush splatter.
Fondant base.
Flowers cut from edible printer sheets - airbrushed and hand painted.
Products:
Decorama fondant
Chef Rubber colored cocoa butter
Grex TS-5 Sidefeed airbrush
Tier is approximately 8" tall.
Colored cocoa butter paints with wonderful clean lines, but it is tempermental if you don't understand and respect it's nature.
Here are some How-To's I've written on culinary artistry - they include an introduction to painting with cocoa butter:
[link]