Transformation

If you are into cakes and cookies, you know about paint powders, petals, and luster dust.  My go to liquid is cheap vodka but I needed a different solution for the gingerbread.  When I first started experimenting with painting on the (new to me) material, paint powders were cracking with vodka once the alcohol evaporated and dried.  At my first gingerbread class, someone mentioned Sugar Art's Color Solution.

I can not praise this stuff enough.  It is a mix of grain alcohol and glycerin so it paints on smoother and somehow makes the colors even more intense.  This solution was a must for me when it came to the pure white and pure black powders.  

Most of my pieces I would do a quick white wash and then slowly add on the color.  You can still layer and blend just like regular paint to achieve your highlights and shadows. 

A quick spray of PME, a edible lacquer glaze, helps keep colors in place as you layer on or if you have stubborn colors that want to bleed like the dark blue.

The PME was two-fold for us as it helped create that shiny "this is a collectible" porcelain glow we wanted as well.