Shading

It's amazing what a difference a little colour can make...

Before:

After:

Too far!

Although the last version might be nice on a blinged up wedding cake,  it was a little to much for a regular cake!

It's therefore obviously just as important to know when enough is enough.

These three shells are the same design but the shading choices make them very different from one another:

Shells are so unique and beautiful that it can be hard to show that in a finished piece.  Try changing up your base coats so that even though the top coat is the same colour you get unique pieces on closer inspection.

Have fun making something unique!

(And try not to look too closely at your hands afterwards, there are always casualties in art - and having blue fingers for the next few days is a small price to pay!)