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1. Making the head
In this lesson, we learn how to create the head from one piece of sugarpaste. It’s all about lots of little movements and keeping everything in proportion.
2. Painting the head part 1
In this lesson, we see how to delicately paint the face using lovely Renshaw gel colours and very fine tip paint brushes.
3. Painting the head part 2
Here we see Margherita finishing the eyes.
4. Making the legs
Margherita now makes a leg from a ball of sugarpaste that is rolled into a sausage and then brought to shape with little indentations.
Apologies for the poor audio between 8:10-9:40 we had to switch mics temporarily.
5. Making the torso
Margherita moulds bust from the sugarpaste.
6. Making the arms
Margherita now shows us how to make the arm on our armature model.
7. Lesson 7- Putting the body together
Margherita now shows us how to put the body together.
8. Adding the dress
Margherita now creates our models dress.
Apologies for the lack of audio between 28-29 mins, but we didn’t want to edit it out as the picture paints a thousand words.
9. Finishing the dress and adding the hair
It’s now time to complete our model by finishing her dress and adding her hair.
10. Other ideas
We share with you some other ideas for similar cakes that can be made using this tutorial.
11. Pro
We let you know everything a professional cake decorator needs to know for a design like this.
12. highlights
Some highlights of this fantastic armature modeling tutorial.
Learn the art of armature modelling with our Lady Papillon cake tutorial…
Learn the art of armature modelling with Margherita Ferrara’s ‘Lady Papillon’ online cake decorating tutorial. Full of fantastic techniques and skills to learn this is one you don’t want to miss.
In this fun-filled cake tutorial you will learn how to:
- Create armature models
- Apply realistic facial details
- Make a standing figure
- Create edible hair and clothing
- and much, much more
Who is Margherita Ferrara?
Margherita Ferrara is a renowned cake decorator from sunny Turin, Italy. After graduating with a degree in fashion and costume art, Margherita worked for several major international fashion brands before discovering her love for cake decorating.
She now owns and runs Fashflower’s cake who offer cake classes at both national and international events.
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