Cake Painting Techniques for Creating Edible Art
Basic Techniques: Navigating Color
A course by Grace Pak | Duchess of Cameron , Cake Artist
Joined March 2022
About the video: Basic Techniques: Navigating Color
Overview
“In this lesson, I will discuss various edible coloring agents and touch on basic color theory. Using this knowledge, I will mix colors and create my own swatches from a reference image.”
In this video lesson Grace Pak | Duchess of Cameron addresses the topic: Basic Techniques: Navigating Color, which is part of the Domestika online course: Cake Painting Techniques for Creating Edible Art. Design and paint elegant fondant cakes by exploring composition, coloring techniques, and painting exercises to create art that's meant to be eaten.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Basic Techniques: Navigating Color In this lesson, we'll talk about various edible coloring agents and touch upon basic color theory. Let's first talk about edible coloring for cake. Here, we have gel coloring but we can also use general in-home food coloring, petal dust, icing coloring, and even markers to paint your cake, edible markers though. All work the same in that you add alcohol to them to create a paintable consistency. All of the agents can be used interchangeably and also mixed together. Personally, I like to use liquid coloring like gel food coloring or icing coloring, and so...”
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Course summary for: Cake Painting Techniques for Creating Edible Art
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Design, DIY, Painting

Grace Pak | Duchess of Cameron
A course by Grace Pak | Duchess of Cameron
Grace Pak is a cake artist and the founder of Duchess of Cameron, a high-end cake studio in New York City. She studied fine art at New York University and later a master's in neuroscience at Columbia University to better understand the artist's mind. After working in ecommerce for nine years and suffering a personal loss, she decided to reevaluate her career and signed up for culinary school, graduating with a Grand Diplôme with Distinction from the International Culinary Center in New York City.
Grace has since appeared on various Food Network shows including Candy Land and Buddy vs. Duff, and worked with high-profile clients including Tiffany & Co, Jean Paul Gaultier, STARZ Network, Four Seasons Hong Kong, and Martha Stewart. Her cakes have been featured in publications like Vanity Fair and House and Garden, and she was won awards including New York Wedding Awards Manhattan Cake Designer of the Year.
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