Cake Design: Easy Buttercream Flowers with a Palette Knife
How to Mix Colors to Get a Natural Look
A course by Butter Blossoms (KWUN) , Cake Artist
Joined September 2022
Joined September 2022
About the video: How to Mix Colors to Get a Natural Look
Overview
“Painting the flowers and the greenery certainly should have a natural coloring. I will show how to mix natural colors in a basic and easy way, and the good result is not to buy many colors to create your piece of work. ”
In this video lesson Butter Blossoms (KWUN) addresses the topic: How to Mix Colors to Get a Natural Look, which is part of the Domestika online course: Cake Design: Easy Buttercream Flowers with a Palette Knife. Learn how to sculpt beautiful buttercream flowers using a simple palette knife by creating a delicious bouquet on a cake. .
Partial transcription of the video
“Okay, in this lesson I will show you how to mix the colors. Okay, we have the white color here. I will mix a lot of colors. The first step I will mix the colors directly from the bottom like this. This one is moss green. I always recommend to have the moss green in your palette. Because the moss green is a natural color that is easy to make your cake look beautiful. So we add a lot of colors inside. And we use the big knife to mix the colors. When you mix the colors, I recommend you to press down, press down, press down like this. Not stir, but we press down. Press down, then easy to mix. Y...”
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Course summary for: Cake Design: Easy Buttercream Flowers with a Palette Knife
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Butter Blossoms (KWUN)
A course by Butter Blossoms (KWUN)
Tanaporn Vilailaks, known as Kwun, started her career in cake artistry in her native Thailand. Her brand, Butter & Blossoms, is a well-recognized name among cake enthusiasts on social media. She started her career with a degree in Architecture, majoring in Industrial Design, from KMITL. After a brief stint as a graphic designer, she discovered her passion for pâtisserie, prompting her to open her own shop, Modern Cake, in 2005. Kwun pursued a Pâtisserie Diploma from Le Cordon Bleu in 2008. From then, she began offering custom cakes for special occasions and supplying to various coffee shops in Bangkok under her café, Modern Cake.
Kwun's specialty lies in flower sculpture painting using buttercream and chocolate cream, a signature technique she self-taught and perfected since 2017. Her unique style has garnered international attention, leading her to conduct workshops in over 15 countries around the world. She officially launched her artwork on Instagram and Facebook under "Butter & Blossoms" in 2015, initially showcasing her piping flower techniques. As her follower base grew, she began posting short clips of her work process, particularly her palette knife art, which gained immense interest. Since then, she has been teaching private and online classes, gradually turning her passion into a successful career. In 2018, she established her own teaching studio in Bangkok, called the Butter & Blossoms studio, further solidifying her reputation as a revered cake decorator.
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