Cake decorating with an airbrush gives your cake a professional look and allows you more creative freedom in your design. Once you become comfortable using the airbrush the creative applications are endless. Customizing your cake design to reflect the occasion is only limited by your imagination.

Let’s say that you want to make a birthday cake for a child that loves Mickey Mouse. For this example I would suggest stating with a white cake. If you are artistic enough you could start by airbrushing a black outline of Mickey and then fill in the colors much like you would in a coloring book. This sounds easy but if you haven’t done a lot of free handed drawing or airbrushing I would suggest using a stencil.

You can find many stencil sites on the internet that are made specifically for the cake decorating airbrush. The cheapest way, of course, it is to make your own stencil. All you need is a coloring book and an Exacto or utility knife. Then cut out the sections that you want to color and outline the colors in black to connect them together and complete the image.

Before you start airbrushing any design on to a cake I would suggest you practice airbrushing it onto paper first. This will help you to determine which elements you wish to incorporate or remove, what steps you will take and in what order. Keep in mind that when you are spraying color and overlap them the result will be a color that is a combination of both.

Cake decorating with an airbrush does take time and practice before you become comfortable in using it. The best way to learn is to just play around and have fun with it. Practice some basic shapes and lines and do some experimenting with different color combinations.

There are many spray-on edible colors available for airbrushing and are mixable if a custom color is needed. Make sure the airbrush will only be used for painting edible colors and should not be used for any other propose.

Since the beginning of time, humans have always had the desire to create art. Through this desire body painting was born, making the human body the first canvass. The history of this craft stretches so far back that historians consider it to be the earliest form of art. Compared to other types of body art like tattoos or piercing, this is impermanent. It lasts only for a few hours at most. During the ancient times, tribes would often use this during celebrations and important ceremonies. Each color had its own corresponding meaning. Chieftains and warriors commonly had their own styles to indicate their status in the tribe. Around the 12th century, a new kind of body painting known as the Mehendi became popular. The Mehendi is an extremely old ritual that originated from Egypt. It is the art of using henna to paint the body. This type of dye usually lasts a little longer, about a 1-2 weeks before fading. Natives of South America also had their own methods of ornamenting their bodies. They would use wet charcoal also known as huito. Like henna, huito is also semi-permanent lasting for a few weeks.

In today’s modern era, this has become a way of self-expression. This has been spurred on by the liberality of modern society. If before nudity was deemed by society as inappropriate and improper, now it is something to be flaunted. In the guise of self-expression and the practice of human freedom, this has become a means of grabbing the public’s attention. This is especially effective during protests and rallies. Instead of bringing placards and sign boards, the protesters would instead paint on themselves. The art of body painting can morph a human being into a beautiful work of art. It can make a statement that words alone cannot express, create a more appealing presentation, and add meaning and significance to an important occasion. It is used not only for the living, but also to preserve the dead. Truly it has attained world wide significance that will last till the end of time.