Painting on white gumpaste roses

[hoaloha43]

Hi everyone!
I want to know how to go about painting white gumpaste roses. this is for a wedding cake, and the bride wants the flowers to start a dark cocoa at the base and fade in color to the tips of the rose petal. I warned her that I had never done this before,since I'm still a novice at cake decorating, and I've never done anything so dramatic...ever ! I need help with suggestions from all you experienced decorating artists! Help !

[emmascakes.co.uk]

I would do it by forming each petal and then using a dark brown petal dust to brush them - with the brush heavily loaded start at the base and flisk the brush up towards the tip of the petal and then assemble the rose as normal.

[rach]

Sounds like the best idea to me aswell..also once the roses are dry dust the edges in a blossom tint colour one of your choice just to bring out the edge of each petal..worth doing them put the roses through the steam of a boiling kettle this seals in the colour and gives it a lovely sheen

[Nauseen]

Rach, do you vaporise them after the dusting or before?

[rach]

after dusting to seal in the colour