This is my first time on these forums. I live in Western Australia and am new to cake decorating. I was married in April and my own wedding cake sparked my interest in this industry. I have bought a few books and tools, and now I'm considering buying an airbrush. I'm hoping to use it to create the effect on this cake (featured on the right hand side on first page):

http://planetcake.com.au/Daily%20Planet%20Oct%202003.pdf

Does anyone have any advice for me? Do you know of any videos to demonstrate how to use an airbrush?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks lovelies.

hope this helps
http://www.sugarcraft.com/catalog/airbrush/airbrush.htm#videos
or even better learn from a pro http://www.colettescakes.com/classes_cc.html
Michelle

For me the hardest thing about an airbrush was learning how to hold the darn thing properly.

A gradual fadeout is pretty easy, but you will definitely want to get used to using it before you do the cake. The hardest part will be getting it even. I think most of the airbrushes decorators use are single action, which means you control the amount of air that comes out of the airbrush, but not the amount of paint. An airbrush is my birthday present from my mom (which I haven't bought yet because I'm waiting for a 50% off coupon.) I plan on buying a double action airbrush because you can also control the amount of paint that comes out, so have much more control over the amount of color that goes on the cake.

I've used both kinds, and even though the double action takes a little more practice another benefit is that you tend to not use as much color, so even though they're a little more expensive to start with, if you use it a lot you'll save money in the long run.

One more thing - make sure you get one with a color cup, smaller is better. The bigger it is, the more coloring you have to put it in for it to paint.

That's a very pretty cake and with a little practice you should be able to turn one out just like it!