Though I love to decorate cakes, I can admit that there are a few things I still need to practice. The following cake (made for Easter) reminded me that I still have plenty to learn. Well, not so much "learn" as just improve!
Writing is one. It's difficult to figure out how much space you'll need to pen your message on a cake. Sometimes the icing consistency throws you for a loop. Sometimes you just work too fast and things get sloppy. I've run into all of these obstacles. Another big area where I'd like to continue to improve? "Fonts"...meaning: I can print on a cake and I can do your run-of-the-mill cursive, but that's about it. I'd like to spend more time perfecting some other typestyles.
Looking at this photo now (two years after I made this cake), I wish I'd spent more time smoothing the icing. It's not bad, but there's still room for improvement.
I'd also seen this cool diagonal design in a magazine and wanted to try it. However, in my excitement, I didn't plan it out as well as I could have, and the bottom row of diamonds ended up getting a little wonky. If I had done my due diligence, I would've used toothpicks to space out the markings evenly.
But as they say, "live and learn." I think it's important for all artists to document their work and reassess their growth from time to time. We can learn so much by looking back.
Surely all of us at least have a photo that makes us wonder WHAT we were thinking in choosing a particular hairstyle. :)
How about you? Do you have old photos that teach you lessons about life?