Next, work on the boy's clothing. First the left shoe in the background, then the right shoe in the foreground. Take bits of fondant and place on the legs to simulate thigh and calf muscles. Roll out a bit of dark blue fondant for the boy's pants, and using your tracing cut-out as a guide (leaving a little extra around the edges) cut out the pants. Apply carefully over the figure tucking in with your gumpaste tool and discarding excess fondant with a sharp knife.

Complete the boy's shirt using the same technique. Attach a small bit of fondant on the stomach area. Then cut out the shirt, dampen the area with water, egg white, or gum glue and apply carefully. Make the boy's arm. Insert a cell stick inside the wrist to make an opening for the hand. Apply a small amount of water, egg white or gum glue and insert hand. Put a small piece of fiber fill or tissue under the hand until firm. Use an extruder for the boy's shirt collar, tie, and hair. To complete the girl's bonnet, attach small bits of fondant on the edge of the bonnet (the rounded section which cradles the back of the girl's head). Again using your traced cut-out, cut out a piece of fondant slightly larger than the bonnet and attach to the figure. Extrude strings with an extruder.

Take a small piece of white fondant and using a cell stick, needle tool, or friller, ruffle the fondant. Attach to the bonnet with water, egg white or gum glue. Be sure the bonnet covers the boy's face as in the drawing.

Closer view of the kissing couple. A small amount of grass was extruded through a clay gun to make grass.


Now comes the dusting. Apply petal dust to form shadows on the figures. You can shine the couple's shoes by dipping an artist's brush in confectioner's glaze and brushing the shoes. This scene is rather plain. Be daring and more creative with your background. After you're done you can protect your art work in a neat little shadow box like the one I purchased at Michael's Craft Store. Enjoy!