1/4 sheet frosted in white buttercream icing. Etched on cake freehand with a toothpick, and outlined in #4 chocolate brown buttercream. Filled in figure, with straight tip from #2 to #6. Outlined details again in #3 and #4 tip brown. Also I go back and forth filling in when the lines are raised to high with more white BC. It’s kind of a process, and I am not an artist, have never taken any classes, so I hope it looks like John Wayne. looked exactly like him when I drew on with toothpick, but once you start covering with BC, it can change and either widen or narrow area more than you wanted. ***Was thinking maybe I should have put a line in between that lips to show that they were more narrow. IT may appear that he has a fuller bottom lip. Also had to do eyes and eyebrows over in certain areas….
I sprinkled a little bit of brown food color on outer edges of cake around figure. I spread around outer edge of cake to give a more rugged look, rustic, old.
I love your opinions from cake artists, as I have been in cake decorating for 30 yrs, but am not a true artist~ :) Thanks!!