Fondant

No help here sorry. I love the theme and I think they both look great!

I'd get just a drop of the dark brown or back coloring and mix it with a drop of vanilla extract. It should be very watery. Use just a small amount to brush into the areas you want darkened to give depth without wetting the whole thing and making it flat.

You can use any flavoring really just something with alcohol to make a watercolor like consistency to lightly brush on. Fondant will fall apart if you wet it all or crack so just focus on the details to get the dimension. Good luck!

You can also lightly heat the fondant to make it pliable.. Like five seconds at a time, to knead in the gel color so it's a uniform brown and then brush in the darker areas.

I think the one on the left looks perfect as it is👏🏼👏🏼

Thank you all ♥️♥️♥️♥️

You can add the gel food stain, but since it's a wet ingredient you have to add more dry. In this case, cornstarch, or to be more in line with fondant powdered sugar. Sugar is considered a wet ingredient, though, so tread lightly.