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Dinakshi creates art on cakes

24 Apr 2022

Photo: Rashen Dilmin By Kusumanjalee Thilakarathna   Rashmika Dinakshi Wisumaperma is a talented self-taught cake artist who dreams of studying cake art professionally. 15-year-old Dinakshi is also a painter who discovered and developed her skills during the pandemic period. She is also a music lover and is mastering playing the organ.    Q: Dinakshi, what more can you tell us about yourself? A: I live in Palangathure, Negombo. My school is St. Joseph’s College, Kadolkale. Apart from music, painting, and baking, I also enjoy participating in sports. I do athletics and play tennis in school. I have participated in many tournaments organised by my school and have won medals too. I have an older sister who is 19 years old and studying for her ALs. We live with our parents and grandmother. Q: When did you start to develop an interest in music? A: I think it was always in me. I started learning to play the organ when I was really young. I play for the school orchestra too. I used to go for private training sessions before the pandemic. Now I only practise in school. My school music master, who is also in charge of the orchestra, trains me. Q: Do you also sing? A: No. I don’t really consider myself a good singer. I mostly enjoy playing music and I am good at it.  Q: Since when do you paint? A: I used to paint since I was really young too. But I didn’t do it as a hobby until recently. I started drawing for fun just before the pandemic. I used to watch a lot of YouTube videos to learn the skills needed to improve my drawings. There are a lot of tutorials available on the internet. Later, I joined an online art class to improve my skills. It is conducted by Sanduni Welgama. I experiment on many little projects with my art teacher and I enjoy these artsy projects so much.  Q: What’s your favourite art medium? A: I love to do pencil sketches. I love how I can shade the sketches when I use a pencil. I like drawing human figures. A pencil is a very good medium when you want to master drawing human figures. It’s quite easy too.  I also like canvas paintings and acrylic paints. I also enjoy making art on t-shirts and other surfaces too.  Q: Did your love for decorating cakes come from your interest in painting? A: Yes, I think so. I was inspired by my mother who is a really good baker. She taught me how to bake. I use YouTube tutorials to learn tips and tricks for decorating cakes. It’s a really enjoyable form of art because you can taste the project at the end.   Q: How is the feedback you’ve received? A: I don’t take up a lot of orders but we do accept orders. The feedback we receive is really satisfying. I use the comments and feedback to improve the quality of the product I make. I trust the feedback that comes from my friends and family the most.  Q: When did you first learn how to bake? A: I think I was in grade 6 when I first tried baking. I must have been around 11 years old. Q: How are your cake decorations so neat? What is your secret? A: Practice. I kept on practising my decorating skills. My mother helped me a lot by correcting my mistakes and pointing out where I needed to be more patient. It’s like a form of meditation, when you have to carefully decorate a cake. It feels very peaceful. Q: Although you say cake decoration is a form of art, we have to cut it and we end up eating the beautifully decorated cake. How do you feel when a neatly decorated cake is cut? A: Well, that’s the whole purpose of it, isn’t it? Beautifully decorated cakes usually taste better too. And what matters the most is the satisfaction you get out of decorating it and how happy the person who ordered the cake is. You can always take a photograph of the cake you decorated and refer to it later.  Q: You said you are also a sportswoman? A: Yes. That’s one of the main things I enjoy at school and I missed it a little too much during the pandemic. I do throwing events like discus throw and shot put in school. I have won first place for discus throwing at school and that’s one of my fondest memories of doing sports. Playing tennis is also an important part of my life. I do tennis training in school too.  Q: What’s your ambition? A: I want to improve my art skills and creativity and do it at a professional level. I would love to become an art teacher one day. This dream includes becoming a professional cake decorator too. I plan on mastering both these and I feel improving in one area will automatically help to improve the other.  Q: Do you want to mention your supporters? A: Yes. My orchestra trainer in school, my art teacher, all my school teachers, and friends.  Most importantly, my family always has my back in whatever I try. They never let me fail.

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