(1) jam, or chocolate sauce, salad dressing and so on. One of the most commonly used is jam, also known as crystal mirror fruit paste, there are colorless, buy their own color, but also adjusted for a variety of colors. The advantage of this kind of jam is the right consistency, smooth lines, good brightness, a kind of crystal clear feeling. With the salad dressing into a variety of colors, make the jam painting strong colors, good contrast, strong coverage, such as the flowers painted with jam, and finally decorated with salad dressing stamens, the effect is better.

(2) food coloring, oil-soluble pigments on the market and water-oil compatible pigments can be, must be food-grade, do not use advertising paint, acrylic paint and other non-edible raw materials.

(3) Sauce pen, also called sauce pot, which is the most commonly used tool for drawing jam painting, now there is a kind of sauce pen on the market, you can replace the nibs with different thicknesses, which can draw lines with different thicknesses, and it is very convenient to use.

(4) other auxiliary tools, such as bamboo sticks, cotton swabs, brushes, wooden wheel roots, wood chips, pieces of paper, spoons and so on.

Generally, the end of the bamboo stick is flat, and the other end is pointed, with the flat end you can draw some rough and wild effects, such as horsehair, horse tail, bamboo leaves, etc., and with the thin end of the bamboo stick (or toothpick) you can draw some tiny and fine parts, such as the bird's eyes, beak, pine needles, flower center, etc..

With cotton swabs, you can draw small flower petals and bird's feather wings, etc., which can also be used to modify the picture.

Use the bottom of a spoon to draw hollow lines.

Use the handle end of the spoon to draw bamboo knots.

Draw bamboo leaves and orchids on pieces of cardboard (or business cards).

There is a wood grain brush (also called a wood wheel root) in the baking industry that can also be used to paint jam. First drop the jam on a plate, then brush it lightly with the woodgrain brush to create a woodgrain pattern.

The hot-air bucket, in the case of time constraints, can be used to blow-dry the first part of the painting, and then painted another color of jam, so that it is not easy to confuse the two colors together.