Sweet Art

I've started hosting a monthly challenge on an art site called the "Master's Challenge". I decide each month on an artist and I make a couple of sample pieces of their work. The point is to make it fun and create a postcard in the style of the artist that is choosen.

The first month I did Andy Warhol. This was a great fun way to start everyone off. Pop art is just one of those things that people aren't afraid to play with.

This month...to keep it light a while longer I picked Wayne Thiebaud. YUM!

I've always enjoyed his work and subject matter. Come on....who doesn't love dessert.!! Cakes...cupcakes...ice-cream.

I can't wait to see how many folks try something in this style. It's the kind of work you can frame and hang in your kitchen!!

While most of his work is done in a thick oil paint so that the icing looks real.....I created these two sample of his pieces in watercolor.

The real ones

Since I'd posted a piece of art that had been inspired by my Arabian cupcakes...I felt it only right that I should indeed make a few.....not to mention that having done that piece gave me a craving for these treats.
Sooo....with the excuse of adding to the Easter deserts....I did indeed make a batch!!
I thought it only fitting now to post a picture of the inspiration for the art.
Chocolate with pink buttercream for these!

One more tradition of course is the Easter egg coloring.

Any excuse for art...right!!

Always a fun time but a bit of a challenge to clean up. Here my husband has begun the cleaning while my daughter finishes up the final egg. Can you believe she came home for the night just to take part in this fun...lol

Seeing as how my mother-in-law is a minister, Easter is one of those big ones!

Soo...it was off to church we went this morning. Great service...as usual. Had to grab a quick pic. The visual was soo lovely with the big butterful banner and all the flowers behind it.

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend!

Arabian Cupcakes

I know that may sound like a funny name,
but the reason I call it that is due to the sort of "turban" effect they have.

I actually fashioned this piece after the way in which I make my "real" cupcakes.

When I bake real cupcakes I often will cut into the top at an angle making a circle
with a pointy bottom. I then fill the hole with frosting using a pastry bag….placing the cut out piece of cake back into the frosting, pointy side down. Then I add one more squeeze of the frosting on the very top of that. Hence….that Arabian turban look!

This piece is 8"x10" and is one of two I've been working on a little at a time over the last few weeks. With a tight schedule, I can't give them as much of my time as I'd like. The other I've got going is quite a bit larger than this one....and "no"...not a cupcake...lol
You'll just have to wait a bit longer to see that one!