PaintersOnline Virtual Patchings Festival - Café
Café France, pen, ink and Inktense by Allyson Wright
We can't offer the fabulous coffee, tea, cakes and ice cream normally available at Patchings, however we can bring you some great painting ideas, inspiration, demonstrations and even recipes. Plus an invitation to paint cupcakes for the chance to win prizes.
Painting Demonstrations:
Follow this simple cupcake painting idea from Marina Bakasova, taken from her Search Press book, Four-Step Watercolour, using just four colours: carmine, burnt umber, rose and burnt sienna.
You can purchase Marina's book for just £10.39, saving 20% on the rrp, in our bookshop by clicking here.
For a more detailed, step-by-step, watercolour painting demonstration to paint the tasty treat below with Helen Campbell please click here.
How about trying a bit of Kuwaii with these fun ideas from How to Draw Really Cute Food by Angela Nguyen?
Purchase your copy of Angela's book for just £7.19, saving 20% on the rrp, by clicking here.
COMPETITION TIME!
Enter our competition to paint cupcakes for your chance to win a set of books from Search Press and a one-year subscription to Cake magazine by clicking here. You even have the chance to try out the ideas below and paint your cupcakes from life - if you can keep them long enough that is!
Click here to enter.
Get Creative with Cake!
Brighten up your baking by making these surprisingly simple and wonderfully pleasing rainbow cupcakes. Click here to read more.
Watch the video below for ideas on how to pipe cupcakes
If cake decorating is something you'd like to learn more about take a look here for more tips and techniques.
Inspiration from the PO Gallery
Coffee and Sweets by Shirley May
Two Pink French Fancies by Joseph Broderick
One More Cup Before I Go by John Elliott
Vanilla and Chocolate by Thomas Habermann
Teacup on Tulip Pattern by Jenny Harris
Last piece of lemon Cake by Steve Strode
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