St. Pat's Brownies

St. Pat's Brownies
Oil on panel, 9x12

For St. Patrick's Day, I wanted to paint something light and fun!  I picked these super delicious brownie bites up at our local shop - Butterfly Kisses Bakery.  The little brownies are iced with "leaves" complete with the most delicious candy flowers popping out the tops!  ALMOST too beautiful to eat!  I didn't want to actually paint every detail of the marble top table - so I tried applying the colors with a palette knife, just skimming the surface to give the illusion.  I wanted to play in the paints a bit - being a little impressionistic with the surfaces.  I like the way the colors "married" in this way.  I just found this frosted glass cake stand at a local antique shop - the top is shaped like a giant leaf!  It is the perfect surface to display sweet treats!  I am trying to finish my painting early today - I wish I could get it done in the morning, but that never seems to work out.  This is painting number 73 in 73 days :)

Triple Chocolate Dream

Triple Chocolate Dream
Oil on panel, 6x6

In keeping with my theme of painting new subjects on the second half of this challenge - today I paint a cupcake!  I picked this little gem up at our local bakery on Main Street - Butterfly Kisses Bakery.  I bought three cupcakes, wrapped up in their fancy bags, I hid them in the laundry room so no one would eat them before I could paint them.  What do I find when I go to get started?  My husband had finished off the peanut butter cup one - not a crumb left!  So, instead of a delicious trio of cupcakes on a fancy cake plate, we have only one on a china plate from a dear friend.  Dessert, anyone?  This is day 24 of the 30 day painting challenge - what shall I paint next?