Hi everyone, my name is Nia and today I’ll be showing you how to paint a slice of Raspberry cake. In this class, I’ll start off by showing you the supplies, then a quick review of the reference image and why I chose it, my drawing process and of course the step by step painting process including how I mix my colours and how I create certain textures.

Like all my classes, I’ll be providing the outline of my drawing, which you can download from the projects and resources section. So, if you’re only interested in the painting portion of this class you can jump right ahead by using any method to transfer the outline onto your watercolor paper.

I’ve chosen a square slice for this particular class, so it’s much easier to create the form of the cake slice without having to worry about cross contour lines, just to make it easier for those of you who might be new to watercolors. However, this would also look cute as a cylindrical cake, in my opinion, or a wedge cake slice, so the option is always there if you’d like to play around with that.

The trickiest part of this painting is probably getting the form of the raspberries, but I’ll be explaining my thought process behind this so, hopefully you guys will still have a good time following along. OR if you want, you can also customize the toping using different fruits which you might find easier to paint.

Just because of the raspberries I’d probably consider this class for intermediate painters, however for the cake and the rest of the elements, I’m pretty sure this class is actually good starting point for people who might be interested in starting food illustration.

If you’re fairly new and you’d like to give this a go, you’re really welcome to try, I’ll really be doing my best to guide you through each step along the way.

If you’re new to my classes as a disclaimer, I’ll be skipping or speeding certain parts of the painting where my hand is off the frame so it’s easier to see the step without any interruptions in between. Because of this though, I will be painting quicker than normal. So, I’d suggest for you to watch the class or the lesson prior to painting along so you know what to expect and also the steps that I’m going to take in certain lessons. Then once you’re ready to paint along go ahead and watch each step and pause in between so you can work at your own pace.

I’ve also been told from a student that she uses the slow down option, she watches my classes in 0.5% speed and she felt comfortable painting along aside by side at that speed. So please find the best and most comfortable way for you to paint along with me.

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in trying, please come join me in this class.

Ashley Estes

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