Cupcake #326

What a pretty thing! A Neapolitan cupcake! Starting with a dark chocolate cake, and piled high with layers of frosting this little cupcake is sitting on a background that is about the color of a vanilla sugar cookie. Anyone really sweet on your holiday shopping list? This may be the answer!

Cupcake #133 **sold**

I love this one! A soft, neutral palette, creamy butter yellow and pale grey. This is the perfect cupcake for a quiet little spot, or a great one to bridge bright colors if you have a group. Quiet, conservative, yet still a great conversation starter! Enjoy!

Cupcake #108 **sold**

A new version of an old favorite, red velvet cake with a swirl of cream cheese icing, topped with a fun little heart shaped ladybug. Surrounded by a soft celery green background that helps make the red tones in the cake really show up. Take a look at all the variations of color in the cup, purples and plums through brick reds, it's touches like this that makes even the smallest of paintings interesting to look at!

Cupcake # 82 **sold**

One of the interesting things for me in this blog is watching Scott's progression as an acrylic painter, he is just getting better and better. This piece is simply grand, from the shadows in the icing, to the modeling and negative painting techniques he uses in the pecans. All surrounded by a deep purple that makes the chocolate look a little warmer, and the icing a little creamier. One of my favorite color theory lessons of all time was when I learned that one way to change a color was to change the color around it. A really neutral or dull color can make another look brighter, and a cool color can make the others seem warmer. Enjoy!

Cupcake #79 **sold**

Today we have a simple, quiet, unassuming vanilla cupcake, on a fire engine red background. I have always loved straight up, no foolin' red. In fact as a girl, I had grand plans to have a red and white kitchen, complete with gingham curtains, when I "grew up." Fortunately that never happened, the growing up part that is, but I do have one bright red wall in my kitchen! This piece will make an eye catching contribution to any collection, or will be a great accent in any room that already has a touch, or a lot of red! Cheers!

Cupcake #70 **sold**

Strap on your party hat, it is time for the perfect birthday cupcake! Sometimes it's the simplest things that make our day. Vanilla on vanilla, but those sprinkles will always make me smile. This could be a super cool gift for a friend or a way to celebrate everyday like it's your birthday! In any case it's hard to look at this without the corners of your mouth turning up, just a little! Enjoy your day, I'm looking forward to what Scott will bring down the studio stairs for tomorrow!

Cupcake #60 **sold**

Wow! Cupcake #60, and we're still going strong! This is a rather formal looking piece, a very neutral background surrounding a deep chocolate cupcake with a creamy swirl of icing. A touch of coral red sugar, it is then finished with a curl of white and dark chocolate. This would make a good companion piece to one with red or coral being the dominant color. Or it would be super in a group to keep the brighter pieces from fighting with each other. One of those strong, silent types! Enjoy!

Cupcake #52 **sold**

There is simply nothing shy about this little painting. The swirl of purple icing is surrounded by it's complementary color, which really makes this piece pop! Sometimes in order to figure out what the opposite color on the color wheel would be, you need to map it out. Start by drawing a small circle, place yellow at the top, purple at the bottom, and fill in the other colors along the edge. Clockwise this would read yellow, orange, red, purple, blue, green, and back to yellow again. Then you can find this purple would actually fall somewhere between purple and red, then shoot across the wheel to find it's complement...which winds up between yellow and green. Enjoy this cupcake, alone or in a group, it just sings!

Cupcake #24 **sold**

Here's the promised cupcake featuring more warm fall colors, and candy corn! Scott says he may try to fit in one more Halloween influenced piece before the big day next week. If you are wondering how you'd like a seasonal painting up all year, there are alternatives. If you just have one cupcake hanging in your kitchen, this could be the one you hang in the autumn, replacing another. Or if you have a group of cupcakes, this one is a good strong piece that tells the story of when it was added to the collection. And will later enjoy the company of a Christmas, or Valentine inspired piece. Who knows, you may just love candy corn!