Sketch your Cake Class

February 26, 2013 | Leave your thoughts

 
Today I went along to the fabulous class run by Erin once a month called ‘Sketch your cake”… a sketching class based around High Tea!

Now I know you are all smiling…but honestly, I am not a big high tea fan – I think it is a bit obscene – too much food and too many sweet things. Just give me a good generous pot of quality tea and a serving of scones is all I need.

However… every now and then it is a special treat! Today we went to Gunners Barracks tearoom and it was stunning!

Now you can see why I was sketching that Old Counrty Roses copy china last night- it was practice for today. To be kinda in line with the class I sketched with my lamy pen but was careful how many inklines I used.I must say that leaving the pattern of the china to watercolour pencil and paint (no ink to the pattern) is working well for me! Also, I realised today that I always start with the cakes and make sure that the arrangement and relationship of the various cakes is right before drawing the plate. As the focus is the food, it then leaves me in control of how much detail is needed for the plate.


Another thing, which I often tell people, it is very important for me to have tea inside your cup when you draw it… focusing on the non-regular shape of the tea within the ellipse shape of the cup  helps with drawing the outline of the rim of the cup – I often draw the tea first and the cup shape next. (hope that makes some sense!)

I enjoyed myself very much – as the others did as well.

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