I continued on with my 5×5 canvas panels, after painting the candy in the previous post. The pink doughnut was from a reference photo used in Fresh Paint’s “Paint More in 2026” week back in January, and the white miniature pumpkin is one of my own references. (Right now the pumpkin is outside sitting on the lap of our skeleton right by our porch.)
Food & Drink
“Compari on the Rocks”… Based off an Ali Kay Paint Along
This painting was done on an 6×8 canvas panel (Blick Premier — which I really like, actually), and is based off a 2021 “Paint Along” done by Ali Kay of the Fresh Paint art class site. I think she calls it an aperol spritzer — but compari comes to mind for me.
The thumbnail looks better, to my eye.
“Cappuccino”… Based off a Fresh Paint Reference
This painting was done on an 8×8 canvas panel, and is based off a reference photo on Ali Kay‘s Fresh Paint site. I followed the reference, not Ali’s process. What I like the best is the decorative foam.
“Apple Basket”… Based off a Fresh Paint Reference
Okay, these don’t look too much like apples! This painting was done on an 8×8 canvas panel, and is based off a reference photo on Ali Kay‘s Fresh Paint site.
I got rather “lost” following Ali’s process layering multiple colors that really didn’t relate — in my opinion — to the actual reference. Oh well, moving on…
“Stack of Pancakes”… Based off a Fresh Paint Reference
This painting was done on an 8×10 canvas, and is based off a reference photo on Ali Kay‘s Fresh Paint site. Ali will demo her version of this stack of pancakes and blueberries in a few days; I wanted to do my own version).
I’m happiest with the blueberries, which I painted with Anthraquinone Blue straight from the tube, Ultramarine Blue, and Ultramarine Blue with Titanium White. For the syrup, I used a glazing medium with Liquitex’s Raw Sienna.
Refreshing Blue Cocktail
This was painted on a 6×6 canvas panel and was inspired by an image by u_co44impxvh from Pixabay.
It’s Summer… Time for Ice Cream!
I did this painting in soft pastel based on an Image by Chil Vera from Pixabay.
It’s on a “Slate” colored 6×8 4-ply Pastel Premier board that I bought some time ago when I trying out soft pastels. (So far, I’m still favoring acrylic paints, but this was fun to do!) The pastels I used are shown at right.
