Drawing to Painting Food with Watercolors: Thumbprint Cookies

Hi everyone, my name is Nia and today I’m going to show you how I paint these thumbprint cookies with a jar of jam on the side. In this class, I’ll be showing you all the steps that I took including some of my thumbnail sketches that I made as my ideation process, to the reference image I took inspiration from, then I’ll be sketching the subject from scratch then of course I’ll be taking you through my method of painting it step by step.

If you don’t want to draw out your own outline, like usual I’ll still be providing you with the traceable outline which you can download from the projects and resources section of this class.

I have divided the painting steps into very short lessons which I find makes the process less intimidating, and it’s easier to go back into the painting again, if you decided to spread this class over a couple of days or more depending on your personal schedule.

This painting despite the details and how it looks, it’s actually quite simple to paint. But since there are a few elements included in this painting, it will take a good amount of time. I feel like this class will be a bit on the difficult side for beginners and on the easy side for intermediate painters because you would need to know some watercolour basics, like colour mixing, brush control, and understanding basic form.

I would classify this class as intermediate, just to be on the safe side. But if you’re a beginner, and you’re willing to give this a try, I’ll try my best to guide you through each lesson of this class, so you’re always free to join in if you please.

Like all my other classes, I do speed my paintings very slightly but I will also have a lot of cuts when my hands are either inactive or off the camera. So, like usual I’d always recommend for students to watch the full class before painting along, or watch the lesson prior to painting along, so you know what to expect within the lesson and the steps that I’ll be taking. When you are ready to paint along, feel free to pause between each step, so you can always work at your own pace without the feeling of being rushed.

If this sounds like something that you’d like to try to paint along to, come join me in this class and let’s begin!