Let Them Paint Cake with Claire Wilson-Oghedo
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Saturday, February 21, 11:00am - 12:30pm PT
This is an online workshop held via Zoom.
In this session we’ll focus on painting vintage Lambeth-style cakes, known for their intricate piping, sculptural details, and timeless appeal. Using watercolour, we’ll explore how to translate decorative frosting into layered washes, fine line work, and subtle texture, with an emphasis on pastel palettes and dimensional form. The class will guide you through techniques for building depth and balance while maintaining a romantic, expressive hand. The Lambeth icing technique originated in England in the early 20th century, when confectioner Joseph Lambeth popularized lavish, over-piped royal icing designs, turning celebration cakes into miniature architectural fantasies. Painting invites you to slow down, indulge your curiosity, and paint something sweet—no baking required, just a love of ornament, nostalgia, and some confectionary colour.
Join Zoom 15 minutes early for an informal meet and greet with the instructor and class participants! Class will begin promptly at 5 minutes past the hour, so everyone has plenty of time to create!
SUGGESTED MATERIALS:
These guidelines are here to help you gather supplies from home—feel free to use alternate options you love or have on hand!
- Watercolour paints
- Mixing Palette
- Brushes - size 3-5 round medium and 0-2 fine liners for smaller details, I also love liner brushes too for painting plant life.
- 3H Pencil or a neutral toned watercolour pencil
- 2 x Cups of Water
- Paper Towel
- Watercolor paper - I’ll be using my fave 140lb Arches cold press watercolour paper blocks but any 140lb/300gms watercolour paper will work (100% cotton preferred)
- Spare sheet of paper to swatch colours
- References Images will be provided
- *optional - washi or artists tape
- **Titanium white watercolour or white gouache
ABOUT INSTRUCTOR
Claire Wilson-Oghedo is a fine artist, creative educator, and textile designer living in Brooklyn, NY. Through her work she explores the beauty of the female form, interior spaces & fashion while considering the use of colour, shape and textures. Having spent her career creating fabric designs in the fashion industry, colour palettes are the foundation of her practice.
smudgestudiobk.com / @smudge_studiobk
THINGS TO KNOW
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Workshop recordings are sent automatically the day after class to everyone who paid for a spot, and are available for 30 days after the date of the workshop.
If you need to cancel, please let us know as soon as possible so we can open up your spot! We are only able to refund if we’re notified at least 48 hours prior to the workshop.
If you are planning to teach in the future using anything you’ve learned from us, we kindly ask that you credit Case for Making + the individual instructor where applicable.
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