u/Dubnobass

I’ve been trying to get away from using tutorials lately and have been enjoying just painting seascapes and water on my own.
I’m trying to get comfortable with not worrying about the end result, as long as I learned something.

I went surfing for the first time in ages last week and it left me with an urge to paint lively waves. I like the end result on this one, which is Qor paints on 640gsm Saunders Waterford CP paper. I went OTT on the masking fluid on top of the waves, as I tried using a toothbrush which was great for spray but less good for details. I don’t love the background water, and it’s not as turquoise-y as the ref pic (which I found on Unsplash). But! Today’s lesson was that there is more painting to do after the masking fluid comes off - going in with some shadows is what really makes it pop.

https://theloopywhisk.com/2023/02/04/gluten-free-cinnamon-rolls

I’ve been meaning to make these for a while but most of the ingredients for the flour (sorghum flour, millet flour etc) are not easy to find in UK shops, so I had to order them online.

I’ve tried the basic recipe twice now and while delicious both times, they came out better as individual rolls baked in a giant muffin tin than all squished together in a 10” cake pan. That said, the recipe calls for 100ml of heavy/double cream to be poured all over them just before baking, but that was hard to do on individual buns which had risen above the top of the tin.

The dough was very soft to the point I pushed it into a rectangle shape by hand rather than using a rolling pin, and it rose very quickly, in close to 45mins. The icing recipe makes lot - I used all of it for the buns baked together and they seemed to be drowning slightly, but only needed half of it for a decent topping on the individual buns.

All in all I was really pleased with how they came out, so hats off to Kat at the Loopy Whisk for the recipe.