I have recently been researching into more different types
of cakes and sweets but have also started researching into other things that relate
to my theme and the collections that I want to create. I have been looking more into houses and
buildings to add to my candy fantasy lands. I’ve particularly looked at
buildings within German and Russian towns. From the images that I have collected I will create studies of my own by drawing and painting from them. I also been looking more at ginger bread houses and have
even got images of my own of a ginger bread house first hand. I’ve
collected these images by using the internet site Pinterest. I found making an
account on Pintersest helped me researching a lot better images quicker than
before.
I have also been
looking more into tin toys and in particularly transport for example toy cars,
trains and rockets that can help me make a more boy collection to add with the
others. I have also found that some of my designs would really work well as a
collection for kitchen so am thinking
about what sort of things I could make for example oven gloves and cooking aprons
but also maybe ceramics like cups and plates.
From this research I have also made up some colour pallets that
work with my ideas and theme. With these colours and the images I have researched
and collected I have been painting and drawing motifs and pictures.
Here are some images I took of a ginger bread house that a
relative of mine made over Christmas. I have
collected more images like this of the internet to help with my designs and
ideas for my children’s interiors and kitchen wear collections. From these
images I will draw and paint them along with more candy like landscapes and
scenes. I really like the different and creative ways that little houses can be made out of cake, chocolate and candy thus helping me set the scene for my very own candy land. 
