The sweet popsicle

Light setup: HDR image, key-light, fill light, and rim-light.

To create the illusion of painting, I used some brushes and painted the model manually.

I added some effects in After Effects

I really liked the feeling of the painting that comes from the concept, so I tried to add some textures to my render.  I duplicated each layer of paint and blurred it to give extra depth

I found this sweet concept that was drawn by Matthew Cook