Financier Petit Fours, watercolor, 9"x 11"
Drinking too much Champagne once-a-year is not that big a problem.
But becoming attached at the hip to a Patisserie just a short train ride away is another matter.
Dear PBers,I need an intervention.
What started out as mere research for a petit four drawing project.
Has turned into an obsession. Ouch!
I tell myself I'm buying these delights just to paint them. Ha! They're disappearing faster than I can paint them :(
A few years ago I kept pastry temptation under control easily.
I only painted miniatures.
Under an inch high. Help me PBers.
Especially since I haven't tasted "Le Tropical. At least there is a remedy for greediness straight from Paris - Oddibil charcoal tablets created for pastry overeaters. I recommend it highly.
BONJOUR Petits Fours 2!
One person's obsession is another person's glory. Both, however, will end up fat.
ReplyDeleteYou DO need an intervention. But hey--if it helps with your lovely watercolors, I'm all for it. Hey, you only live once, right?!
ReplyDeleteI'm headed out to the pool
ReplyDeleteRIGHT NOW!!
Eeek
There are far worse indulgences! How about getting off the train a stop or so ahead of time so you are forced to walk more...just a thought.
ReplyDeleteYou sure put a whole new spin on "suffering for the arts"! ;-) The results are gorgeous, though!
ReplyDeleteCharcoal tablets? *giggles*
What a memories to see your chefs drawing again !
ReplyDeletebise
Your photos are beautiful, as always, Carol.
ReplyDeleteIf the pastries are driving you nuts, just imagine what it's doing to us!!
If I lived near a shop that sold those delicious morsels, I'd be making it my second home.
Enjoy!
STEP AWAY FROM THE PASTRIES! There does that help? Now we have gone from starving artist to overfed artist!
ReplyDeleteCarol you are an inspiration to bloggers and artists everywhere. I don't know how you do it...so well...day after day. Bravo to you!
ReplyDeleteYr are a strange one my dear!!Ending a beautifully painted put together post.
ReplyDeletePB with digestive tablets?!
Non!!
Yuck.
Annie
xxxxx
Thank you Wayne Silverman
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I LOVE it!!!
YES I must step away from the pastries!
mon dieu
xxxCarolg
Faboulous watercolor!
ReplyDeleteLooks more delicious than the real thing.
I have no cure except the tried and true one, go in the bakery FULL. (of salad, of course)
xx
julie
Oh my, I think I like Geri of NJ's idea best. Just get a little exercise on your way to the shop.
ReplyDeleteYou have come to the wrong place if you're looking for an intervention! what would we do without our pastry fix????
ReplyDeleteHmmm...
ReplyDeleteI've heard of 'Tough Love' but I didn't expect to get it from PBers.
I'm not addressing this to you JEANETTE bien sur.
So little sympathy for my predicament
I can't even turn to OPRAH with my pastry problems :(
c'est la vie...
"Your good friend has just taken a piece of cake out of the garbage and eaten it. You will probably need this information when you check me into the Betty Crocker Clinic."
ReplyDelete— Miranda to Carrie on Sex and the City
merci Sweet Freak
so cool!so sweet!
ReplyDeleteOh, Carole, your paintings & those pastries are equally gorgeous. I don't have much of an answer for resisting quality sweets; sometimes I tell myself that I have to TASTE everything, but not buy anything twice, but in all seriousness, if by chance you have diabetes in your family...11 years after my diagnosis, my doctor today verified complications that the best I can do is slow progression, so I'd say play any mind game at all to stay under the danger line. (Sorry to be so serious)
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw these Godiva chocolates, I thought of your lovely paintings, and wanted to suggest adding these to your repertoire!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I'm from Brazil. I have a nice day when I read your Paris Breakfasts.
ReplyDeleteI would like to know a recipe of englih cake with brown sugar.
Thank you very much,
Leda Laetita
Oh, what a terrible predicament for you! I have a solution - send the pastries to me and I'll eat them for you!!
ReplyDeletePretend all the pastries are plastic.
ReplyDeleteOr spray them with hair spray so you can't eat /only paint them.
Paint them with glycerin like we do when styling food.
Counter a bite of pastry with something good for you like a carrot...
xxx
I really love these busy messy images!
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmm, like when you come and visit me at the café!
Lovely painting!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter says this patisserie is near her apartment, so it's a must-see-try on my next visit!
If I knew the secret to resisting pastries, I wouldn't be in the same exact boat as you. The other night, I had to throw! away! perfectly good, delicious dried apple that I schlepped from Paris and carefully saved for weeks to enjoy. But I literally couldn't stop eating them. Into the bin they went. A stab to the heart, but a save for the ass...
ReplyDeleteYou will get no such help from me! If I lived around those wonderful pastries, I would be right there egging you on.
ReplyDeleteEat the pastry girlfriend....eat the pastry....