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Creating the September Paris Letter - Poilane
The monthly Paris Letter art begins with a 3” x 5” idea doodle, usually drawn on the bus or Metro. I had an old 20’s boulangerie paper scrap cutout.
I imagined I could create a cut-out stand-up French bakery.Ha!Dream on.
Many ‘punition’/punishment cookies (Poilâne’s signature sand cookie) were eaten to get in the mood. For research I visited Poilâne on rue du Cherche Midi. Tufts of hair hit the floor fast as I looked for my engineer’s hat. visiting Poilâne is a cosy, warm experience - the smell of sourdough bread and cookies baking. While deleting photos I found this French family trio. Something clicked. No need to wrack my brain creating a cut-and-paste paper invention... That was before I got out my scissors✂️The Breakfast Club pigeons are taking baths in plain view. 🙏 Pray for beautiful Napa Valley ❤️
Love to watch how your doodles turn into awesome art for us to enjoy.
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One of my grandsons made a stunning pop up project with his mom.. it was an oral presentation..Carol..I was floored at how it turned out..not easy! I love this one and have never had a punition cookie..shame on me.
ReplyDeletein 1989 we had an apartment on rue du Dragon, so Poilane, and Cherche du Midi was a focal point of my life. Loved the Cherche du Midi restaurant, and Au Sauvignon, as well as all the shops... SHoe shops!.. along the way. And of course, Deux Magot and Cafe Flore.... my 4 year old was allowed to decide which we went to for le petit dejeuner.... and we would time inger linger before heading for one of the small parks (on the rue du Bac for instance) for play with hot chocolate next door afterwards for elevenses. Poillane has since opened in London, where I have lived for the past 25 years.... with it's own Bar au Cuisine....and I always take the opportunity to buy my favourite cookie.... Thanks for drawing my memories.
ReplyDeleteOoohh, Poilane...I can almost smell the wonderful aromas! Is that Apollonia holding their signature loaf?? I’m very thankful that they deliver their yummy-ness to the US until we can return to rue du Cherche Midi.
ReplyDeleteLove seeing your process for creating your letters. Your little people are adorable. Stay dry! ☔️
I can smell the bread in your drawing. Am watching the French Open as they sweep water and remove tarps. I know the sound of Paris in the rain. Now I am weepy.
ReplyDeleteYAY! You couldn’t resist getting those scissors out...fabulous! Your second career could be as an engineer...you know, in your spare time!
ReplyDeleteLove your pigeon pics...you have friends for life...comme moi! Stay dry friend
ReplyDeleteAnother darling Paris Letter, Carol. You bring back so many sweet memories. Punitions are my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI love your creative thought process & know the fun when everything clicks into place. Never have a punition cookie so will put it on the list - cookies are my absolute weakness.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed reading about your creative process today. I paint in watercolor myself and know all that needs to come together to produce a desired piece. You are amazing!
ReplyDeleteLove this. Sigh... Poilane and Paris rain; divine.
ReplyDeleteJust picked up PB on this chilly morning. I have to tell you it was a pleasure to get it, and then to see the truly marvelous photo of rooftop pigeons was an exhilaration. Another inspiration for a painting!
ReplyDeleteWhat a tasty looking fish bakery! We are also having rain here in South Australia, thoughts are definitely with the people fighting fires in the US. Thanks for the Paris escape!
ReplyDeleteI meant to say ‘cosy’ bakery not ‘fish’ bakery! That’s what I get for writing comments on the phone keyboard.....oops!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE POP-UPS~ AND THIS ONE IS DIVINE!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THAT YOU INCLUDED THE FAMILY PHOTO WITH TWO LITTLE GIRLS
Loved that photo of the papa and his two little daughters! I wish I could see my son with his son and little daughter walking down our hometown street. So much has been lost of life during this awful time. Let's look waaaay forward to next summer. Maybe we will be freer then.
ReplyDeleteYour pop up scene is darling! You draw so well.
I made a pop-up book for Rick one Christmas -- 25 pages of our year's events. I will never, ever do that again. Ever. Not on a bet.
ReplyDeletePoilane. That was his favorite spot and one of mine, too. We bought bread and those yummy sand cookies and oh, to die for them. I love this one more dearly than I can say! I may have to review my budget and see if I can start a Paris letter subscription again -- especially if I can get this one!
I visited 31 years ago, which seems like a century these days. It is an extraordinary bakery and family business. What a happy memory!
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