tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post1783805211995719311..comments2024-03-28T20:43:17.199-04:00Comments on paris breakfasts: Christopher Norman ChocolatesParisbreakfastshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-86661533372865936742008-02-18T23:47:00.000-05:002008-02-18T23:47:00.000-05:00Your blog is exquisite torture. I'm trying despera...Your blog is exquisite torture. I'm trying desperately to tame my chocolate cravings tonight so I thought I'd do a little blog visiting to take my mind off of it and what do I find...photos of chocolate, mouth-watering paintings of chocolate...eeek. I surrender! Your paintings are really glowing these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-11091657104223333292008-02-18T09:06:00.000-05:002008-02-18T09:06:00.000-05:00You're so welcome Carol! The paintings came out go...You're so welcome Carol! The paintings came out gorgeous! How did you like the taste? ;)Whooshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13327619743101158130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-15258790035274204722008-02-16T04:29:00.000-05:002008-02-16T04:29:00.000-05:00Hi Carol! Happy to see that your blog is running a...Hi Carol! Happy to see that your blog is running again. I had linked you on my blog and then discovered that all the posts disappeared. From time to time I have visited yo and only now do I see you back on line. I love your beatiful paintings! Danielaempordà experiencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12360533273490044485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-91959919297706093532008-02-15T07:35:00.000-05:002008-02-15T07:35:00.000-05:00How beautiful.Love you Thanks for sharing so much ...How beautiful.<BR/>Love you <BR/>Thanks for sharing so much with us.<BR/>Love all your photographs and YOUJeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734743330025974332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1895927926003064942008-02-15T07:00:00.000-05:002008-02-15T07:00:00.000-05:00I am heading to New York next week and I am so loo...I am heading to New York next week and I am so looking forward to eating and seeing so much! Any suggestions for the perfect hot chocolate, afternoon tea, and cakes and pastries would be very appreciated. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-31515722922860570132008-02-14T23:37:00.000-05:002008-02-14T23:37:00.000-05:00The sweetest Post ever! I have tasted them and it ...The sweetest Post ever! I have tasted them and it is hard to put the taste into words..I know why you paint them! Happy Valentines Day!! hugs NGNaturegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00177418253271097079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-83871140171193642162008-02-14T22:26:00.000-05:002008-02-14T22:26:00.000-05:00Yes, yes. On with the research I say. It is a trem...Yes, yes. On with the research I say. It is a tremendous sacrifice having to purchase all these expensive wonderful chocolates, but think of how your experience in eating...er...I mean...painting chocolates is being honed!Ann (MobayDP)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03107580049551982062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-42698208402182699422008-02-14T20:18:00.000-05:002008-02-14T20:18:00.000-05:00A word to the wise: If I were you , I'd keep a ve...A word to the wise: If I were you , I'd keep a very close eye on Mr. Little Brown Bear. The way he's eyeballing that chocolate makes me think he's about to do some of his own "research" on chocolate!<BR/>ps Please check my Flickr site: I've been extremely honored!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-87731946281221889332008-02-14T20:14:00.000-05:002008-02-14T20:14:00.000-05:00Your chocolate paintings are enticing....they are ...Your chocolate paintings are enticing....<BR/>they are actually better looking than <BR/>the real thing! How do you do that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-7907243619491386392008-02-14T19:33:00.000-05:002008-02-14T19:33:00.000-05:00It's a difficult but an interesting challenge. In ...It's a difficult but an interesting challenge. <BR/>In some ways very simple. <BR/>You have to play the textures and temperatures off each other because the subjects are so close in color and value. <BR/>One is shinier and reflective - the other matte but a little crisp.<BR/><BR/> You don't want to loose the bonbon in a dark blob of paper against your white ground, but you do want the rich redder brown of the paper. <BR/> You have to have steps of value between the bonbon, the paper , and the shadow that change in value and temperature. <BR/><BR/>They all have the same color range and a narrow value separation so you make the 3 more independent of one another with subtle but selective shifts of warm to cool, dark and light while still being cohesive as a whole.<BR/><BR/>But you know all that. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-75955835543977390992008-02-14T18:28:00.000-05:002008-02-14T18:28:00.000-05:00good work on those chocolates. They even look shi...good work on those chocolates. They even look shiny, amazing watercolor work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-45663311773037098172008-02-14T17:06:00.000-05:002008-02-14T17:06:00.000-05:00The Valentin hearts look delicious. Did you test t...The Valentin hearts look delicious. Did you test them? I did not biy chocolates for oday, but I made a tarte Tatin! I know it sounds strange!Anne Corronshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15776524387728266798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-18047635123146297202008-02-14T16:00:00.000-05:002008-02-14T16:00:00.000-05:00I would have to play the paper wrappers like velve...I would have to play the paper wrappers like velvet against satin, but make the papers a shade step lighter than the chocolate yet darker than the shadows. <BR/>The warm/ cool thing has to make it work.<BR/>But then you have to expect that the wrapper and the chocolate will tend to read as the dominant shape...not easy at all. <BR/>I see more red tint in the paperwrappers. <BR/>It looks like you went blue maybe... <BR/>I did notice them and was thinking that you were pushing yourself in a good direction with the more saturated colors you have been playing with. <BR/>The crispness that you have going works in the wrappers, but you have the shadows darker than the papers...probably intentionally for your composition. <BR/>The bon bons are straight out fantastic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-45793135032868720632008-02-14T15:56:00.000-05:002008-02-14T15:56:00.000-05:00Hi CRIS - yes I didn't get my PB Blogger subscript...Hi CRIS - <BR/>yes I didn't get my PB Blogger subscription today either.<BR/>Blogger is out getting chocolates I guess...<BR/>Il arrive <BR/>(Fr. for S_ _ _ happens)Parisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-35981362872558365642008-02-14T14:11:00.000-05:002008-02-14T14:11:00.000-05:00Beautiful chocolates and beautiful paintings. You...Beautiful chocolates and beautiful paintings. You are so whimsical!Cannelle Et Vanillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650130471790805186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-7986984007204327402008-02-14T13:44:00.000-05:002008-02-14T13:44:00.000-05:00one of each please! I'm so glad that you found the...one of each please! I'm so glad that you found the little bear :)K and Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375282198168168331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-80257168238883792152008-02-14T13:32:00.000-05:002008-02-14T13:32:00.000-05:00oh your chocolates you painted look so real. you h...oh your chocolates you painted look so real. you have gotten VERY good at painting chocolate, so I guess practice does make perfect. :) Wonderful post today.<BR/><BR/>Looks like blogger isn't working today, at least not for me. I didn't get your post in my email box this morning. or anything else blogger related it seems. ;(Cris, Artist in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15067969984221375853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-28198904560938605762008-02-14T13:29:00.000-05:002008-02-14T13:29:00.000-05:00Just visiting your blog sends my carbohydrate coun...Just visiting your blog sends my carbohydrate count off the charts - but it's worth it!caseytoussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04482259941095650449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-88227942555007280152008-02-14T13:11:00.000-05:002008-02-14T13:11:00.000-05:00Happy Valentine's day to the artist that adds choc...Happy Valentine's day to the artist that adds chocolate bonbons to our life almost everyday!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-61092732552198624052008-02-14T12:10:00.000-05:002008-02-14T12:10:00.000-05:00OH YUM!What a great Valentines day find!!!MErciAnn...OH YUM!<BR/>What a great Valentines day find!!!<BR/>MErci<BR/><BR/>AnnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-46367407090367713292008-02-14T12:09:00.000-05:002008-02-14T12:09:00.000-05:00Happy Valentine's day! Your new chocolates are stu...Happy Valentine's day! Your new chocolates are stunning! Quo non ascendet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-79166379888747461732008-02-14T11:52:00.000-05:002008-02-14T11:52:00.000-05:00thanks for the peak inside Carol..that is a spot t...thanks for the peak inside Carol..that is a spot to add to my Google chocalate map of NYC.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255786377317147202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-63162971844354896372008-02-14T11:43:00.000-05:002008-02-14T11:43:00.000-05:00Do as Leonardo would do:Study the anatomy of choco...Do as Leonardo would do:<BR/>Study the anatomy of chocolates!<BR/>Take for instance a chocolate kiss, carefully bite off the outer layer, and work yourself to the core of the subject at hand, all the while pausing for clinical renderings of the inner structure. If this task becomes tedious, take a break, and read the milk chocolate tasting notes in yesterday's New York Times.<BR/>Happy Valentine's day!Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-58194524738389050162008-02-14T11:34:00.000-05:002008-02-14T11:34:00.000-05:00These are FABULOUS!!!! I spy the violet. Superb. I...These are FABULOUS!!!! I spy the violet. Superb. I really have to love those chocolatiers. I would love to be in on some of their development meetings...I would have to try the ginger too. And did they have some orange and chocolate..ahh, sheer bliss today my friend. Very finely done.<BR/>All best.<BR/>JanJanice C. Cartierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167175332825321189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-7589399443250527862008-02-14T11:22:00.000-05:002008-02-14T11:22:00.000-05:00Carol, those beautiful stripy hearts in red, l LOV...Carol, those beautiful stripy hearts in red, l LOVE THEM they look beautiful and they would look great with little bird.<BR/>We haven't a cake shop and choclate is in two makes only so l am so happy you are here to give me fix of good chocalate, thank you so much and l love the painting and little bird is sweet,<BR/>JillJill Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18151333958367310631noreply@blogger.com