tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82341093934870404132024-03-13T15:28:00.599+00:00MelinArtMy sketchbooks and WatercoloursMelinArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665033654197863060noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234109393487040413.post-46710155984039181372017-08-04T12:42:00.000+01:002017-08-04T12:42:21.133+01:00Looking at doingI am starting an interesting process to structure my online presence in a different manner. It will include art posts but also a more holistic approach and collaborators. Watch this space!! Transformation in progress.<div>
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Here is one of the latest spoon portrait and a goodbye book cover I made for a leaving teacher book (!+1=3)<br />
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Caramel shells, old fashion sweets made with pouring caramel in a sea shell. </div>
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<br />MelinArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665033654197863060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234109393487040413.post-80939528867186034252017-01-06T20:49:00.000+00:002017-01-06T20:49:28.928+00:00PapillonsPour ma fille, une collection imaginaire.<br />
For my daughter, an imaginary collection.<br />
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A selection of the artwork for sale at the Christmas fair. </div>
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The best combination of jobs in the world!</div>
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Customized Family spoon portraits!<br />
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<br />MelinArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665033654197863060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234109393487040413.post-13796635936790921762016-10-22T12:55:00.001+01:002016-10-22T13:08:57.546+01:00Pain Quotidien Spelt Quinoa Scones<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There is a Pain Quotidien near the kids' school. I got their Spelt Quinoa scone this week and it is amazing. Crunchy with quinoa and almond flakes, just sweet enough with the currants. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I googled the recipe from <a href="http://www.eatcookexplore.com/spelt-quinoa-scones-recipe/">http://www.eatcookexplore.com/spelt-quinoa-scones-recipe/</a> and this is what I am making for Sunday brunch!</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Used a great round cutter for many round watercolors to come! Just did a fab herbal wild medicine course and it was pointed out that square shapes are static and do not exist in nature therefore stress the brain. Round shapes (think Mongolian round houses) represent mocement, celestial objects and are not seen by our brain as something odd to work on!</span></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJLGGr9Tc5HQn5uT0HBlFBSGA_420-lQcbYj2OdlCmaG8m9o61UExqjNEjR9y8qLsqh4mI02JnNJWFO5Yu7Uiwr7x4JBC49b4Eq17WojmiKDqB5-_roDSi42w5f3mTeJ1CPHszo6dNNXs/s640/blogger-image--197474037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJLGGr9Tc5HQn5uT0HBlFBSGA_420-lQcbYj2OdlCmaG8m9o61UExqjNEjR9y8qLsqh4mI02JnNJWFO5Yu7Uiwr7x4JBC49b4Eq17WojmiKDqB5-_roDSi42w5f3mTeJ1CPHszo6dNNXs/s640/blogger-image--197474037.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGuhnyvNnHswD3wFv8b7uQkYLmu7AZ-jgcrN1LuGIw91v9a5yO7VKfqJUj0xyjKdkceKaaBpuhnXT6hNbya1Utoc1-K7gnB3OiNSkSWwXyL2Hhxo6bHRl8x8EInT_7zt_SBrT1l94-M8/s640/blogger-image--2034337762.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGuhnyvNnHswD3wFv8b7uQkYLmu7AZ-jgcrN1LuGIw91v9a5yO7VKfqJUj0xyjKdkceKaaBpuhnXT6hNbya1Utoc1-K7gnB3OiNSkSWwXyL2Hhxo6bHRl8x8EInT_7zt_SBrT1l94-M8/s640/blogger-image--2034337762.jpg"></a></div><br></div>MelinArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665033654197863060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234109393487040413.post-38669965852284224232016-08-11T10:27:00.000+01:002016-08-11T10:27:41.478+01:00Bordeaux Sun Finally, a large dose of sun overexposure in the beautiful region of "Entre-Deux Mers". Meaning "in between 2 seas", t is a region featuring 2 major rivers. La Dordogne river in particular is a delight to swim in, all light and clear and very slow in some places. <br />
Fresh herbs for foraging are plentiful as this is a wetter climate than the riviera, all the better for landscape diversity. <br />
The Bay leaves are from the herbalist medieval garden at La Sauve-Majeure and will do extremely well in the next ratatouille.<br />
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<br />MelinArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665033654197863060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234109393487040413.post-89511443351869073942016-07-25T19:03:00.002+01:002016-07-25T19:03:20.030+01:00Aloe Vera plant and soap making - the start of an herbalistIn keep with my herbalist interests, I got a couple of aloe vera plant a while back. They are so hardy and easy to keep. Squeezed on the skin for burns or rashes they are a trusty and effective plant.<br />
The Aleppo soap batch I made is also skin nourishing, enriched with essential oils of rosemary and lemon to clear the skin and organic milk and olive oil to soothe.<br />
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Soap Making: Drying in the evening sun after 24h of curing.<br />
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<br />MelinArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665033654197863060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234109393487040413.post-78207442400048467922016-07-23T12:54:00.001+01:002016-07-23T12:54:23.163+01:00End of Year booksParent reps organised the cutest book as an end of year present for the teachers. Each child drew or wrote on an A5 bristol card and the messages were sooo sweet ("Ms Swann you've changed my life" etc...)<br />
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fundraising. Spear helps young underprivileged people getting
into employment or education via a short life-changing program where 70%
of the graduates get into employment or full-time education. This was held
in the historic <a href="http://www.burghhouse.org.uk/" target="_blank">Burgh House</a> and so much fun. Congratulation to the highest
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"you put you left foot in, left foot out, in, out,in, out and shake it all about". I hear that enough times at children parties! but what if the hokey pokey IS really what it's all about! 😃😀<br />
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MelinArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665033654197863060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234109393487040413.post-28959698483329566582015-06-05T12:47:00.000+01:002015-06-05T12:47:32.849+01:00New Food idiomsClotilde at <a href="http://chocolateandzucchini.com/series/french-idioms/around-the-world-food-expressions/" target="_blank">Chocolate and Zucchini</a> has issued a compendium of non-French food idioms sent in my readers for the give away she had of our book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0399169849?tag=chocolzucchi-20" target="_blank">Edible French</a>. <br />
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Here are a few of my illustrations of her <a href="http://chocolateandzucchini.com/series/french-idioms/around-the-world-food-expressions/" target="_blank">article</a>. As always, so much fun to be involved by doing my favorite thing ever!<br />
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Daffodils are in full bloom and some sun is starting to shine during the days that start earlier. <div>Residents can purchase the originals by contacting me through the blog and get free delivery! </div><div><br><div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpO6snw2cbv94CLHnxnXI169slrYwFvARQhsrHkQhEZgAMZEPyGn-VN7W2CI6Uzoi0Lo8vLCj1f16HRRPwlCPhoQtcuyEdW5CcaYM9BNQa11fTbLDEWY4UDkE1djCGrTzQUycas6bqn9s/s640/blogger-image-863686304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpO6snw2cbv94CLHnxnXI169slrYwFvARQhsrHkQhEZgAMZEPyGn-VN7W2CI6Uzoi0Lo8vLCj1f16HRRPwlCPhoQtcuyEdW5CcaYM9BNQa11fTbLDEWY4UDkE1djCGrTzQUycas6bqn9s/s640/blogger-image-863686304.jpg"></a></div><br>
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MelinArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665033654197863060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234109393487040413.post-53870576176808478912014-12-11T19:42:00.001+00:002014-12-11T19:45:04.908+00:00Cook's CookThe Cook's Cook is a free high quality magazine and featuring an article about Clotilde Dusoulier and I. How Edible French came to be published. <div>It features a family recipe of Chestnut mille Feuille that we call a "coupable" a "guilty" :) </div><div>The article is page 39. </div><div><br></div><div>Mag link: http://www.thecookscook.com/emagazine/2014-12/html5/</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziW1_d1vSLtxTt4LkffiR86E1uxTQZYdU6fPzWoaq6Yti44SxTI8RMyKrhA0GD5L6sT2ln0YuxiksYaaKPUSZdgH8l1Ivh-BES6btOx3p_QFaVxZxf1Ns_a47qHJRQpc7LUKxkN6AgXY/s640/blogger-image--224803204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziW1_d1vSLtxTt4LkffiR86E1uxTQZYdU6fPzWoaq6Yti44SxTI8RMyKrhA0GD5L6sT2ln0YuxiksYaaKPUSZdgH8l1Ivh-BES6btOx3p_QFaVxZxf1Ns_a47qHJRQpc7LUKxkN6AgXY/s640/blogger-image--224803204.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>MelinArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665033654197863060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234109393487040413.post-34852899489147596352014-12-07T19:04:00.001+00:002014-12-11T19:45:42.451+00:00Baby it's cold outsideTemperatures are plumetting over here. Winter equals soups. Rich laurel, peppercorn, gingery vegetable soups for the heart and soul. Thickened with lentils, floury potatoes or bits of crusty bread. A splash of double cream or a spoonful of blue cheese. Or some coconut milk for some added smooth exotic smell. All made in the lovely family "cocotte" or "caquelon". <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_tOui1z7MDc1ipEg_WQBmT7RTR7Kg8SEnclprDIR8Ih_0nxUPSR4l0JQ7l_Ms06B6vFUk8IoXHGmLHZJZULhFaikeKkXqHVeJi1Mmk8Vh-DC0hG3pLvEgItAkoSxeUVNEPExIIE_RrM/s640/blogger-image-1170793319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_tOui1z7MDc1ipEg_WQBmT7RTR7Kg8SEnclprDIR8Ih_0nxUPSR4l0JQ7l_Ms06B6vFUk8IoXHGmLHZJZULhFaikeKkXqHVeJi1Mmk8Vh-DC0hG3pLvEgItAkoSxeUVNEPExIIE_RrM/s640/blogger-image-1170793319.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyK92dO-ijdKCa-Ul61HUJXbE7z3lJJu2hXWF7eL1NEzA5si-wOS_9PAq0rGFRyo5jMEcX_3OGyYNsNCItMCYmqn3rEqdQkbBJuglFISvsBHZEtdWgZfpibh7sZVy3YQQ30_N9ASOhj0/s640/blogger-image--460983014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyK92dO-ijdKCa-Ul61HUJXbE7z3lJJu2hXWF7eL1NEzA5si-wOS_9PAq0rGFRyo5jMEcX_3OGyYNsNCItMCYmqn3rEqdQkbBJuglFISvsBHZEtdWgZfpibh7sZVy3YQQ30_N9ASOhj0/s640/blogger-image--460983014.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhacCdDVm_lW_C724Oo-AExMDnZKVbfHdW0DunDjTN9q9PqbyK6iEQX9N9DRZLl9SzRd8eCfwmog6-ekxPHsYJtpWQGuFZKqPOOCF7TJaWOUDKuhlQk80mJ4fMOQEj2ETprQVzWTzA5tTs/s640/blogger-image--217604350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhacCdDVm_lW_C724Oo-AExMDnZKVbfHdW0DunDjTN9q9PqbyK6iEQX9N9DRZLl9SzRd8eCfwmog6-ekxPHsYJtpWQGuFZKqPOOCF7TJaWOUDKuhlQk80mJ4fMOQEj2ETprQVzWTzA5tTs/s640/blogger-image--217604350.jpg"></a></div><br></div>MelinArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665033654197863060noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234109393487040413.post-39056249693336405772014-11-28T20:21:00.001+00:002014-11-28T20:21:36.478+00:0029 November 2014tomorrow 29 November, I'll be with Clotilde Dusoulier at the English libray (WH Smith) Rue de Rivoli from 4 to 5:30pm for a book signing. Thrilled to get to meet readers and show some of the originals!<br />
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