Macarons and hamburgers

Ladurree interior janice macleodMarch 20th is Macaron Day in France. It's one of those made up marketing stunts to get you to buy a macaron or 20 at your local patisserie. Here's how it works:1. You walk in to donate a pittance to some charity.2. In thanks you are given one "free" macaron.3. With meringue sweetness and ganache dancing on your tongue you proceed to purchase a sleeve of macarons.4. Take one bite of each on sidewalk outside store.5. Consider repeating.In honor of my inability to practice temperance, I have painted up a macaron-inspired Paris Letter for March.Painting Macaron Janice MacLeodOf course all this macaron talk got me revved up to further the study of these pastel wonder cookies. I've been trying a new art style. Less pen. More dreamy fuzziness. Pleased with one of my renderings, I showed Christophe...CitronMasterLowResJaniceMacLeodHe asked me why I painted a hamburger. Only after I took a second glance did I realize my citron macaron did indeed look like a hamburger, complete with melted cheese.

Not what I was going for.

So I continued, but this time with a framboise macaron.Framboise Master Low Res Janice MacLeod

Better.

I kept going, this time with a vanille chocolat macaron. Vanille chocolat macaron low res janice macleod

Back to hamburger.

citron macaron with flowersAnd back to the drawing board.

Janice MacLeod

Janice MacLeod is the New York Times best selling author of Paris Letters, a memoir about how she became an artist in Paris mailing out illustrated letters. She has a vibrant Etsy shop and is one of the pioneering entrepreneurs featured on Etsy's Quit Your Day Job newsletter. She has been featured in Business Insider, National Geographic Traveler, Forbes, Canadian Living, Psychologies Today, Elle, Huff Post, and CBC, among others.

https://janicemacleod.com/
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