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summer food palettes

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It’s summer, meaning I need to plan the menu for the hubby/daughter birthday barbecue. And I’m in the mood to build palettes (colourlovers.com as always), so this is me combining the two. If you click on the photo it will take you to the recipe. This menu features a few of my favorite go to recipes every summer….especially that creamsicle recipe!

Watermelon Daiquiri

drink image courtesy sunset.com

drink image courtesy sunset.com

Grilled Rosemary Chicken

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bbq image courtesy epicurious.com

Crunchy Napa Cabbage Slaw

slaw image courtesy sunset.com

slaw image courtesy sunset.com

Nectarine Creamsicles with Rose Water

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Seriously, the creamsicles. So easy and so delicious. You’re going to want to save some room for those…and maybe decorate your kitchen to match since you’ll be wanting to make them all the time!

I’m out tomorrow surveying a job, back next week. Have a great weekend!
Leslie

      

palettes: breaking bad in gifs

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More palettes from my cinematographically favorite show, Breaking Bad. That’s a Friday only word and I expect you to give me credit if you use it. These palettes are based on some hilarious GIFs from the good people at Funny or Die and they just make me remarkably happy. And while we are on the subject of Breaking Bad and happiness, did you hear that Walt may not be dead? Really? I’m giddy just thinking about it.

Color palettes created, as always, at colourlovers.

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Leslie


palettes: fine art

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The masters definitely knew how to use color. Here’s a sampling from the French masters displayed at the SF Legion of Honor, which not only houses an awesome collection but is an awesome building on a beautiful site. This is where I spent much of my senior year of college….learning from the best. The building was given to the people of San Francisco by Adolph and Alma Spreckels to honor the thousands of Californians who died in World War I.

Pictures courtesy legionofhonor.famsf.org, color palettes created at colourlovers.com.

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Soleils au Bord de la Seine, Gustave Caillebotte

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Sailboats on the Seine, Claude Monet

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The Broken Pitcher, William Adolph-Bouguereau

art-cezanne (685x800)Forest Interior, Paul Cezanne (afraid this one isn’t on display, but I love the gorgeous colors! You can check it online.)

Happy Friday! Paint yourself a beautiful weekend….
Leslie

 

palettes: breaking bad season 2

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More Breaking Bad palettes. These from season 2. The boys are well engaged in their desert meth making, Walter thinking he has control of his destiny. Their tiny little speck of existence in the massiveness of their environment might indicate otherwise.

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Season 1 palettes are here. As always, thanks to colourlovers for their palette creation tool!

Leslie

palettes: breaking bad season 1

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It’s late and I’m already working with weekend brain, so my last post for the week is a bit of a lark. Breaking Bad has the most beautiful and artistically deliberate cinematography I’ve ever seen on television (although to be fair I don’t watch a lot of television). There are so many image clips that swim around in my head long after I’ve watched the show. See what you think of my Breaking Bad color palettes….

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If you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t watched the show yet, start it now! Have a great weekend,

Leslie

vacation in color

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our last Hanalei 2013 sunset

It’s April and school is still in, I’m a little frustrated with a project I’m working on, the weather is unreliable….time for a vacation. But time or not, there is no vacation in my near future, so I’m creating palette vacations today. See if these take you where they took me….back to Hanalei ten months ago. Happy sigh.

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the pathway alongside the taro fields behind yoga hanalei

hideaways....our favorite snorkeling beach

hideaways….our favorite snorkeling beach

Have a great weekend….find me at Picnic in the Presidio this Sunday!
Leslie

food palettes…a starting place

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With every design project the designer must choose a starting point. For a restaurant project it might be the food. Here is my flight of fancy using food palettes as conceptual beginnings. All photos courtesy foodarts.com.  Click on  photos to get to recipes.

Cured Salmon with Oyster Panna Cotta, Crab, Avruga Caviar & Avocado/Crème Fraîche

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Chocolate/Almond Tortellini with Blood Oranges & Pine Nuts

 Oyster with Carolina Rice Grits & Ramp Capers

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 Burnt Heather Partridge with Celeriac, Watercress & Chanterelles

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Is this all making you hungry?  Or maybe it’s time to get out the paints. Either way, it was fun for me! What inspires you at the beginning of a project? I’d love to hear your thoughts…

Keep in touch,
Leslie

scratching the surface of color

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my mid-century palette

my mid-century palette

Have you discovered colourlovers yet?  So cool.  Load a photo and pull a color palette or twenty.  Then create patterns that use your palette.  One of my new favorite color tools to play with (and by new I mean I barely know what I’m doing yet but it is a great way to waste several hours getting side tracked with color).  Check it out and let me know how you like it.  Any other great color tools you use?

a pattern that I created from this palette

a pattern that I created from this palette

the picture that started it all

the picture that started it all