WOYWW 723 Frenchifying my cover

Hi all,

I hope you’ve had a good Easter break. We’ve stayed at home but we made chocolates together on Sunday, which was nice. You always need at least three hands at a time when making chocolates. 

Here’s a photo of the first samples. They’re almond, walnut, apricot and ginger with 70% Valrhona chocolate.  

I’ve been painting my novel cover again. 

I was pleased with it as an image. Brian posed as ‘dodgy man pretending to read a paper’ (he wants royalties 🤣) but it wasn’t Parisian enough. I refuse to stick the Eiffel Tower in the corner, but I’ve added the name of the cafe, a Metro entrance and I’ve changed the coffee for a glass of wine. It’s still in progress but you can hopefully see it on my desk below.

I’m much happier with my Inktense pencils now I’ve learned to brush the point onto a palette with a water brush so they can be manipulated like watercolour. 

I’ve got to get on with it - my publisher has started working on the manuscript! 

Gracie stays in more but Bella has been making the most of the garden. 

The flowers are over on the apricot trees but the greengage is doing well. 

And finally…

Take care and happy WOYWW 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts xx