The amateur art association 'Goed Gezien - Goed Bekeken' has for each month of this year a challenge and I am planning to participate in all of them.
The February challenge is 'Breakfast' and I decided to make a picture of my Sunday morning croissant with homemade blackberry jelly before I had eaten all of it and use that for my painting.
Of course there is more to my Sunday breakfast, like tea and some more bread but this is my bit of luxury every weekend and I take my time to enjoy it.
I have made a mixed media painting, adding metallic pencil for the knife and some Graphitint for the bits of jelly on the knife. There is also some iridescent medium on the knife and the edge of the plate.
The iridescent medium does not really show in a picture like this, it is only visible when looking at the watercolour painting from a side.
Painting in answer to a challenge or a contest is always a good thing to do because in these cases I paint subjects I do not usually choose. In this case I have surprised myself, the croissant looks much better than I thought it would.
So now I am looking forward to the next challenge - March.
More information about this painting (materials used, size, availability, contact information, etc) can be found at my website www.jannekesatelier.webs.com
