The November challenge of 'Goed Gezien - Goed Bekeken' is 'Scherven brengen geluk' which translates as 'Shards bring good luck' - a saying that means that after bad moments (shards) always better ones will come (good luck).
Inspiration did not come at once, but after some thinking I remembered the Japanese 'Kintsugi' tradition of repairing broken cups, plates, saucers, bowls etc with gold.
So I searched for a nice reference picture of a saucer - mostly to help me find the right places for the shadows - and used that for my work.
The saucer is painted in watercolour and the cracks are a combination of watercolour paint and a metallic pencil. After having finished this, I made a photocopy, cut out the shards I had indicated and placed these around the painted saucer. Using a pencil I marked the outlines of these paper shards. I used my pencils for the shards, so the difference is visible.
This still life was a change for me, I usually paint or draw landscape related subjects, but did enjoy the challenge.
The information about the materials I have used, the size of this work and its availability can all be found in my Tumblr blog.
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