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Title
Collection Agent - Honey Bee On Flower
Artist
Conni Schaftenaar
Medium
Painting - Colored Pencil And Watercolor Pencil On Duralar Film
Description
Honey Bee on Flower, Colored Pencil and Watercolor Pencil on Duralar film, by Conni Schaftenaar.
This is the finished piece that started with the simple honey bee (elsewhere on my gallery) done to use for a logo. I used Prismacolor pencils for the bee and the flowers, but discovered that it was practically impossible to get the background to lay down smoothly on the Duralar with the colored pencils - but it lends itself to the drawing beautifully.
So I got out my Raffiné watercolor pencils and experimented on another sheet - I discovered that I could activate the pencil marks (actually wet the pencil before smudging down color) with water on a brush and get it to flow around on the Duralar film similarly to using watercolor or alcohol ink on Yupo. Makes sense because it's essentially a plastic sheet, too! So I used three or four colors of the watercolor pencils, activating, encouraging the flow with my brush and with tilting the sheet. I really like the textured, bokeh background that I was able to achieve that way!
As an organic gardener, I have always been concerned about maintaining bees and helpful insects. You can learn more about how you can help protect honey bees, on which the future of people depends, by checking in here. While their first suggestion is to become a beekeeper, that's not very possible for most of us. But, further suggestions about planting bee-friendly gardens and watching pesticide use are simple for all of us.
https://projecthoneybees.com/blogs/news/top-5-ways-to-help-save-the-bees
Reference photo from Pixabay by edmondlafoto: https://pixabay.com/photos/macro-bee-insects-nature-fauna-4364962/
Honorable Mention Tie finish in the Unique Christmas Gift Ideas contest, December 2021
3rd Place Win in The Pollinators contest, February 2022
3rd place tie in the Wildlife One A Day logo contest, June 2022
Featured in:
Mix Your Media, October 2021
Artwork Featuring Wildlife and the Great Outdoors, October 2021
Wonder of Wings, October 2021
Non Photography, October 2021
Mixed Media Art, November 2021
Pet Portraits and Animals in Colored Pencil, December 2021
Original Drawings and Paintings, December 2021
The ARTIST BUZzz, January 2022
Uploaded
October 16th, 2021
Statistics
Viewed 558 Times - Last Visitor from Mountain View, CA on 03/21/2024 at 9:06 PM
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Niceville, Fl - United States
Beautiful work! voted in the The Summer Of the Fuzzy Buzzy Beings contest.
Niceville, Fl - United States
Congratulations on your tie for 3d place in the Wildlife Logo contest! voted
St. Louis, MO - United States
Congratulations on your Third Place in the New Logo Wildlife One-A-Day Group Contest! F/L/Voted
Martville, NY - United States
Congratulations, Conni, on your Win in the New Logo Wildlife One A Day Contest for this beautiful painting! Voted.
Zeeland, MI - United States
3rd place tie in the Wildlife One A Day logo contest - thanks to all who voted!
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… PENCIL COLOR CONTEST! Fl
Danville, KY - United States
Conni, my friend, you are only satisfied with …just one choice…BOTH! best to you in contest!
Louisville, CO - United States
Beautiful! Congrats for your 3rd place finish in the Pollinators contest!
Niceville, Fl - United States
Congratulations on your 3d place win in the Pollinators contest! voted
Providence Forge, VA - United States
Lovely work! Congrats on your 3rd place win in the Pollinators Contest.
Zeeland, MI - United States
Thanks, Hiroko, Brian, and Sarah - I think I'm behind on contests again! Thanks so much!
Martville, NY - United States
Congratulations, Conni, on your Win in the Pollinators Contest for this beautiful painting! Such a beautiful bee! Voted.
San Francisco Bay Area, CA - United States
Beautiful and magnificent close-up portrait of this Very Important Pollinator! Congratulations, Conni, on your win in the Pollinators contest! F/L
Ridgefield, WA - United States
Congratulations Conni, on your 3rd place tie win in the "POLLINATORS" Contest!
Niceville, Fl - United States
Congratulations on your top finish in the Favorite Winged Insect contest! voted
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your winning Top Finish in the contest… 2022 AVATAR - ONLY WONDER OF WINGS MEMBERS! Fl
Danville, KY - United States
Conni, CONGRATULATIONS! Your work has been featured in the Home Page of The ARTIST BUZzz Group! You are cordially invited to POST image embed links for this distinction to the #8. GAs Features Archive Thread in the discussion tab. Thank you for your glimpse of beauty!
Zeeland, MI - United States
thanks to the group Original Drawings and Paintings for the feature on 12/12/2021!
Zeeland, MI - United States
Thanks to the group Pet Portraits and Animals in Colored Pencil for the feature on 12/6/2021!
Martville, NY - United States
Congratulations, Conni, on your Top Finish in the Unique Christmas Gift Contest for this beautiful painting! You have painted this honeybee beautifully!
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