Three Bumble Bees

I have two paintings of different styles to show you today. Each is of bumble bees. They are included in a tutorial by Paul Clark.

                                                                                 

The first painting is in the loose style with two bees and two flowers. I copied the basic bee form in pencil onto an old sheet of Arches watercolor paper. I wet the penciled in form with clear water and dropped colors into the wet. I brushed the color into their places. I added a puddle of clear water and dropped color into it and formed flower petals with my brush. I followed that up by painting in stems and leaves.

For the second painting I used the template provided, tracing it onto my Canson 140 lb. watercolor paper with my light box. Although much of the artist's instruction was in the wet into wet style, this is a tight illustrated painting.

For both paintings I used Winsor Newton Cotman tube watercolors. The second tight illustrated style painting was enhanced using General's Pastel Chalk Pencils.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-2021-challenge-5-anything-goes.html

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2021/05/morgans-artworld-challenge-5.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-2021-challenge-5-anything-goes.html

http://angiesdigitalstamps.blogspot.com/2021/05/ch-52-agopt-twist-red-white-blue.html 

http://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2021/05/challenge-50.html#