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This week’s art challenge is all about the buzz – literally! We invited our students to draw or paint bees, butterflies and all things buzzy in celebration of those hardworking pollinators and fluttering garden visitors that bring summer to life.
Whether it was a close-up of a bumblebee on a sunflower, a dragonfly dancing over a pond, or a butterfly resting on lavender, students were encouraged to capture the character and movement of these fascinating little creatures. We left the style and medium entirely open, from botanical studies to bold graphic pieces, gentle pencil work to vibrant watercolours and once again, the results were brilliant and beautifully varied.
Scroll down to see this week’s collection of buzzing artworks all which are guaranteed to lift your spirits!
We hope that everyone enjoyed this challenge. Stay tuned for a new Weekend Art Challenge posted here tomorrow.
Bees, Butterflies & Buzzy things! Here is my buzzy thing, bumblebee, in acrylics. Anthony SAfter reading and watching videos on London Art College blog, I did this with polychromos pencils on mixed media paper. Sketch with graphite pencil. There may be some watercolour pencils as I kept some in the same box. I learned layering, background, paper choice and colour charts. I did highlights with eraser. I haven’t done colour charts but I think I will do. It was very interesting and useful blog (Coloured pencil Blog). Thank you 🙏 Ni NiFor this challenge I tried experimenting – with golden linoblock printing ink for the bees and flowers, felt-tip markers, and some wax crayons. Unfortunately, I had to draw from imagination, since I haven’t seen many bumblebees these days. AliciaI took a photo of a Honeybee on a Sedum in my garden last year. I painted it in Watercolour. The hexagonal shape represents their honeycomb cell. The actual painting was used alongside other artists drawings of a Honey Bee in a Honey jar display unit (Beekeepers), that we were asked to contribute to in our Art group. I enjoyed painting it as it is a different subject matter. Dawn HHaving read the brief of this week’s challenge, I decided to do a close up of a butterfly wing! This is drawn in pastel from a photo I had taken of a tortoiseshell butterfly on a butterfly bush. CatherineBees, Butterflies & Buzzy Things! I have called this ‘The Art Of Creation’. Drawn from one of my own photos, using watercolour pencils. Heather KThe last of my pieces on insects – made using marker pen and coloured pencils – just enjoying playing with line and colour! Catherine Hope this qualifies for the flowers weekend challenge? I don’t do many flowers in colour pencils and I usually do fur !!! Gwen RSteve KBuzzy things. The background I designed myself. The honeycomb effect. Children’s paint and acrylic pens were used. The bumblebee was designed with a biro( outline), dry watercolour pencils for wings and acrylic pens for colouring the bee. Nina PA bumblebee drawing from a while ago and also ‘Queen Bee’ from my children’s book, “Cookie Helps The Bumblebees” I used watercolour paints and a black fine liner. LyndaHere is another piece showing a close up of a butterfly wing, using acrylic paint and marker pen. I like the blocks of bold bright colour. CatherineIt’s made using marker pen and acrylic paint, it’s a close up of a butterfly wing, with leaves and flowers (taken from a photo I have) using blocks of colour – I like how it’s turned out. CatherineAurora butterfly with gouache on seawhite black paper. I used pixabay free image reference. Ni NiTiny but mighty creatures in garden With watercolour Ni NiPainted Lady and Lilac – Mixed Media – Inspired by Billy Showell tutorial Ozlem ETiny but mighty creatures challenge Mixed media: watercolour based with pastel pencils and black pen Ni Ni
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