Just the Art- Carl Bear and the Honey Bees

by David Finley

Today's Just the Art feature illustration is 'Carl Bear and the Honey Bees'. This is an updated color and texturized version of a ball point pen sketch you can see here.

 My main focus and emphasis was on energy and movement, with an arching flow in the composition highlighted by the stream of honey and bees. The heavy energy is contrasted and anchored by the right angle boxing of the tree and branch.

 Don't worry, Carl will be just fine.If you like this picture a lot, you can own a print by clicking this link right now.

Thanks for looking!

-Dave, Grand Poobah of all Scofflaws

Illustration Friday- Swarm

 Poor Carl just wants some honey to curb the longing of his always persistent sweet tooth. Of course, bees don't tend to like that very much and have given Carl some lessons.

 I hope to color this soon. The sketch was completed on paper with ballpoint pen. (that's been a trend for me lately)

It was a battle to get this entry for Illustration Friday's topic: Swarm up before the deadline. My microtek scanner is down. Luckily, after some searching, I found out I had a backup scanner.