🐝 Bee Kind

041 Bee Kind

 Saw something very similar to this on Pinterest and wanted to do my own cute version.  I started off by painting a prepared canvas panel with Titanium White.  I then drew my design lightly on top of that.

I then mixed up a few different shades of yellow with hints of Orange and started colouring in the Honeycomb.  With this piece this is what took the time.  I also added some darker or lighter areas to each one.  I then coloured in the bee giving him a cute character. 

To do the lettering I didn't have a stencil with large enough lettering for this project so I went onto my computer and opened the Microsoft Paint program and used the Text tool and wrote Bee Kind on the blank page.  I then selected it into a font that I liked and resized it too.  After this I used my usual method of printing and cutting it out then drawing around each letter on my canvas.

I know it is a long drawn out process but it works well and you can use any font you like as long as it is installed on your Personal Computer of course.

This photo shows some of the lettering has been pencilled in.  I put some masking tape on and drew a level line on it so that the lettering was straight.  I have made mistakes with getting lettering straight in the past so wanted to try this.  I think it has worked well too.  You really can never have too much masking tape!  After both words were drawn round I then coloured them in carefully with a fine brush and with a steady hand using Mars Black.  

This was a fun little project with a very important message we could all take on board.

✌️Peace❤️Love🎶Music

027 Peace Love Music

My own design and I have proved to myself that I can use any font I like as long as it is installed on my laptop.  I can then print and cut them out to draw round.  That's exactly what I did here.

Here's how I did it

I sometimes like to add words and lettering to my pieces and in this case I wanted a very 60's, hippy feel to the art.  I have a stencil that I usually use but it is not a 60's font (or anything close to one) so I had a bit of a brainwave and it is very similar to previous templates I have used, with the only difference being, its a lot more tedious and time consuming.  It is also very much an experiment to see how well it works.  It also works out a lot cheaper than buying stencils that I will only use once or twice,

So, in Microsoft Paint I set out the words Peace Love Music and chose the font called 'Spicy Rice' to display it.  This font has a funky Nineteen Sixties feel to it.

I then carefully cut out each letter and positioned it where I wanted it on my prepared 8" x 8" canvas panel.  I secured it in place with a small piece of masking tape.  Then I very carefully drew around each letter with a sharp pencil.  See what I mean about it being tedious??

I then felt inspired by my last piece of Art, Psychedelic Swirls.  I wanted this design to be the background of each letter.  Another tedious bit.  So I got my tape reels and pots out and started drawing around them but only within the Spicy Rice letters.

I'm really loving this piece so far.  I can see it with a Pure Black Background and a few bright flowers scattered around.

I have added a Dove to symbolize Peace, Love represented by the hearts and Music Notes and flower power scattered around.  I think the Black background is really making those colours in the lettering stand out.