Hive Check-Up – Painting of the Week

Step by Step Painting

This is a second commissioned beekeeper painting. I thought you might enjoy seeing the process for the piece. My plan is to add a glaze (a transparent colored wash) over the beekeeper as the white in her gear needs to be toned down.

1. First, the canvas was covered with warm colored paint. Next, the distant landscape was painted over it letting much of the warmth of the under painting show through giving the piece a glow. Most of the landscape shapes have rounded edges to give them volume.

2. The boxes were drawn in and the figure placed. I began roughing in the bee boxes.

3. Here I got farther with the details including adding some bees to the outside of the boxes. I switched this beekeeper out for the woman now in the painting who had purposely little detail which also required an adjustment in the background.

A tree was added behind my new beekeeper for contrast. More details were added to clean up the painting. I like how the yellow flower points to the beekeeper.

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P.S. The Pekin Art Fair is this weekend.  It is a delightful event that many people return to each year. There is a competition along with art events for children. It makes a fun day trip.

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