Comments on: Abstract Drawing of a Bee | Video http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-drawing-of-a-bee-video/ Visual Art Blog, Drawings and Paintings by artist Michael D. Edens, with commentary on the artistic process behind each work of art. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:46:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: chris http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-drawing-of-a-bee-video/comment-page-1/#comment-59314 chris Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:53:27 +0000 http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=803#comment-59314 Great bee . . . love the vibrant energy and strong colors, excellent! Chris http://www.wildlife-art-guide.com/blog/ Great bee . . . love the vibrant energy and strong colors, excellent!

Chris
http://www.wildlife-art-guide.com/blog/

]]> By: MDE Art Blog http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-drawing-of-a-bee-video/comment-page-1/#comment-45994 MDE Art Blog Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:09:53 +0000 http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=803#comment-45994 Hi Bukki, Thanks for your interest in my artwork! I think hand studies are great way to improve your life drawing skills. One of my favorite drawings is called "Study of Female Hands" by Leonardo Da Vinci. You can even draw your own hand, by placing your non-drawing hand on the table, and sketching with the other. I have a few examples of <a href="http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/hand-study-drawings/" title="colorful hand studies" rel="nofollow">colorful hand studies</a>, but I recommend starting with a pencil or charcoal to understand the structure of the hand first. Sometimes drawing the hand of a skeleton is helpful for understanding the bone structure as well. Ultimately there is no "right" or "wrong" way, unless your teacher has set guidelines, art is an expression of yourself. Good luck with your artistic pursuits! :) ~Michael Hi Bukki,
Thanks for your interest in my artwork!

I think hand studies are great way to improve your life drawing skills. One of my favorite drawings is called “Study of Female Hands” by Leonardo Da Vinci.

You can even draw your own hand, by placing your non-drawing hand on the table, and sketching with the other. I have a few examples of colorful hand studies, but I recommend starting with a pencil or charcoal to understand the structure of the hand first. Sometimes drawing the hand of a skeleton is helpful for understanding the bone structure as well. Ultimately there is no “right” or “wrong” way, unless your teacher has set guidelines, art is an expression of yourself.

Good luck with your artistic pursuits! :)

~Michael

]]> By: Bukki .aka Book $ a key http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-drawing-of-a-bee-video/comment-page-1/#comment-45606 Bukki .aka Book $ a key Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:27:44 +0000 http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=803#comment-45606 you are soo i talented, i am only 15 and i have an art exam soon and i need some tips on drawing hands is there any way u can help me plsss! i had a small argument with my art teacher about the subject on drawing hands cause she didnt want me to do it, so if u help me i could prove that my idea is suitable. if u dig me! frm bukki frm london you are soo i talented, i am only 15 and i have an art exam soon and i need some tips on drawing hands is there any way u can help me plsss! i had a small argument with my art teacher about the subject on drawing hands cause she didnt want me to do it, so if u help me i could prove that my idea is suitable. if u dig me! frm bukki frm london

]]> By: MDE-ART.com http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-drawing-of-a-bee-video/comment-page-1/#comment-42591 MDE-ART.com Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:32:16 +0000 http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=803#comment-42591 Cool, thanks Rita! I appreciate you stopping by to comment on my work! ;) Cool, thanks Rita! I appreciate you stopping by to comment on my work! ;)

]]> By: Rita http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-drawing-of-a-bee-video/comment-page-1/#comment-42507 Rita Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:04:51 +0000 http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=803#comment-42507 You are absolutely amazing! I love the bee. Of course I am a real novice about art, but I like what I see and watching you draw it is just unbelievable. You are absolutely amazing! I love the bee. Of course I am a real novice about art, but I like what I see and watching you draw it is just unbelievable.

]]> By: MDE-ART.com http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-drawing-of-a-bee-video/comment-page-1/#comment-42044 MDE-ART.com Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:34:01 +0000 http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=803#comment-42044 Thanks Daddy-o! I wasn't aware of that progression and incorporation of old style in this new painting, but now I see it! Thanks for pointing that out! :) ~Michael Thanks Daddy-o!
I wasn’t aware of that progression and incorporation of old style in this new painting, but now I see it! Thanks for pointing that out! :)
~Michael

]]> By: MDE-ART.com http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-drawing-of-a-bee-video/comment-page-1/#comment-42043 MDE-ART.com Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:28:49 +0000 http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=803#comment-42043 Thanks Vikki! That's a HUGE compliment! :) I was watching these little bees fly around my sunflowers this past summer, and they rarely stop for a break. I suppose that is where another old saying comes from: "Busy as a bee!" ;) ~Michael Thanks Vikki! That’s a HUGE compliment! :)

I was watching these little bees fly around my sunflowers this past summer, and they rarely stop for a break. I suppose that is where another old saying comes from: “Busy as a bee!” ;)

~Michael

]]> By: MDE-ART.com http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-drawing-of-a-bee-video/comment-page-1/#comment-42042 MDE-ART.com Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:24:11 +0000 http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=803#comment-42042 Thank you ainzz! You have good questions! However, I picked my colors in a very intuitive way. I do not have plans or color wheels, I just make it up as I go along, trying to put as little thought as possible between intention and action. In hindsight, I think of bees as yellow and black, and the white helps to add depth, like highlights over dark shadows. The blue/purple flower also helps to pop out the yellow bee, because they are complimentary colors. The gradient yellow/red/green background is compositional, works to balance or unbalance the image, and is suggestive of out-of-focus natural background. This is not to say I haven't learned about color, or used color wheels before. I do think it is very important to learn. But I just am not as conscious of all the information I have learned over the years as I draw or paint. Good luck with your artistic pursuits! :) ~Michael Thank you ainzz!
You have good questions! However, I picked my colors in a very intuitive way. I do not have plans or color wheels, I just make it up as I go along, trying to put as little thought as possible between intention and action. In hindsight, I think of bees as yellow and black, and the white helps to add depth, like highlights over dark shadows. The blue/purple flower also helps to pop out the yellow bee, because they are complimentary colors. The gradient yellow/red/green background is compositional, works to balance or unbalance the image, and is suggestive of out-of-focus natural background.

This is not to say I haven’t learned about color, or used color wheels before. I do think it is very important to learn. But I just am not as conscious of all the information I have learned over the years as I draw or paint.

Good luck with your artistic pursuits! :)

~Michael

]]> By: Daddy-o http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-drawing-of-a-bee-video/comment-page-1/#comment-42005 Daddy-o Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:07:23 +0000 http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=803#comment-42005 It's probably not surprising, but it appears to me that you have incorporated some of the colors and style from your December 27th, 2008 "Abstract Painting" into the legs of this bee painting. It's fun to watch your progress. It’s probably not surprising, but it appears to me that you have incorporated some of the colors and style from your December 27th, 2008 “Abstract Painting” into the legs of this bee painting. It’s fun to watch your progress.

]]> By: Vikki http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-drawing-of-a-bee-video/comment-page-1/#comment-41881 Vikki Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:30:49 +0000 http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=803#comment-41881 Michael- This one is just absolutely gorgeous!!! You can feel the little bee and all his energy. You've really created a sense of motion. There's an old saying- that's applicable: 'Moving while standing perfectly still.' It's wonderful. Vikki Michael-
This one is just absolutely gorgeous!!! You can feel the little bee and all his energy. You’ve really created a sense of motion.

There’s an old saying- that’s applicable: ‘Moving while standing perfectly still.’

It’s wonderful.
Vikki

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