Choice Project

This is what I created for my third project. It is mostly done with watercolor and pen but there is a bit of color pencil on toned paper in the upper right hand corner. In this piece I wanted to address the topic of bees becoming a new addition to the endangered species list. I started out by painting a couple different types of plants that one could plant that would help the bees. Some of the plants being lavender, sage, and buttercups. I also added an Albert Einstein quote that stated "If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live". I felt that this quote could be relevant to this piece because it suggests of a time where bees are extinct. 

I personally don't see any distinct composition in this piece, everything is just kind of scattered all over the place to be honest. I think a good principle of design could be proportion, I feel like the plants and the honeycomb pattern complement each other evenly. Rhythm is another principle in this piece, with the continued honeycomb pattern present throughout the whole piece. Also balance because the each side of the piece balance each other out with the plants on one side and the honeycombs on the other side.

I wasn't trying to communicate anything major and certain with this piece. I was just mostly looking to get people to acknowledge the problem of having bees become endangered and just to also suggest small ways that the everyday person could help out. For most of my references, I looked at the actual plant/honeycomb to go off of for the general shape and concept, But I also did look at plant studies as well for the plants just to see how other people drew the plants and what were the reoccurring features in each of the studies that made the plant distinct as that said plant. 

With all honesty, I think this piece is crap. To me it just looks like individual pieces thrown together, there is no unity. I like the way I did the plants and I am also a big fa of the honeycomb pattern but just looking at it all together as one, for me just personally doesn't work. I know that lack of motivation is hidden throughout all my pieces but I feel like it is more prominent than normal in the specific piece.