watercolor honeycomb

This is a watercolor piece that was inspired by the honeycomb. I used all watercolor and also used a hexagon stencil to create the design all over the page. I made sure to use different shades of yellow and orange to the piece to make it more interesting and have more depth.

Rhythm is clearly the most distinct principle throughout the piece, with the constant repetition of the hexagon design over the whole page. There is a nice balance between light and dark with the honeycombs progressively getting darker as the design goes down. Unity flows throughout the piece as well with the hexagons fitting perfectly next to each other and coming together, creating a design.

I was inspired by bees for this piece. Not too long ago, the bee went on the endangered species list and that is a really big deal, at least to me it is. Earth relies heavily on bees and if they were to become extinct, we would all be screwed. According to Albert Einstein, the human species would only live for about four years after bees went extinct, which is not a lot of time at all.

I am quite happy with this piece. I really just wanted to focus on color mixing and texture for this piece and I think I did pretty well at that. I would say that if I were to do this piece again, I'd try to make it neater but I actually feel like the messiness of the piece actually adds something to it.