Yesterday I found myself following my 'art resolutions' for 2018 which was to try my hand at a contest. And I did so here by taking up @techslut fun contest.

Now I wish to do so with a challenge from the Collaborative Art Journey community and @everlove who have just hit 30 collabs. So, who I am to deny such success and what am I if not willing to have a go at it myself.

Therefore I give you my interpretation of the supplied image with my own creation:

The Bee's Knees (or the attempts of applications of watercolour to digital photo)

Here is the original piece in which we were meant to alter or add to (If I have the rules of the challenge correct which is in all possibilities completely wrong and backwards as I am wont to not pay too much attention to details, feigning artist's temperment.)

I immediately saw a beehive. Or, that is to say, honeycomb. And as it is my wont to endlessly sketch and paint animals, it seemed a fitting place to put my own creatures upon it. I also altered the colouring a bit in photoshop before my application of watercoloured creatures. I wanted to make it a bit more honey coloured.

Here is the initial sketch idea.

And trying out the colour choices.

And I killed two birds (or bees in this case) with one stone with this challenge. As I have every intention of using these bee studies in some fabric/wallpaper design I have coming up.

Well, I hope I have done this challenge correctly and that it is well received. And I also challenge other artists to join in. The shared community on Steemit is such fun and for we artist what a great way to collab, as they say.

I hope you have a day filled with the sweetness of honey and the creativity and support of a beehive of inspiration and Steemit Friends!