"Busy Bumble Bees"

I painted "Busy Bumble Bees" over a four day period. I painted for a number of hours each day and painted one bee per day. Finally on the fourth day after I had painted the three bees, I painted the sunflower and background. It took me less time to paint the background than it did to paint any one of the bees,but the hours spent were worth it. With this painting I won the district art show watercolor category and won first place in the 2008 Congressional Art Contest. In winning the Congressional Art Contest I was also awarded a $10,000 scholarship to The Art Institute of California - Orange County (my current school) and my painting hung in the Halls of Congress for a whole year.