Honeybee Part 6

The next step is covering the blue and yellow glaze with cadmium red. I added alizarin crimson to the cadmium red in the lower corners, back and center of the flower to darken them.  Alizarin crimson is a darker, bluer red. Adding the darker red pushes these areas farther away.

The bees were painted in cadmium yellow with small touches of yellow ochre and the stripes that appear black here are actually ultramarine blue and viridian (green). The reason I did this is because green is the compliment of red ( the color opposite  on the color wheel). This sets up a vibration between the two areas.