Honeycomb Heart & Honeycombs Pattern

Honeycomb pattern experiments and a drippy, gooey, melty honeycomb heart, inspired by Valentine's Day of course :) I am planning to use these for some designs I have in mind!

Artwork © Amy Holliday 2024

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"The Little Book of Bees" // Beekeeping Tools and Honey Illustrations

Beekeeping equipment illustrated for The Little Book of Bees - a traditional beekeeping suit hood, two hive tools, a smoker and a honey extractor. 

Honey in its various forms: capped honey, as it looks as soon as it is removed from a traditional beehive, raw honeycomb, a honey dipper and glass jars.

 The Little Book of Bees is published by HarperCollins and Abrams

Artwork © Amy Holliday 2019

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Pattern Design // Honey Bee & Bumble Bees | Watercolour illustration bumblebee patterns

EDIT 03/01/24 - re-added artwork with watermarks. If you would like to use these illustrations and/or patterns please contact me, thank you :)

As a little side project I've been working towards perfecting the art of "repeat patterns", which I hope will help me create a variety of decorative fabrics and products with my illustrations. Some of the first I've put together are based on this small series of pollen-dusted bee paintings. Let me know if you like them.

Fluffy Bumblebees

And I couldn't forget the iconic Honey Bee. I wanted this one to be quite symmetrical to create a more uniform pattern. 

And just for fun, a fat bumblebee!

Images and artwork (C) Amy Holliday 2016

To view more of my work please visit www.amyholliday.co.uk

Sassenach's Honey // Logo Design

A simple logo design for a new small business in Denton, Texas, called "Sassenach's Honey". Made using my existing honey bee illustration with a delicious honey-effect font.

Image (C) Amy Holliday 2015

Personal: Manuka Flower and Honey Bee

Personal Work. A slightly more botanical/scientific illustration of Manuka Flowers and a honey bee. 

Manuka flowers are native to New Zealand and Australia. Their honey, with its "Active UMF Factor", is considered to have antiviral and antibacterial properties. "Most people who buy Manuka honey simply put it on their toast or in their tea, but where it really comes into its own is in treating wounds. In New Zealand, it has long been used in this way and studied extensively. Now, the NHS is doing the same." 

The honey bee proved quite difficult at first as it took many sketches to get the right proportions...and then when it came to adding colour, I had to first experiment with quite a few different techniques 

in the hope of capturing all of his different textures!

Images are (C) Amy Holliday 2013. Do not use without permission.