Cetonia Aurata Tank Tops

Green Rose Chafer, Cetonia Aurata

a traditional watercolor artwork of a very colorful green rose chafer or cetonia aurata featuring bright colors

I decided to create this piece working in post to tease out the skin and bones of what was initially a very difficult piece to recreate in camera ~ due to in part the size of the specimens in question as macro and second to that due to the colourful iridescence of these three beetles... who were busy fornicating in the spring sunlight..! To be honest I could have worked on it some more, but after toiling with it... I just had to put it to bed! It's been a real arduous labour of love... and when photography in post gets to grate... its time to move on and do something else! I think these beetles are 'rose chafers' ~ but I couldn't be too sure... Working in post production ~ I chose to make a bold move and added some texture ~ w...