A tutorial was published by 'My Modern Met' on 2/17 of how to draw a bee in 14 steps (article author was Margherita Cole). Recently, my first try wasn't quite 'right'. Leg spacing/placement was an issue.
The second try came out better, though I just reviewed the instructions to see if it covered adding a middle leg on the opposing side. They say that you're to put them in, but the final drawn example shows a five-legged bee -- just like mine. Regardless, I appreciate the tutorial as I never thought I'd draw a recognizable critter like this.
For fun, I've drawn one of my own photos (yes, I was dressed in a clown outfit) and added a wild and crazy background to accompany it for today's practice effort. As part of sketching the piece, it was split into four sections with two opposing diagonal lines. In terms of color choices, I've worked with color gradations for some shape sections. Can you believe, there are five major shapes in this effort? There really are -- circles, squares, trapezoids, triangles and spirals. I think the substrate is Biengfang Watercolor Paper (140 lb.). The materials used were Ohuhu markers, Micron 01 pigment ink pen, some red Stickles glitter glue for the nose, and a white Posca pen (for white dots on the face and to highlight eyes) and a yellow one (for yellow dots in the center of the flowers on the hat). There was no intention in working on this piece other than to have fun...and based on how it looks, I'd say well done!. One thing I learned is that blending with the Ohuhus i
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