{"id":19261,"date":"2015-07-30T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturestudio.com\/?p=3348"},"modified":"2021-04-27T16:14:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T15:14:13","slug":"how-to-paint-a-hairy-black-yellow-honey-bee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturestudio.com\/how-to-paint-a-hairy-black-yellow-honey-bee\/","title":{"rendered":"How to paint a hairy black &#038; yellow honey bee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If, like me, you work hard throughout the Summer, spare a thought for the bees out there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bees\u00a0work REALLY hard.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They have been known to travel to destinations more than 3km away in search of food (flowers!).<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the equivalent of a person circumnavigating\u00a0the globe ten times just to get to the shops &#8211; and then having to come back again &#8211; several times a day!<\/p>\n<p>And we must take care of them because we rely on them doing this to pollinate our food crops (as well as our flowers).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7175\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/StingInTale.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7175\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7175\" class=\"wp-image-7175 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/StingInTale-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A great book for a rare 'feet up' moment\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A great book for a rare &#8216;feet up&#8217; moment<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s just one of the amazing facts I&#8217;ve been learning this summer in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/A-Sting-Tale-Dave-Goulson-x\/dp\/0224096893\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>A Sting in the Tale<\/em> by Dave Goulson<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a charming and fascinating\u00a0story of how the author worked to re-introduce an extinct species of bumble\u00a0bee back to the UK from New Zealand &#8211; peppered with the most incredible facts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The book got me seriously intrigued by the bees in my garden.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re lucky enough to have an iPhone 6 I thoroughly recommend experimenting with it&#8217;s slo-mo function &#8211; it is a lot of fun to see exactly what these buzzy creatures get up to. Here&#8217;s a 10 second clip of a bee I snapped:<\/p>\n<p>[vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/134625081&#8243; ratio=&#8221;16-9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inevitably I decided I just had to paint one.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And I opted for a honey bee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are some challenges to achieving a realistic finish in watercolour.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crucially we need to achieve the very hairy texture of the bee &#8211; in both black and yellow &#8211; but without allowing the black and yellow colours to mix\u00a0and get in a muddy mess!<\/p>\n<p><strong>So here are my tips\u00a0for\u00a0painting a realistic looking hairy bee:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qf-rtx_CzPQ?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;d like to see a full step-by-step tutorial of the bee &#8211; it&#8217;s available in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturestudio.com\/online-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online School<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know about your own bee experiences &#8211; painting or otherwise, in the comments below, I&#8217;d love to hear them.<\/p>\n<p>Happy painting,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-274663 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AnnaKiss-52.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"85\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If, like me, you work hard throughout the Summer, spare a thought for the bees out there. 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