More bees please

[Matt2584]

This is the picture of the bee I drew for company Abel & Cole I got a free pack of wild flowers in return.

Took me a while to draw it but I think it was worth it.

See, when I was little I didn't really care about bees... Actually I didn't really care about any insects.

But those were the days when I was very naive as well. Now is different. I appreciate insects a lot more now, every insect plays a big role in life so don't go killing them for no reason.

You don't kill human beings for no reason.... Well, the ones with brains don't go killing for no reason :).

[Agoodenough]

That’s amazing Matt and your attention to detail is incredible.

[Matt2584 in reply to Agoodenough]

Thank you :).

[Hidden]

This is a truly fantastic drawing Matt, it's so delicate with incredible attention to detail, you're a star that's for sure, so thanks for sharing this with us. 😊

[Matt2584 in reply to Hidden]

Aww Thank you Jerry :).

I guess I live up to my badge then :).... a 'star' I mean :).

[Hidden in reply to Matt2584]

You sure do Matt...👍 😀

[Activity2004 Administrator]

I agree with Hidden , Matt2584 !😀👍 Your drawing is fantastic!😀 I can add the Nature Pictures topic to it so it’s easier to find.😀

[Matt2584 in reply to Activity2004]

Thanks Leah

[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to Matt2584]

You’re very welcome!😀👍

[Zest]

What a lovely drawing - and glad you enjoyed the Wild flowers that you won.

Zest

[Matt2584 in reply to Zest]

Thank you Zest :).

I enjoyed getting a free pack of wildflowers alright but once I have sown them and grow well and feed the bees then I shall enjoy them even more :).

A single bee has to collect pollen from thousands of flowers just to make one teaspoon of honey, apparently.

[Hidden]

What a beautiful picture. How about doing one for the Bumblebee Conservation Trust of a bumblebee? If you like bees look them up. They are fantastic. And solitary bees - love them! They work so hard and pollinate way more than our honey bees (who I love too!) and are so varied - and - bonus - don't sting! I shall follow you now Matt to see what else you produce

[Matt2584 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you Oolong :).

And doing a drawing for the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. I haven’t heard of them before. Is that a group on HU or is this a seperate organisation or something?

Sounds like a good idea though and gives me another bit of reference to for a drawing :). Thank you.

I do have an online portfolio with a lot more of my pictures if you would like to see.

Or, if you use facebook you can view some of my work from my profile :).

[Hidden in reply to Matt2584]

Here they are Matt - fantastic organisation: bumblebeeconservation.org/

What is your online portfolio address?

[Matt2584 in reply to Hidden]

I PMed you the link and thank you for the bee conservation website :).

I shall take a look later as I haven’t got time right now.

[Bridget007]

That is such a beating drawing... it’s so intricate! I absolutely love bees 🐝 without them the world would be a very drab place!

[Bridget007 in reply to Bridget007]

Beautiful not beating 🙄

[Matt2584 in reply to Bridget007]

Thanks very much Bridget :).

I thought you meant ‘beatufiful’. I’m guessing it was autocorrects fault for the error?

Without bees we would be very very low on food.

There are other insects that pollinate but nowhere near how much bees do.

We are all blessed that we even have bees and really we should all be taught to appreciate bees as they give us so much.

But the world today is very very grim and, I think, it is not a very nice place :(.

[Bridget007 in reply to Matt2584]

My niece and myself are mad about bees. She is in a competition at school talking about any subject they want in front of ever growing audience and she has chosen bees and is now in the final of the competition 😃

From what I gather we would only be able to eat things made from wheat if there were no bees. People really need to learn about bees 🐝

[Seedhead]

This is a stunning painting. I love how you’ve painted the wings.

[Matt2584 in reply to Seedhead]

Thank you very much Seedhead but that is no painting :). I do not use paints. I can’t get to grips with them whether it be water or actyllic or oils...

Plus they can be messy.

I prefer to use pencils. This here was drawn using colour pencils :).

Actually, now you have mentioned the wings. I quite like them to.

How did I do that? Haha :).

I think I used graphite pencil over the top of the colour.

[Seedhead in reply to Matt2584]

Hi, thanks for your reply. Yes, when I expand the picture I can see pencil strokes on the green area. But it’s such a fluid piece of work. Gifted!

[Matt2584 in reply to Seedhead]

Aww, thank you very much :).

I was tutored on my art quite a few years ago now and I learnt of an artist, can’t remember her name now but I know it was a female. She drew botanical drawings using colour pencil and her work looked like oil paintings. Brilliant work.

I was using prismacolor pencils at first and they are good quality, they are soft but oily but the only problem is that they break easily.

I found that I would sharpen them and they would immediately snap.

I like to use faber castell colour pencils more now cos the colour lead is stronger. Quality might not be as good as the prismacolors but good enough :).