How To Draw a Realistic Bumble Bee

Drawing realistically can be intimidating, but if you’ve been around here for very long at all, you know that I’m a firm believer that ANYONE CAN LEARN TO DRAW. The trick is teaching your eye to lead your hand, rather than trying to get your hand to follow your head (which is usually confused and doesn’t exactly know what it’s doing anyway!). Beyond that, it’s simply learning the tricks of communicating with your viewer, helping your hand to develop and staying out of your own head.

To help share this a little further, I am excited to have a YouTube video up where I let you peak over my shoulder while I freehand draw this darling bumble bee!

Improve your drawing in 5 days: Floral Drawing Challenge

Supplies:

Paper: Bristol
Pencil: HB
Pen: Micron 01
Eraser: Kneeded