Detailed description of how to draw a bee

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Not only animals, plants and people receive the attention of artists. Some do not mind at all to depict some cute (or not very) insect, such as a butterfly, spider or grasshopper. And this article will be devoted to how to draw a bee. Despite the fact that this insect stings painfully, it is very useful, fluffy and beautiful, therefore it is quite worthy to be captured on a piece of paper. And first, let's take a closer look at the bee. C

artistic point of view, it has three main parts: head, chest and abdomen. Therefore, making a preliminary sketch, we outline them in the form of geometric shapes - circles and ovals. The abdomen of the bee is more oblong, so we outline it in the form of an ellipse. We add a circle to its top - the bee's chest. A little higher we outline the head in the form of a semicircle.

The next step in learning how to draw a bee is to sketch its legs. In total, the insect has six of them. Since we are drawing an ordinary, working insect, the arrangement of its limbs will be as follows: two hind and two middle legs are laid back, and the front pair -forward. The drone and queen bee have slightly different paws, but that's a topic for another article.

Now we are going to draw an ordinary bee, so we understand further. All the legs of this insect are located on the lower part of its chest and have their own structure. But we will not go deep into bee anatomy. We only note that the legs consist of five parts, and this must be taken into account in the figure. With a more detailed study of the abdomen, it is worth paying attention that it consists of six so-called rings (segments). Therefore, they can be outlined, that is, with smooth, curved lines, divide this part of the body of the insect into six parts.

The next step in learning how to draw a bee is to sketch the wings. We will depict them in a straightened form. It is better not to press on the pencil, because the wings are almost transparent. There are two pairs of them: large front and small rear. They are "attached" to the edges of the bee's back. Since we are drawing an insect from the “top view” perspective, it is worth considering that the spread wings will partially hide the legs. But since the wings are almost transparent, the legs will show through them.

In continuation of the lesson on how to draw a bee, let's go back to the head of the insect and draw large round eyes on both sides of it, and antennae between them. The proboscis from this angle will not be visible, so let's leave it alone. The sketch is ready. It remains only to detail the drawing, having worked out the contours of the body, paws, wings. It would be nice to emphasize volumepictures with hatching. The furry chest of the bee has a yellowish-orange color, so we leave this part light, only slightly emphasizing the fluffiness. The rest of the body of the insect needs to be darkened, but taking into account the chiaroscuro. The wings need to be shaded only slightly and depict veins on them. Do not forget that the paws are visible through them, so we slightly shade the wings in these places. On the eyes, you can add a glare. That's it, now you know how to draw a bee. The attached pictures will help you understand how it's done even better.