These realistic pale blue watercolor hibiscus flowers and leaves are a slight continuation of our realistic bumble bee tutorial—except without an actual bumble bee being created! These delicate florals showcase my new-er realistic painting style that I am growing to love more and more each day as I start to figure it out. Watch this real-time video tutorial, sharing my watercolor techniques.
Read MorePart 3 of our realistic bumblebee series! Today we’re diving into a realistic watercolor bumblebee!
This painting really isn’t difficult at all, but the result is really impressive—which is my favorite kind of art tutorial!
Part 2 of our realistic drawing series explores modern shading techniques using ink! This was in no way intended to be a series, but I was thrilled to hear how much you enjoyed part 1, where we explored the contour (outline) and followed a few simple drawing tips. In that video, many of you requested a shading portion of that tutorial—so I’m here to deliver!
Read MoreWatch “over my shoulder” as I draw this realistic bumble bee freehand! 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—and to prove it to you, let’s start with this darling little bumble bee tutorial (video!)
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