How to Paint a Watercolour Bumblebee

How to Paint a Watercolour Bumblebee

Today is the launch of 'Birds, Bees and Blossoms' so I'm treating you to a filmed tutorial straight out of the book! We love painting bees on this channel and here's a chance to try one in a bit more detail.

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Soundtrack composed by Taran Stormes Martino

Paint: Winsor and Newton Artist Quality - https://bit.ly/3dJHarN
Brushes: Pro Arte size 2, 2/0, 4 - https://bit.ly/2LCtli6
Paper Daler Rowney Aquafine cold-pressed paper - https://bit.ly/3cmQSzn
You will also need some kitchen roll.

Colours we used
Cadmium Yellow
Prussian Blue
Mars Black
Burnt Sienna
Yellow Ochre

Don't worry if you don't have all these colours, you can look at my colour chart episode (https://bit.ly/30r7stq) to learn how to mix your own shades from a simple 12 pan student range palette.

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