Friday, July 2, 2021

Paint Party Friday - Worker Bee


 Welcome to Paint Party Friday!  This is my 'Worker Bee' ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") on yellow poster paper cut to size using a PITT marker and permanent markers.

I learned a lot about bees with this illustration.  I looked at one anatomically first and was fascinated by all its parts, nature's wonder at work again.  Worker bees live about 45 days and if one stings you it dies.

Also bees evolved from wasps and are highly evolved on the social scale.  They collect pollen from flowers and store them quite safely on their hind legs as pictured above.  They take the pollen to the hive to help feed the Queen bee.


32 comments:

Angie's Recipes said...

They work hard...

Valerie-Jael said...

Fabulous portrait of a hard working bee! Hugs, Valerie

ellie said...

Wow! This is so cool. Great job!

Caitlin'nMegan said...

Amazing work!

Ivy's Closet said...

Wonderful art piece!

Martha said...

You did a really nice job on this! Have a great weekend Christine. :)

Rain said...

That's a great illustration Christine! I'm starting to try to forgive the bees and appreciate them again lol! ;)

Jenn Jilks said...

I liked the way you did it on yellow! Well done.

DVArtist said...

Ohh this bee is perfect. Have a nice weekend.

Aishu said...

The bee looks very nice!

Tarang Sinha said...

Lovely! Very neat sketch! :)

Sandra Cox said...

Excellent job on this, Christine.
I would be only to happy if the one that stung me died:)

Gillena Cox said...

Nice one. Luv the detail
Happy Weekend, thanks for dropping by my blog today

Much💜love

carol l mck said...

Wonderful worker bee creation ~ Xo

Happy Independence Day Weekend to you,

Living in the moment,

A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

Hilly Nicolay said...

Very good Christine!

Linda Kunsman said...

Yes, they are hard workers and I do enjoy watching them. Wonderful bee art!

Ananka said...

What a wonderful bee <3 I love bees

Sakuranko said...

I know that bees are important for enviroment but they are notmy favorite~ Good work
xx

M said...

Such a beautiful painting. I like it so much.

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Julie said...

Nice painting.

Dixie @ Arranged Words said...

Bees are such marvelous creatures.
I love your painting, Christine.
Happy weekend!

Wanda said...

Really nice job, Christine...You really made him look "fuzzy".

Mica said...

This is really cute! you did a great job capturing the bee! I love how cute bees are and how helpful they are with pollinating everything, but I'm always afraid of being stung, haha!

Hope you are having a good weekend :) Another rainy day here.

Away From The Blue

peppylady (Dora) said...

Wow the detail.
Coffee is on and stay safe

J.P. Alexander said...

Bello dibujo me gusto conocer mas sobre las abejas, Te mando un beso

John R said...

Absolutely adore this. Lovely detail.

WendyK said...

Great bee painting, we have a bumble bee nest in the garden.

Lowcarb team member said...

Bees are so important.
Love your art.

All the best Jan

Anonymous said...

This is really cute!

BLOGitse said...

Wow, this is amazing. We need all kinds of bugs to secure biodiversity.
I'm offline a few weeks, enjoy 'In the summertime when the weather is hot...' :)

Jennifer Rose said...

great looking bee :)
sadly not a lot of bees this year, I think the cold spell we had a few weeks ago killed a lot of them :(

Busy Bee Suz said...

Bees are so fascinating and the fact that we, the humans need them is crazy. I can DO withOUT yellow jackets though; they are so mean to me.