Last autumn my husband and I were enjoying a beautiful day in the warm sun and noticed a whole bunch of bumblebees dancing around on some flowers. Of course we had our cameras with us and this is one that he photographed. I decided yesterday to draw it and this is a close up of the finished piece.

I think that often we overlook some of the most beautiful of Heavenly Father’s creations simply because they are small. There’s so much to see on this great big planet that sometimes we forget to look down. A whole world of beauty exists just outside our normal range of vision.

That’s right, I got sunburn today! Yay! I always love my first sunburn of the year. I’m a weirdo, I know but it works for me. I got sunburn because it was finally warm enough for me to draw outside. I had such a nice day because of it. I think it’s better for your eyes when you work outside anyway. Maybe I’ll do a landscape of the view from our front yard. I’ve been getting an urge to work with oil paints again. That would be a good painting to do in oils. Working outside will mean not to many stinky fumes. Yay to that!