Video tutorial: Partridge pea + bumblebee in colored pencil

Drawing heirloom wildflowers and their pollinators

In this tutorial, we’ll draw the first of five heirloom wildflowers: native plants that found their way into the garden at least 50 years ago. In addition to delighting the senses, these flowers provide habitat and vital food sources for pollinators. Our first drawing is the partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) and a primary pollinator, the rusty-pa…