Beehive Hanging From a Tree Branch Coloring Page

The hive hangs like a heavy teardrop from a branch that crosses the top of the page. Rings wrap around it from the neck to the point, each one a wide band with a wavy lower edge, and a few short marks inside them suggest the papery texture without turning into busy detail. Those bands are the whole appeal of this sheet. They give a colorist eight or nine separate stripes to move through, and a gradual shift from light at the top to dark at the bottom looks excellent on them. The entrance hole near the base arrives filled in solid, so plan around it rather than trying to color it. Leaves spread across the top and down the right side in overlapping clusters, each one a simple pointed shape with a center line. Six small bees fly in the open space to the left and below. They are drawn tiny, so use a sharp pencil or a fine tip on those rather than a crayon. The big empty area on the left holds a sky wash well if you want one.