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Tutorial: Tips on drawing a butterfly
08 Monday Jun 2009
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This is gorgeous! What a great tutorial. Thanks for posting.
Very nice! And your finished butterfly is lovely.
So nice to have you back and posting again!
How great! I’m going to have to put this to use in my journal today.
Val,
Oh my gosh! How did you know this was just what I needed????? I was “shopping” for flowers last week and looked out to see my first butterfly… he was beautiful!!!!! I thought maybe he was lost, there is a butterfly bush next door, but he came back at least once that I saw. I was so-oooooooo excited. I have been thinking about him since then!
I can’t wait to try this out. I sketched the flower from your last one. Haven’t added any watercolor yet… but I will!
Thank you so much!!!!!!
Beautiful and I might just try it.
WOW, this is soo lovely! What type of paper did you do your butterfly on? I absolutely love scientific illustration!
Thanks, everybody! More tutorials will be ready next week. Vanessa, the paper is called amate. It is from Mexico, and it’s made by the Otomi people. They peel certain types of tree bark thin, soak it and then pound it into thin sheets. It has a wonderful, rich texture. We brought it back from a trip last year, after buying it from an Otomi woman in the marketplace at San Miguel de Allende. I have seen it for sale online through http://artisticpapers.com as well.
I never thought of approaching it with the gouache first and then the pencils, thanks for sharing! 🙂
thank you so much for this incredible tutorial. i stumbled across your blog today and i am so happy that i did! i’ve always wondered how that effect is achieved with colored pencils and now i know it’s the gouache… please keep these tutorials coming!
Beautiful “how to” you explain so patiently your fantastic drawings and paintings. I admire it.
Oh Val, what a wonderful tutorial. I’d love to try my hand at drawing a butterfly. I think I’ll sit in front of your blog with my supplies and give it a go. You’re so generous to offer your knowledge to all of us.
I think your tutorial is truly beatiful. Especially the way the way the text fits the line of the butterfly. Nice job.
I found this through Bette Stevens’ blog. That’s brilliant! I love how the butterfly turns out in the end.