Draw a Butterfly
Butterflies are lovely and fascinating creatures. Now you can easily add them to your drawings and artwork. Your imagination is the only limiting factor so don't be afraid to set it free!
Contents
Steps
Starting with the Head
- Start with the head of the butterfly. Sketch in a circle for the head. Then draw two small ovals at each side of the circle for the eyes.
- Create the butterfly's antennae. On top of the head, draw two long lines for the antennae. Add two very small ovals at each tip to complete them.
- Draw the body. Draw two ovals, a regular one just under the head and a more elongated one below that to form the tail end of the butterfly.
- Add in the wings. For the top wings, draw two large triangular shapes with rounded sides. For the bottom, draw another two rounded triangular shapes but make these much smaller than the ones above. Follow the image as a guide.
- Design the wings. Now this is the fun part. You can either copy a real butterfly's wing design or create something entirely your own!
- Add in designs such as ovals and circles. Be sure to mirror what you draw on the right wing on the left wing too because Teach Children Symmetry is the central design feature of butterflies.
- Outline your butterfly with a fine marker. Once it's outlined, erase the guidelines.
- Color it. Be creative and have fun with your colors!
- Finished.
Starting with the Body
- Draw a bead-like shape and below it draw smooth small rectangle and then a bullet-like shape.
- Draw the eyes from the bead-like shape and draw the antennae. Draw vertical lines in the rectangle and horizontal lines below it.
- Draw the butterfly’s wings which have equal size and pattern from both sides.
- Draw the pattern and details for the wings in both sides by using curves.
- Trace with a pen and erase unnecessary lines. Trace with a pen to darken some parts of the pattern in the wings.
- Color to your liking!
Tips
- Try to use bright colors to make the butterfly stand out.
- Don't just stick to one design, but open up to a variety of colors!
- Look at online images for inspiration for designs and colors for your butterfly drawings.
- Mix bright and dark colors to make it look unique.
- If you wish to draw the butterflies in your own garden, it's recommended that you take photos of them and follow the photos when designing your drawing.
- It helps if you lightly trace so that you can erase.
- Make a butterfly garden to study the butterflies and find the colours and patterns of the butterflies.
- It's good to shade color when necessary.
- Go into your back garden and take pictures to study and find out the reason of the beautiful colors and try making your own by mixing the pictures up.
Things You'll Need
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Fine outline marker
- Any utensils used for coloring (markers, colored pencils, crayons, and etc.)
- Paper(s)
- Sharpener
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