Fearless Friday, Butterflies
Let’s have some fun experimenting with butterflies today
These simple butterflies are just composed of a few strokes,
and you don’t have to be an artist to paint them
Let’s start with the pink butterfly
A black curved line with watercolor with a small fine tipped brush
for the body and head
Pink strokes with a large round brush
A few more strokes with red were applied while pink was still wet
so it blends in a little
Next, the blue and green butterfly was painted in a similar way
with the wing shapes roughly suggested
A little splatter
Loose lines with a fine liner to further indicate the wings
I painted the third butterfly with blue lines
This time I drew the head and body with a .08 liner pen
Blue lines with watercolor
I went back with a brush loaded with clear water to soften a bit
I added more blue lines
Then, when it was dry I lightly outlined the wings edges
to suggest the overall shape
So what do you think?
Do you think you could paint a butterfly?
Give it a try and
Be Fearless!
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So lovely! As always, you make it all look so effortless!
Thanks so much Dorothy, have a lovely weekend~
Hi Jenna, lovely butterflies and color. I suspect these are fun to paint. Have a wonderful weekend………..
Thank you Emily, they are fun to paint!
How colourful and pretty!
Thank you Angie~
Fanciful and full of fun. I love how you make intricate things into simple steps!
thanks Leslie Anne, have a great weekend!
Nice tutorial for some Friday fun!
Thank you Linda, have a great weekend!
Jenna, you do a great job making it look easy for someone like me! I love all three of the butterflies! Happy Weekend!
Thank you Pam, have a great weekend!
Today I’m doing blogwalking. Warm greetings from the beautiful islands. novariout.blogspot.com
A few years ago I took Este MacLeod’s online butterfly class and I realize I never posted them. I like the fun airiness of these.
I would love to see your butterflies Jeanie!
Beautiful! And beautifully simple. I love this look!
Thank you Barbara!
I love all your butterflies Jenna – so pretty! And I love your signature splatter too. Happy Monday to you!
Thank you Kim 🙂
Love your artistic rendition with the watercolor and splatter Jenna! 🦋💗
Thank you Mary, these were fun to paint