How to Watercolor Butterfly Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2020
- I'm so excited to show you the painting process behind our butterfly DRAWING tutorial from a few weeks ago! She's totally different from the butterflies I've painted in the past and she's a real beauty! I'll share a few new watercolor techniques I'm playing with as well as some fun semi-transparent watercolor effects. I think you'll love it!
Drawing Tutorial: www.blusheddesign.com/blog/how-to-draw-butterfly-tutorial
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Reference Photo: www.pinterest.com/pin/4709077...
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Love the colours, really delicate & pretty. 💐
I LOVE this butterfly exactly the way it came out. I've painted it with your video twice now... and I see a 3rd time in my future. Yours is still superior-- and so delicate and gorgeous!!!!!!!!
Oh, I’m so glad you enjoyed it and have found it helpful! I am sure you’ll get the hang of it ☺️
oh my - this is stunning! thank you for doing this one - I am inspired!
So glad you’re enjoyed it!! Thank you for taking the time to encourage me and let me know💕
The veins are so cool. It’s like a transparent feel
Yea! That’s what I was going for! I’m so glad it came across correctly 😊
When you were painting the veins, it reminded me of the neurographic Art that I have just discovered! Beautiful colors and techniques!
Oh, it is a similar idea, yes! Haha, I never made the connection but you’re totally right
Those aren’t veins. Plus butterflies only have two pairs of wings! This is scifi type of fake butterfly, I guess…😂
Yay! Another patient artist. Heat drying watercolor dulls down the color and stops any further granulation or salt effects. I only use a hair dryer, not heat tool, and only once there is zero sheen on the paper because that helps stop the dulling effect, but still rarely.
I have never used a heat tool of any kind-I guess I would rather wait and let the paint do it’s thing, hah
I use time. Sadly, in my country time runs slow (we have colder weather, and when it’s hot - it’s terribly humid).
The shades of green are really pleasing to the eye. Beautiful! ❤
Aren’t they beautiful? I had so much fun painting it
I love the color of this butterfly and it's overall beautiful.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it-it was the colors that really caught me in the first place
What an absolutely beautiful butterfly!! It looks as if it's ready to take off!! 🤩
Two of my faves, 🦋 & 💚~
I'm so happy your video finally popped into my feed! 🌸
Oh yay! I’m so glad you enjoyed it and we can be friends now!! ❤️❤️❤️
Old Adage: Can’t see the forest for the trees! Your gift of art is amazing. Thank you for sharing your gift with us. 🎨
Thank you-so glad you enjoyed the tutorial ❤️
Truly stunning you should have thousands following you x
Beautiful butterfly 🦋. Thank you for sharing this tutorial and also for the clear explanation throughout the video....very talented and generous 🙏
Oh I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the feedback 🥰🥰🥰
How beautiful..and inspirational! Thank you.
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for taking the time to comment-it's super encouraging to me! hah
I can't believe this is the first time your video popped into my suggestions. I ❤ this butterfly. I'm not a fan of green- currently- but, I blame my husband for 3/4 of our house Being olive green for 15 years 😉🙃 Your beautiful butterfly, reminded me, green can be Gorgeous. It's so beautiful and detailed, it looks as if it may fly off the page. Thank you for sharing!!!
Oh you are so sweet! Thank you so much-I’m glad you enjoyed it (despite the color! LOL)
This is super pretty and I can’t wait for more tutorials 😊👍
So glad you enjoyed it!! A new tutorial will be live on the first Friday of every month
So soft and transparent look about the butterfly . Very beautiful
Thank you!! The semi transparent elements was my favorite part!
It’s a scifi butterfly, real ones only have 2 pairs of wings. Pretty though.
Thank you, what a great tutorial and a remarkably beautiful butterfly.
As soon as I saw this butterfly, I knew I had to paint it! So pretty ☺️
These colors are so beautiful together
I agree! So fun to paint
Wow! This is gorgeous!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you! It was so much fun to paint!
Beautiful! Informative! ... and very helpful!!! Thank you so much for sharing these tutorials!!!!
Oh I’m so so glad you found it helpful!!
Painted this a couple of hours ago... 😄made some mistakes. Will now paint it again with you. Thank you for the video. Love your tutorials
Half of the funny is trying again! Hope the video is helpful!! 💕
I’m with you on waiting out the dry time…it would be too busy and distracting to use a hairdryer around my cats and myself. Washes are a new thing for me. Layering was not a thing in my schooling in the the 70s and 80s but I’m really liking the watercolor look…details last! What a concept! I’ve discovered pen on watercolor and even watercolor pencils on wet and dry washes…I’m collecting knowledge…absolutely cool 🙏🏽🙋🏻♀️👍🏽Mia
So fun! I’ll have to check those out too-glad you enjoyed the video and have new things to try! It’s so fun to explore this medium
Amazing explanation and beautiful butterfly, I should try your technique! thanks!
I would love to see it if you try this method! Or hear how you would make this butterfly-I’m always up for learning a new technique ☺️
Not a butterfly. Butterflies have two pairs of wings. It’s a different freak insect. Maybe scifi, even.
Stunning!💜
Thank you so much, Joy!
Another beauty!
You’re the sweetest! So glad you are enjoying this series
Beautiful thank you for sharing. It popped up on my recommendations. Thank you
So glad we were able to connect and that you enjoyed the tutorial!
Wow! Incredible! Such Zen watching you! Watercolors are so luminous, and appear so easy, yet that subtlety is very challenging! I may give it a try!
(I prefer my "foolproof" oils!😉)
Sometimes I think to myself “this would be way easier in oils…” hahaha
I think it’s the most difficult medium. Not for beginners, very hard to learn.
I look at these videos and wonder WHO can give something this good a thumbs down!???
That is sweet of you, but there isn't a teacher out there who is liked by "everyone" and I'm not offended. I don't even look at the "thumbs down" on my videos :)
Maybe it’s because it’s not a butterfly? Butterflies only have two pairs of wings. Otherwise awesome video, definitely LIKE 👍
So beautiful and delicate. Would make a gorgeous card . 🦋
Such a good idea! One day I’ll have to put these on a few cards 😍
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EXCELLENT! I love your butterfly ❤
So glad you enjoyed the video ❤️❤️❤️
Just beautiful ❣️
Wow, thank you so much! So glad you liked it!
You have a real gift. Thank you.
Oh thank you! That means a lot to me, I hope you found it super helpful!
Yet, she can’t tell butterfly from some weird scifi insect 😂 As if butterflies have 3 sets of wings now, what idiоcy 🙄
Thanks for sharing your expertise!!
My pleasure! Glad it was helpful!
So beautiful! ❤
Thank you, Connie!! That means a lot to me
Beautiful job!
Thank you so much, Judy!
I love this!
That’s wonderful to hear! Thank you for taking the time to encourage me
So pretty, just love your colours. Your tutorials are so good, but please could you increase the sound. It comes over quite lightly and no matter what I do I can't increase it. Such a shame I miss quite a lot of what you say and you do teach so well.
Oh dear, of course I will work on the volume for future videos-so sorry about that, I can imagine that is very frustrating
You can turn your volume up....... 😂😂😂😂😂
Blushed Design - No you’re fine. The volume is perfectly fine in this video. It must be something wrong with that person’s device. You’re fine :)
Try this: go to Settings and find the Sound….adjust it. That should make this video louder for you.
@@FuriedHearts@gretatillett1100 says no matter what she does she can’t increase the sound-meaning she’s turned up the volume as far as it will go. You do not need to be rude.
Thank you. So beautiful. Blessings
So glad you enjoyed the tutorial!! Have a wonderful week 💕
This is exquisite and so ethereal! An amazing tutorial!
Thank you so much! I am striving to make the most delicate representation of butterflies possible and these semi-transparent wings are just right!
It’s a scifi butterfly, real ones only have 2 pairs of wings. Pretty though.
Very beautiful!
Thank you so much!
Beautiful TY for posting this
SO glad you enjoyed it!
It's a very beautiful painting and , you are very good at this ...
The butterfly is lovely, I loved it...❤️☺️🦋
So glad you enjoyed the tutorial!! I loved this little butterfly-so much easier to paint something beautiful when the subject is already beautiful!
@@katrinacrouch I will definitely try it during the lockdown it will be lots of fun 👌
Thank you!
My pleasure!! So glad you found it helpful 💕
Gorgeous! Thanks so much for your teaching and sharing your work and the process as well as the thinking process.
So glad you are finding them helpful! I always try to add in the thought process behind what I am doing because I think that is more valuable than what I am actually painting! But you are the only one to notice so far (and tell me anyway), hah!
Maravilloso Gracias
Thank you! 🥰
It looks very soft,and very beautiful.I love the greens.Thank you for sharing and the great voice over.
I agree! The greens drew me to this butterfly-you don’t see a lot of green butterflies around, and then this triple wing feature was the icing on the cake!
So glad you enjoyed the tutorial!! 💕
Love your channel really nicely explained, very helpful
OH I'm so glad you found it helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know and encourage me
💕 love it
I’m so glad you love it!
Absolutely lovely thank you for your time.Sandy
So glad you enjoyed it!!
sweet and to the point.
So glad you enjoyed it!
Gorgeous!!! You asked if the lines look like shattered glass. I think the lines on the wings looks very soft and delicate!
Oh good! It’s so hard to walk that fine line of being visible but not too harsh-thank you for the feedback ❤️
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Glad I stopped by! Very helpful! 😁👍👌🌹🌹🌹
Thank you! So so glad you enjoyed it!
You are so clever!
Didi your hands are magical and you are so talented 🤩
So glad you enjoyed the tutorial!! 🥰🥰🥰
Awesome. Thank you 😁👏👏👏
You're welcome 😊
Superbe. Beautiful, refined.
Wow, thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed it and found the tutorial helpful ❤️
Wow soooo beautiful 😍
Thank you so much 😊
Thank you very much, I learned a lot from this video xxx
That’s wonderful! Thank you for taking the time to tell me-that is so encouraging
I agree with volume..if I turn it high..when the commercials come in they’re blasting! Love your work..I use subtitles too, so I can catch what you say 🙏🏽🙋🏻♀️👍🏽
So sorry! I’ll do my best to improve that. Are the more recent videos any better?
Yes, she’s got no idea how to do videos correctly. Artists are usually the dumbеst in tech etc.
Hola. Gracias por el vídeo. Excelente. Bendiciones.
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it
Very helpful, thank you!
So glad you found it helpful!
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your talent. I found your steps really clear to follow and have learnt a lot from you whilst following this video.
Oh thank you! I’m so glad you find the tutorials helpful and easy to follow 💕
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Subtle colours, delicate lines. You really captured the fragility of the butterfly. Beautifully done.
Oh thank you!! The delicate nature of butterflies is difficult to capture but they are worth the extra effort!
Considering it’s fake, all ok. Real ones only have two pairs of wings, of course ❤
Wonderful
Thank you, Ginger!! So glad you enjoyed it 💕
Superbe . Thank you. Blessings
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you. Great tips for an aspiring insect illustrator.
So glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for not calling that weird thing a “butterfly”. It’s NOT!
I'm somewhat of a newbie to watercolor (or any type of painting). When I came across your transparent green butterfly, I had to try it. I painted it yesterday and...WOW!... it came out stunning. I attribute that to you, Katrina! Thank you!!!! You're a wonderful instructor! Now I just have to decide which of your butterflies to paint next. :-) BTW, do you happen to know the name of the green butterfly? I wasn't able to find it anywhere.
Oh yay!! So glad you found it helpful and are happy with your progress so far! Unfortunately I learned after painting and posting this little guy, that it’s a merged photo of a butterfly body on cicada wings 🙄 apparently my photo source wasn’t as good as I originally thought, but it’s fun and beautiful to paint nevertheless. The rest are real butterflies and moths, I promise! Haha
@@katrinacrouch That's funny! I don't love it any less. As a matter of fact, I might even try the same one in different colors. Yesterday I finished the Blushing Phantom (another success!), and today I think I'll tackle the transparent blue guy (after I watch your video). Thanks again for sharing your talents!
Nice lodi
Thank you
This is stunning beyond measure! I don't think the lines give the butterfly the stained glass look, I agree with u that it looks delicate, especially because the vains of a butterfly are in fact like that, which is why I thought this was so difficult to draw. I was rly confused about the lines, where they started and where they actually finished.
I have a question, though: how do you make such fine lines with your number 2 brush? I'm kind of afraid of trying to paint my butterfly because I've never been able to make suck fine lines 😭
Thanks for the amazing tutorial!
The key is an almost dry brush! Not a lot of pigment and only damp-not “wet”. Practice a little on some scrap paper to help your hand adjust. I’ve been drawing delicate things for YEARS (like, almost daily for two decades) so it isn’t hard for me but will take some practice to get the hang of it so scrap paper practice and less water are my best tips!
@@katrinacrouch I'll give it a go before I go to the butterfly. Thank you, dear 🥰
Great thank you 😍
You're welcome 😊 so glad you enjoyed it
Beautiful! What paper do you usually use?
I typically use Strathmore 300 series watercolor paper. It’s a cold press, gentle texture and pretty affordable where I’m at! I also use Arches occasionally but it depends on what I am painting. I think this piece was on Arches Hot Press
magnifique
Thank you!
You're good!
That is very kind of you, thank you
good👍👏👏
Wow! That’s lovely execution and thanks for sharing.☺️❤️
Hello and I’m #29.2k+☺️👋🏻
Have a lovely day.🙏🏻
Aw, thank you! So happy to have you here and that we can be friends!
You are amazingly talented and such a inspiration to me. I just love watching your tutorials and the butterfly is just lovely. Please keep up the wonderful work and new subscriber here!!!! 🙂❤🖌🎨🦋
Thank you for the encouragement!! Working on filming the 2021 video tutorials and SO excited to show you!!
Not a butterfly. Butterflies have two pairs of wings. It’s a different freak insect. Maybe scifi, even.
This is absolutely gorgeous! And a fantastically informative tutorial. Thank you.
Just one note though, the sound is quite quiet so it’s a bit hard to hear. I did have to turn the volume right up (I am using an iPad) and could hear ok then but did have a mini heart attack every time an ad came on and the sound was insanely loud. 😂
Oh gosh, that sounds awful! Hahaha, I’m so sorry! This is an older tutorial and I’m not super tech savvy so there’s been a long slow learning curve! Hopefully the newer videos are easier on the ears and the heart!
This is beautiful! I have a question. Who makes your sap green? Different brands of colors can be completely different and sap green is a big one? Also a big tip, if you roll your kneaded eraser over your drawing instead of rubbing, it will pick up your pencil lines without damaging your paper at all. That is one reason it is not solid and is moldable. Love the butterfly🦋
Me again, I just followed the link to your sap green and it’s w&n cotman.
Duh. Thank you
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Aw, so happy to have you!! Thank you ❤️
Come on babe i freaking love you omg
Hah, love ya too!
Can you please tell me.. Which color shade i should use in blue butterfly
Look at the photo to decide-I typically start with Ultramarine blue as my base for all of the blues that I use, but I also love DS's Mayan Blue Genuine: amzn.to/3CxoxDs (affiliate)
Muy bonita la mariposa... a mí me gustaría mucho más que hubiera solo música... porque como no entiendo inglés casi me parece un parloteo incesante sin sentido... gracias muy bonito el vídeo
These are tutorials, so I won’t be removing the instruction, but you can always mute me ☺️ the nice thing about not being in person for these art lessons is you can ignore the teacher, hah
You are very talented, wo I was wondering why you felt the need to fake the end result? The wings of the butterfly are clearly mirrored
This specific piece was smudged by my 3yo on one side so a quick photoshop move saved me a re-paint. No regrets.
What kind of pencil, and rubber do you recommend?
I use an HB pencil and a kneeded or a white eraser. You can find all of my favorite drawing supplies on this list: www.amazon.com/shop/blusheddesign?listId=25PMKCNKEWPO5
Amazing art talent and I'm late but this was soo easy! Just drawing it tho lol but this was fun thanks
Nvm I just saw how to draw it Oop-
Haha, glad you enjoyed it anyway! Have a wonderful day-thank you for taking a moment to encourage me 💕
@@katrinacrouch Thank you for responding and it was no trouble you need it!
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Thank you Karen 💕
I'm a beginner, why type of watercolors do you use? I've seen tubes and pallet colors.
Gayle Barry I use tubes at this point in time, but they basically turn into a palette when they dry! If you’re a beginner, I recommend a palette ☺️
Low level beginners use hard watercolours. Professionals and serious artists use tubes, of course. Tubes are also best for large paintings. You can’t create BIG without tubes.
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What kind of eraser I wish you put that in print😂😂😂😂
Either a kneaded eraser or a white Hi-Polymer eraser
Could you please please tell me what kind of palette this is? The link doesn’t work :(
So sorry about that! I'll update the link. Here's what I have: amzn.to/2RslVRK
Hi! Can i have the link for the drawing of butterfly? The one without the colors yet?
Please, please 🙏
Here you are! m.ruclips.net/video/qSiw2TZqUF4/видео.html
Thank you so much! 🥰
I cannot find the drawing
m.ruclips.net/video/qSiw2TZqUF4/видео.html
I have never seen a butterfly with six wings before! What species is it?
I’m not sure the species! I wasn’t able to find the information when I was researching
Blushed Design well after doing more research, there are no butterflies with six wings. All butterflies and moths have four wings.
Blushed Design “Butterfly adults are characterized by their four scale-covered wings, which give the Lepidoptera their name (Ancient Greek λεπίς lepís, scale + πτερόν pterón, wing).”
Blushed Design I think the clip art you used as your reference photo is in fact fictional. This painting and the clip art are both beautiful though!
Does it matter, it's just so lovely and ethereal.
Can a butterfly have 6 wings? I think 4 is the maximum.
Apparently it’s cicada wings photoshopped onto a butterfly body but posted to a site that sells butterfly specimens?! Idk, I didn’t do enough research ahead of time but I still like it
Hi, I love this watercolour tutorial! Thank-you for sharing! I was wondering if you drew this butterfly from a photograph? I have been trying to find a butterfly image like this so I can follow along with your video. Would you have any ideas about where I could find an image like this?
Thank-you
Caroline
Of course! Here it is: www.pinterest.com/pin/470907704788120370/
Thanks for adding a link to the image. I’m trying to find the original to see if it was photoshopped, or a genetic mutation- because it has an extra set of wings. (If real, I wonder if it could fly…) Totally awesome looking- has an other worldly look to it, especially with the green color!
@@personaldevelopment3434 All butterflies have just 2 sets of wings. She must have seen an artist's work not based on facts.
Not a butterfly. Butterflies have two pairs of wings. It’s a different freak insect. Maybe scifi, even.
Do you sell drawings for others to paint????
No, I don’t. I sell finished pieces and teach others how to create. If you need help with the drawing, check out my free mini-course:
www.blusheddesign.com/flower-drawing
Strange butterfly. 3 wing sets?
Apparently it is a pair of cicada wings digitally imposed on a butterfly’s body. And I didn’t know about it until too late. Fun painting nevertheless, so I have no regrets
She’s an idiоt, I guess… 😂 Most artists are.
Why this butterfly have 6 wings ?! Haha
Unfortunately I was told this was a butterfly but it’s cicada wings on a butterfly body… turned green.
Painting techniques carry over though!
Not a butterfly. Butterflies have two pairs of wings. It’s a different freak insect. Maybe scifi, even.