How to draw a watercolor butterfly step by step
The butterfly is beautiful, colorful, and wonderful wings. Today let us draw butterfly together.
Note1: when drawing two adjacent parts, do not draw when the water is not dry. It is easy to mix the colors of the two parts together, which will destroy the whole picture. You should wait for the base color to dry before drawing the pot color.
Note2: pay attention to the excessive color when painting again, you can first draw a dark shadow, and then use another brush with white water to make the color transition more natural.
Note3: draw the wing skeleton. Wait until all color was dry. If not, the painting will mix of colors.
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| How to draw a watercolor butterfly step by step |
Transparent effect.
Apply a layer of pigment first. Wait until it is completely dry. Apply a second layer of pigment.
Because the characteristics of watercolor are transparent. So this technique can draw a transparent and light feeling.
1. Dry painting.
Add a small amount of water with the pigment. Then use a dry brush to rub the pigment. The effect of drawing is like this. It can represent a rough texture. It can also be used to show the sparkling of the sea surface.
2. Wet painting.
Wet painting color gradient. First, apply a layer of water on the paper. Then draw blue Line, Draw the middle yellow when wet. Finally, draw red when wet. This method has a very soft color gradient.
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| Watercolor blue butterfly |
1. Draw the butterfly's line with a pencil is the main of the butterfly. Color: as shown
2. Draw the base color of the butterfly's wings, and the whole shape of the butterfly is now drawn.
3. Draw the shadow part of the butterfly with the colors as shown in the figure. Next, draw colorful parts of the wings. Add water and light blue, draw the base color of the wings.
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| How to draw a watercolor butterfly step by step |
4. Draw the shadow of the butterfly's wings, as shown in the figure. The contrast of light and shade is clearer, which can reflect the texture of the wings.
Draw a part of the butterfly's wings dark color. The colors are shown in the picture.
Draw the different blue in the wings.
Draw the body of the butterfly. Draw the shaded part of the butterfly's body and draw the middle color of the body with the color shown.
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| How to draw a watercolor butterfly step by step |
5. Details.
Draw the detail of the butterfly.
First use black color, draw the wing skeleton's line.
Second, use white ink draw beside the black line.
Draw the shade of the wing skeleton in black. Light and shade contrast is strong, showing the three-dimensional wing skeleton.
Painting butterfly's body. Draw the center part with the color of the picture, the color that is close to the body of the wings is darker. Draw the dark part of the wings in dark blue.
Finally, when the watercolor is dry, draw the outline of the butterfly with a black ink pen
Well done, now we see an amazing beautiful butterfly.
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