By How to Draw a Colorful Butterfly
When it comes to insects, finding one as beautiful as a butterfly isn’t easy. These impressive creatures impress not only with the intricate patterns on their wings but also with the amazing colors they display. For this cause, they are a popular topic for artists to depict. However, it can be quite difficult to grasp, so learning to draw a colorful butterfly can be difficult! Fortunately, it’s a challenge that we’re here to help make easier, so you’ll want to read this guide to the end! We hope this step-by-step guide on drawing a colorful butterfly will be a fun and useful experience for you!
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How to Draw a Colorful Butterfly – Let’s Get Created!
Step 1
For this first step in our guide on how to draw a colorful butterfly, we’ll start with the main attraction: the butterfly’s wings. More specifically, we’ll start with the wing outlines so you can add details to them later in the guide. The wings are separated into four different sections, with the top two being much larger than the back two. They all connect at the throttle body, which will be added later. Please do your best to draw the shapes and positions of the wings as close as possible to our reference image.
Step 2
With the wing outlines for this colorful butterfly drawing finished, we can start adding some pattern details to the wing sections. We’ll focus on the wing section at the top left. We’ll use curved lines extending from the inside edge of the wing to start this pattern and then extend into some rounded square shapes. Square shapes will vary in size, so you can use the reference image to guide you as you design these shapes.
Step 3
In this third step of our guide on drawing a colored butterfly, we will add the pattern details to the right front section of the wings. When you draw the next section of the pattern, please do your best to make it look as much like a mirror image of the other side of the butterfly’s wing as possible. As long as you replicate the pattern exactly as it appears in our example, you should have no problem making it look like the pattern on the other side! We can add more in the fourth step when you have drawn the next section of the wing.
Step 4
We will move on to the next section of the wing as we begin this fourth step of your colorful butterfly drawing. The pattern will have a fairly similar structure to the appearance of the pattern on the other wings, but due to the drastically different shape of the wing section, the pattern will have different spacing. Some curved lines will extend from the part of the wing attached to the body of the colorful butterfly and turn into a smaller square and round shape. There will only be a few final details and elements to add before this image is complete, so when it’s ready, we’ll take care of that in the next step.
step 5
Before we add some beautiful colors to your creation in the final step of this guide on how to draw a colorful butterfly, we’ll first put the finishing touches on it. First, we’ll add the pattern details to the final section of the wings. To do this, once again, you must do your best to mirror the pattern as it appears on the opposite end section of the butterfly. Then, to finish, we will add the body of the butterfly. This will be a thin, solid black shape between the wing sections, and a small black circle will be on the left side. This head will also have curved antennae sticking out, and then it’s time for some coloring fun!
Step 6
This is the final step of your colorful butterfly drawing, and in it, you can let your creativity run wild while adding some beautiful colors! Our reference image shows you some colors you could use to finish this image. We try to keep the colors nice and bright, which helps the image stand out on the page. This image expresses your creativity, so you should go ahead and use any of your favorite colors and art mediums to bring this butterfly to life!
