Thin Layer of a Butterfly
I do not know how many times I have touched up this little painting! Doing a color-field from a thin layer is what has popped up to my eyes when I saw the photo for the first time. But I did not know…
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Ros' Butterfly
I'd use a heavier weight paper or canvas with the benefit of hindsight, as I got into quite a bit of layering and wet-on-wet which resulted in the paper's surface suffering a bit (as you can perhaps …
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Wilton's Butterfly
It was a great exercise. As written above: started with charcoal sketch, then painted the negative areas. The butterfly was then relatively easy to full in. I limited the pallet and tried to blend th…
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Sandhya's Butterfly
So far I have painted from the photos I clicked myself. This challenge presented with an opportunity to paint what someone else had observed. I don't think I have the ability to photograph a butterfl…
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Elizabeth's Butterfly
I was working on a larger painting that had me frustrated, when I checked my e-mail and saw this gorgeous photo and the challenge. What a great excuse to break away and do something small! What mostl…
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Butterfly Wing Section by Maryx117
I thought this challenge would be interesting and it was. In looking over the subject photo, I decided to concentrate on a section of the wing. I wanted to simplify the color blocks and I was drawn t…
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Alive Flower from Magic Forest
I decided to try what does it mean to paint with acrylic. The ground is crimson, greens are Hooker Green and Viridan, sometimes mixed with lemon and yellow ochre and lamp black mixed with so called c…
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Butterfly Flutterby by Mandylou44
I just started watercolour lessons in September of this year (2010). When I saw the picture of the butterfly, I really liked the colours and decided to paint it. This is actually my third attempt - I…
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Butterfly Revisited by Yover
This reference photo deserved to several trials. But this time, a whole butterfly painting has been my purpose. I have tried to unify the background and the main subject. Not only in making the forme…
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Poor Butterfly
I printed off the butterfly challenge picture and began to study it. The pattern on the wings are amazing when you look at them closely. So I decided to just paint the wing. This submission is the th…
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Blowing Butterfly
This is my first time using a medium like gesso paint in canvas. I really follow the instructions but my canvas is still rough. It’s hard for me, the colors of the butterfly and is so nasty. Bu…
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Acrylic Butterfly on Canvas
I accepted this challenge because I never have make butterfly painting before and this is very difficult. The concept of this photo was good, that's why butterfly has glossy effect and acrylics paint…
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Glazed Butterfly
This is my first challenge and first day perusing this site. The goal was to portray the awkwardness of an insect while capturing its mystique. Even in its perceived beauty, insects are strange and a…
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kRoo's Butterfly
I started with the butterfly in the picture and used the profile of the butterfly, but I changed the colors, while still maintaining the richness of the darkness of the photograph. I wanted the butte…
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Pastel Butterfly
Started with a separate pencil drawing to familiarize myself with the elements of this picture, then used this to produce a light sketch on dark green pastel paper. It might have been more interestin…
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Art Deco Butterfly
I always look for inspiration from the ideas suggested and always find them useful. I have never painted a butterfly before and to be honest, I have seen more attractive butterflies than this. But as…
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Caysha's Butterfly
The first thought was that I wanted to imply some wind and movement, so I decided to blend the background on a diagonal. Then I decided to follow this direction by slightly smearing the contrasting c…
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Margaret's Butterfly
I like butterflies, but have never attempted to paint one before. I bought myself a set of water soluble crayons containing 30 different colours last week. The plan was to take them on holiday next w…
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Dreamer's Butterfly
I thought this challenge would be relatively easy but I was wrong, this turned out quite tricky. I wanted to produce a soft ethereal feeling to my painting but failed miserably. Trying to achieve bla…
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Darleene's Butterfly
I enjoy this new challenge because it makes me go where I don't want to. I drew, then started painting yellows and greens. It all got messed up but I kept going, and this is what I came away with. I …
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Missmuninn's Butterfly
Initially, I started with a quick watercolor-wash-sketch of just the butterfly and leaves' basic coloration and pose, going back to fill in the details. However, it seemed like every time I added one…
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Heebart's Butterfly
I thought I would try this painting on a real leaf, saw this done on another site, so thought I would try this challenge on the leaf. Put a sealer on the leaf first then did the the black back ground…
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Mikela's Butterfly
I thought it would be easy, I mean how hard is a butterfly? But when I got going there seemed to be more and more detail every time I looked. So I decided to so with the feeling of the pattern rather…
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