I painted this yesterday and I think it looks fantastic! I did cheat a bit though...😁 I found a lovely image on Pinterest for inspiration and printed it out... since I am not very good at getting shapes precisely straight, I cut out the image of the butterfly, paying careful attention to the wings, to keep them as tidy as possible. After I had cut out the specimen, I carefully traced its outline on my watercolor pad. After that, I filled in the rest of the details in pencil and used my kneaded eraser to lighten up the lines to help prevent them from showing through the paint.
For the paint, I used my Daniel Smith Palette... I used Cadmium Red, and Burnt Umber with a bit of Ivory Black. I also used my Kuretake Opal Set to go over the painting to give it a Blue/Pink Shimmer.
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