Can you draw a butterfly without drawing skills?

Butterflies are a wonderful drawing subject—their wings have a certain pattern that can be reduced to a few rules. Once you know the rules, you can draw a realistic-looking butterfly without any special drawing skills. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to draw a detailed butterfly step by step, right from scratch.

What is the butterfly pattern?

The Butterfly Pattern is a distinct 5-point extension structure that was discovered by Bryce Gilmore and further defined by Scott Carney.

How do you draw a butterfly wing?

Draw a line from the torso point to close the triangular shape of the wing right under the upper wing. Mark a point in the center of the farthest line of the triangle. Cross each point with a line coming from the torso. Outline the shape of the lower wing. And that's the outline of the realistic butterfly wing drawing done. 3.

What color is a butterfly wing?

When you see blue, purple, or white on a butterfly, that's a structural color, while orange, yellow, and black are pigment, Prudic says. "The nanostructure of the chitin, or wing scale," Prudic says, "affects what light is reflected and how it's reflected."