How to Draw a butterfly -Making a Realistic Butterfly Drawing

 Here we learn how to draw a butterfly for kids step by step

How to draw a butterfly step by step

For the butterfly’s body, draw a tall, narrow oval near the page’s middle. Make the oval wide enough that the wings on either side will fit inside. If you’re using a regular 8 by 11-inch (20 by 28 cm) sheet of paper, you should be able to get away with 1–2 inches (2.5–5.1 cm) tall.

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For the head, draw a small circle on top of the neck. Make a circle that is the same width as the body and around a quarter of the height.

For the upper half of the wings, make an upside-down triangle on either side of the body.

Each triangle should begin and end at the top of the body, where it meets the head. Each triangle can be angled slightly upwards such that the top edge of each wing is at an angle. Make each wing about ten times the body’s diameter.

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Get the triangles as symmetrical as possible. If you need guidance keeping the lines straight and even, use a ruler.

For the lower half of the wings, draw a “U” shape underneath each triangle.

Draw a “U” pattern starting at the bottom corner of one of the triangles and ending at the bottom middle of the form. Then repeat the process on the other hand. Ascertain that each “U” form is the same dimension.

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Draw an arch over the top of the head and fill in the details.

Begin drawing an arch from the middle of the left side of the head to the right side of the head. Then, on both the left and right sides, draw an upside-down arch under the first arch you drew. Finally, under the first arch and between the two upside-down arches, draw a slight crescent outline.

The arches and crescent shape will give the butterfly’s head dimension and make it look more realistic.

For the butterfly’s eyes, draw two semicircles over the arch.

On the left side of the arch, draw one eye, and on the right side, draw one eye. Make the semicircles large enough such that the tops of the semicircles meet the head’s circumference.

For the antennae, draw two curved lines on top of the head and attach them in the middle.

Curve the antenna on the left side of the head slightly left, and the antenna on the right side of the head slightly right. Make each antenna about the same length as the body’s height, or slightly shorter. Then, within the circle you drew for the head, draw a tiny “M” shape between the bottoms of each antenna to link them.

Get the antennae as symmetrical as possible.

To construct distinct divisions, ketch a “V” shape near the center of the body.

Start on the left hand, around a quarter of the way down the body. Then, within the body, draw a “V” shape, with the apex of the “V” coming just above the body’s middle. Finish the “V” formation on the right side about a quarter of the way down the neck.

The butterfly’s thorax is located above the “V” shape. Its belly is located under the “V” shape.

To simplify the upper half of the wings, round out the triangles and add more detail.

Reshape the triangles until the sides are angled and the corners are squared, or draw new wings over the top of the rules, using the upside-down triangles as a reference (you can always erase the triangles later). Curve the top and bottom edges of each upper portion of the wings in any direction. Then, around the outermost edge of each wing, draw a series of small arcs, about 5 or so. For either line, draw the same number of arcs.

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To simplify the lower half of the wings, draw a line of arcs around the “U” curves.

Draw the little arcs over the top of the “U” shapes you drew earlier, beginning at one end and working your way to the other. On each “U” form, draw about 10 arcs.

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For the veins, draw lines across the upper half of the wings.

To begin, on each wing, draw a curved line from the body to the outer edge of the wing, following the curvature of the top of the wing. And, come down from the center of the curved line you just drew, draw a short straight line. On the left-wing, angle this line to the left, and on the right-wing, angle it to the right. Connect the ends of these angled lines to the body, stopping where the first curved line began. Finally, draw straight lines from the bottom of this form to each wing’s outer edge.

Make each wing symmetrical by drawing the same number of veins.

On the lower half of the wings, draw the veins.

First, at the top of each lower portion of the wings, draw a tall, narrow “U” pattern. Start at the side of the body and work your way halfway around the top side of each lower wing. Then, from the “U” outline to the narrow arcs on the lower half of the wings, draw straight lines. The lines on the outer half of the “U” outline should be angled out away from the body, while the lines on the inner half should be angled in toward the body.

To tidy up your painting, erase any remaining guidelines.

If you drew over the upside-down triangles and “U” shapes you drew for the wings earlier, now is the time to delete those shapes.

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You’re done until you’ve erased the remaining instructions.

Source: The Soft Roots

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