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How to draw a Butterfly

11 steps, medium. Start with the big shape, then add one part at a time. In each picture the new strokes are orange.

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Start with a circle for the head

All 11 steps

  1. 1Start with a circle for the head

  2. 2Hang a long, thin body under the head

  3. 3Add two round eyes

  4. 4Stripe the body with six short curves

  5. 5Draw two curved feelers with a ball on each tip

  6. 6Draw two big top wings, wide and rounded

  7. 7Add two rounder wings below them

  8. 8Draw a smaller wing shape inside each top wing

  9. 9Do the same inside both bottom wings

  10. 10Dot small circles along the top wing edges

  11. 11Dot more circles around the bottom wings

  12. Finished. Now color it.

Where this drawing comes from

This lesson follows the lines of the coloring page “Butterfly Garden” (Animals), one of the single pages in the app. When you finish the drawing, the app opens that page so you can color it.

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Trace, copy or use a grid, then color what you drew.

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