Blue Emperor Butterfly in Watercolour - Part 1
A botanical art tutorial by Emma Tildesley.
Here is the first part of the Blue Emperor Butterfly. This is a really fun tutorial with high contrast colours, some very fine details - steady hand required - and I show you how to mix your own rich black. For those of you who wanted to use iridescent paints, I also show you where I would add these in at the end. I hope you enjoy it!
- Subject: Animals & Wildlife
- Topic: Bees & Butterflies
- Medium: Watercolour
- Access: included with membership, or buy this tutorial on its own
What you'll need
- Paper: Saunders Waterford 140lbs Hot Pressed size A4
- Sennelier: Lemon Yellow, Quinacridone Gold, Cobalt Blue and 3 more
- Daniel Smith: Permanent Alizarin Crimson and 1 more
- Brushes: Number 2 round, Number 4 round, Billy Showell Eradicator, Coliro Iridescent Paints (Optional)
- Other tools: Putty Rubber/Blu-Tac, Kitchen Towel/Tissue, Water
The full colour list comes with the tutorial, in its materials download.