Drawing the Natural World

Drawing the Natural World

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Video: Another way to draw white butterflies

Video: Another way to draw white butterflies

Our month of butterfly drawing continues!

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Val Webb
Mar 18, 2025
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Last week, we used a white pencil on brown paper - a simple and lovely way to draw a cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae). Now we’ll explore using a strongly contrasting background and a butterfly that is mostly just white paper. I’ll show you a fun and offbeat technique for creating realistic cabbage leaves, too:

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