Drawing the Natural World

Drawing the Natural World

Video tutorial: Draw early spring butterflies

...and find out why this one is called a Question Mark

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Val Webb
Mar 02, 2025
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As the calendar tilts over toward sunlight and leaves the darkness of winter behind, spring races over the surface of the warming earth. It’s time to watch for early butterflies.

Meet the question mark, the monarch’s hardy relative, a surprisingly tough little creature who waits out the winter tucked away beneath tree bark or under brush piles. As soon a…

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