butterfly for norway
A couple weeks ago I was asked to participate in the Twitter Art Exhibit that will take place in Norway in December, and since I've been drawing and painting a lot of butterflies lately, I thought it might be fun to paint one for my submission.
To begin, I sketched out the shape of the butterfly with pencil on a 4 x 6 card (the requested size for the exhibit), then added details and the floral border.
After scanning in the sketch, I isolated the butterfly using photoshop and printed it out to try another idea I had for a background.
I like the dots, and I might work with this type of background in the future, but the floral border was very charming, so I left it as it was.
At some point I also drew another similar butterfly on a 4x6 card, just to see how it would turn out if I used a pen instead of pencil.
I didn't scan the pen drawing, but I do have a scan of another butterfly, also drawn using pen only, so at least you can have an idea of what I started with.
The only reason I painted the pen drawing at all was to try out colors and painting techniques before working on the "real" painting. I didn't expect it to turn out as well as it did, but I really love it, so I'm going to use the "trial" as my submission for the exhibit.
I think it's pretty cool that I'll be able to say that I've had some work shown in Norway!
To begin, I sketched out the shape of the butterfly with pencil on a 4 x 6 card (the requested size for the exhibit), then added details and the floral border.
After scanning in the sketch, I isolated the butterfly using photoshop and printed it out to try another idea I had for a background.
I like the dots, and I might work with this type of background in the future, but the floral border was very charming, so I left it as it was.
At some point I also drew another similar butterfly on a 4x6 card, just to see how it would turn out if I used a pen instead of pencil.
I didn't scan the pen drawing, but I do have a scan of another butterfly, also drawn using pen only, so at least you can have an idea of what I started with.
The only reason I painted the pen drawing at all was to try out colors and painting techniques before working on the "real" painting. I didn't expect it to turn out as well as it did, but I really love it, so I'm going to use the "trial" as my submission for the exhibit.
I think it's pretty cool that I'll be able to say that I've had some work shown in Norway!