How To Draw A Butterfly for kids

If you want to draw a beautiful butterfly then you are on the right place. Hello friends, my name is Ravi Gundal and today I will show you how to draw a butterfly for kids.

So follow the step by step tutorial to draw a beautiful colourful butterfly.

Tools you need

• Colour Pencils
• Smooth Paper
• Graphite Pencils
• Eraser
• Scale
• Smooth surface to draw

After having all these tools you can start the process

In this article I will draw two different butterflies with different shapes and colours.

First I am drawing the yellow butterfly. So here are the following steps :

How to draw a butterfly for kids

Step 1 : Start with a straight line

Draw a straight line with a graphite pencil

Step 2 : Draw two tangent line over the straight line

Draw two cross line of equal length on the horizontal line and from the midpoint of the horizontal line draw a vertical line.

These two cross lines are for the wing of the butterfly and the vertical line is for the body of the butterfly

Step 3 : Draw the body and the head

Draw the body shape and the head of the butterfly on the vertical line. Draw it very lightly with a graphite pencil because you have to erase some extra lines

Step 4 : Draw the top wing

With the help of the guide lines we draw draw the top wings of the butterfly

Step 5 : Draw the bottom wings

Now draw the bottom wings also

Step 6 : Erase the guidelines and draw the symmetrical shapes

after all the wings are ready, erase the guidelines and draw the beautiful symmetrical shapes on the wing

Now it’s time to use colour

Step 7 : Start with the body

When our drawing is completed it’s time to colour our drawing. I am using here prisma colour pencil. You can use any pencil you want.

Step 8 : Colour the full body

Now use black colour to colour the body

Step 9 : Colour the symmetrical shapes

Use the black colour to fill the symmetrical shapes

Step 10 : Fill more colour

Now fill the wings with the yellow colour

Step 11 : Apply second layer

Now apply the second layer of the yellow

Step 12 : Final touch ups

Tools you need

• Colour Pencils
• Smooth Paper
• Graphite Pencils
• Eraser
• Scale
• Smooth surface to draw

After having all these tools you can start the process

In this article I will draw two different butterflies with different shapes and colours.

First I am drawing the yellow butterfly. So here are the following steps :

How to draw a butterfly for beginners

Step 1 : Start with a straight line

Draw a straight line with a graphite pencil

Step 2 : Draw a horizontal line

Draw a horizontal line over the straight line.

Step 2 : Draw two tangent line over the straight line

Draw two cross line of equal length on the horizontal line and from the midpoint of the horizontal line draw a vertical line.

These two cross lines are for the wing of the butterfly and the vertical line is for the body of the butterfly

Step 3 : Draw the body and the head

Draw the body shape and the head of the butterfly on the vertical line. Draw it very lightly with a graphite pencil because you have to erase some extra lines

Step 4 : Draw the top wing

With the help of the guide lines we draw draw the top wings of the butterfly

Step 5 : Draw the bottom wings

Now draw the bottom wings also

Step 6 : Erase the guidelines and draw the symmetrical shapes

after all the wings are ready, erase the guidelines and draw the beautiful symmetrical shapes on the wing

Now it’s time to use colour

Step 7 : Start with the body

When our drawing is completed it’s time to colour our drawing. I am using here prisma colour pencil. You can use any pencil you want.

Step 8 : Colour the full body

Now use black colour to colour the body

Step 9 : Colour the wings

Now colour the wings. I am using here green colour

Step 10 : Colour the symmetrical shapes

Now colour the symmetrical shapes. I am using the refference to pickup the colours

After coloring the symmetrical shapes I am going to blend it. I am using baby oil for blending. You can apply it with a paint brush.

Step 11 : Apply second layer

After blending the colours apply the second layer of colours.

Step 12 : Final touch ups

Apply some final touchups and your drawing is ready to popup

This is tutorial on how to draw a butterfly for kids. If you like this tutorial then share it with your friends also. Thanks for reading.

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