How to draw a butterfly?

In this lesson you will be asked how to draw a butterfly. But first you need to study the object of creativity in order to understand well what you are drawing.

What should I learn about butterflies?
They belong to insects, a group of lepidopterans, are divided into species, the variety of which reaches up to one hundred and fifty thousand. For all life there are several stages - an egg, a larva, a pupa and an adult. Butterflies are distributed practically on the whole planet, except for Antarctica, where it is cold. They feed mainly on the nectar of flowers.

In Russia, the largest specimens are the pear-eyed pear and Maac's sailfish, the size of their wings reaches fifteen centimeters.

To draw a butterfly, you need to know its structure. Conditionally the body of an insect is divided into three parts:

1. Head. She is inactive, round in shape with a flat occiput. The eyes of the insect have a facet type, and their shape resembles half the sphere. Some species have an extra pair of point eyes. At the crown of the butterfly are located tendrils, usually highly branched among themselves.

2. Chest. It consists of 3 segments, such as the prothorax, middle chest and metathorax. It is from her grow wings - two pairs, and legs - three pairs. The wings of the butterfly are membranous and they have a small number of veins.

3. Abdomen. It has the shape of an elongated cylinder. In males, it is thinner than in females, and flat at the sides.

How to draw a butterfly in pencil?

Such insects are a popular choice for drawing artists. They are great for honing their skills in art. If you know what parts it consists of, it's not difficult to learn how to draw a butterfly.

The lesson offered below will help in this, you just need to follow each step.

Step one. Chest and wing.

We start to draw from the trunk, make a circle, and then a wing from it. It is worth paying special attention to its shape. The upper part should be slightly curved, and the lower part with two small angles.

Step two. Head, second wing, legs and antennae.

Now the turn for the second wing, its line should leave the circle in the same way as the first. The head is drawn in the shape of a rounded triangle on the trunk, and the legs and tendrils are curved in thin lines.

Step three. Branch and segments of wings.

At this stage of the drawing, you can add a twig on which our butterfly sits, and add lines that will separate the wings into separate segments.

Step four. Drawing the wings.

In this lesson, how to draw a butterfly, we are trying to approach a living similarity. Therefore, to draw the wings should be treated especially carefully, so that they look more realistic, add a few more segments and make out the edges.

Step five. We finish.

At the final stage, you can do the addition of a pattern on the wings and shadows in the entire figure. Ornaments can be completely different, because butterflies are all different, and everything depends on personal desire. Now you know how to draw a butterfly.