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In this 45 min tutorial video I will walk you through the process of creating this butterfly inside a circle. It’s the process I go through when preparing for a You Can Draw This tutorial. Working from a rough sketch first and then experimenting with colors and composition. Once I have created something like this, I’ll start simplifying everything for an even easier tutorial, so there is quite a long process before I end up with a finished You Can Draw This tutorial.

I have added the reference images I have used, the color palette and my working file. Have fun!

The reference photo is from Shutterstock, feel free to use it for practice purposes (you just can't use it for commercial purposes like selling prints ;))

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Beginner Tutorial: Butterfly

In this beginner level tutorial I will walk you through te process of creating this butterfly inside a circle

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Deborah MacBain

Awesome process. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Wizard Kale

I really enjoyed following along with this tutorial. I changed it up quite a bit - drew it in my style and within a triangle instead of a circle. Overall had a great time drawing this.

Ann Nguyen

I love all of your tutorials. This one is awesome too. Thank you for the great work.

Sophia Darnell

yes!! Been waiting for this one, it looks beautfiul can't wait to try it! I also love how your showing your process from picking out color pallets and the sketching! I always have ideas but. I especially never know where to start for the colors, and also just the basic overview of how to lay out the idea in general. I never know if i should sketch it out, or lay down the basic colors using the blocking technique so im hoping when seeing what you do and what I've heard other artists do will help tie it all together, thanks for posting flo :)

Voula Kokkali

This looks so pretty!!! Can’t wait to try it. Where can I get the Flotastic brush from?

Donna Hut

Loved seeing your process!

Art with Flo

Thanks Sophia! I'm happy you enjoyed it. I actually vary with the techniques, sometimes I block out the basic colors, checking how it works and sometimes I make a sketch first with a basic color palette in mind. .

Julie Harp

That was so fun to watch and it was great to see your process. I’m definitely going to try this. Love the soft bokeh effect.

victory gritsay

I don't know why but the colors in the video and in my procreate are different. I'm using the pallet that you are attached. What may be the cause of this? the colors in the video are warmer.

Art with Flo

It's probably just the lighting and video editing that's causing the difference

Heather

I'm confused how your butterflies are attached together and mine are separate. How do I get them to open together/stacked like yours?

Art with Flo

By making a new image file with both photos in it