In the second of our tutorials we are painting the beautiful British Peacock Butterfly in acrylics.
Before you start
You will need a pencil and rubber, your acrylic paints, brushes, water and kitchen roll. From your art pack you will need the piece of canvas, with the coated side facing up to paint on. Download your reference photo pdf here: Butterfly-ref
NB: While I was recording this with the French windows open on a sunny day Xena, our budgie, and some birds outside decided to keep up a running commentary, so you’ll hear lots of birdsong and chirrups in the background which I didn’t notice until reviewing the recording because I’m so used to them! I’ve since banished Xena from contributing to future tutorials 🙂