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    How to Draw a Butterfly Step By Step

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    How to Draw Butterfly

    Have some butterfly drawing fun with this How to Draw a Butterfly Step By Step Drawing Tutorial. We've included a free printable step-by-step worksheet too!

    How To Draw Butterflies

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    This is a cute and simple how to draw a butterfly step by step tutorial with free printable. Learning how to draw a beautiful butterfly is fun and informative for kids of all ages.

    Butterflies are one of the most beloved insects on the planet not to mention one of the most beautiful insect species. The most recognizable is the monarch butterfly.

    butterfly sketch

    Butterfly Drawing

    After the success of my how to draw a bee and earth tutorial, I decided to create more drawing tutorials for all the kids out there! However, these tutorials are not limited to kids; if you’re an adult keen on learning how to draw, you can also benefit from my free printable tutorials.

    Drawing is a skill that has many stages and types. Some people look at objects and draw them; then there are people who are skilled at free-hand drawing; lastly, we have professionals who draw realistic images.

    However, my step-by-step tutorial is for anyone who wants to learn the basics of drawing an object.

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    Why Opt for Guided Drawing?

    Kids love to draw, especially if it’s the animals they see every day.  Therefore, if you want to encourage your kids to polish their drawing skills, do it with my free printable tutorials.

    The upside of opting for guided drawing is that it gives kids a basic idea of how to shape out a certain object. And once they have the basic shape sorted, the next step is to add the details. This is where their creativity shines! Plus, once the kids get the gist of how to draw an object, they can easily make art.

    Besides this, a step-by-step tutorial is a great way to develop your kids’ interest in drawing. It helps them learn to hold a pencil to deliver the perfect stroke. Moreover, it builds fine motor skills, enhances hand-eye coordination, and improves focus and concentration.

    When the kids have a tutorial in front of them, they focus on following the easy steps to make the perfect drawing, which is good for helping them concentrate and stay attentive.

    If you like this Butterfly Drawing, then don't miss our Drawing Animals Tutorial Bundle which includes 14 different printable step by step drawing guides.

    How to Draw a Butterfly Tutorial

    Free Printable How to Draw a Butterfly Tutorial

    The secret to my kids making amazing art is drawing tutorials. I have created several tutorials that have helped them learn the basics of drawing. Therefore, I want everyone to benefit from the tutorials.

    My tutorials are usually about easy-to-make creatures that you can draw using basic shapes. This printable template has 6 easy step-by-step instructions that can help kids draw a beautiful butterfly.

    The first 3 steps are about making a small circle for the face, the body, and the antennas. The last 3 steps involve making the butterfly wings and adding details to them. That’s how easy it is!

    The “How to Draw a Butterfly” tutorial is a two-in-one activity: Drawing and coloring! First, the kids get to draw a monarch butterfly, and then they can add colors and patterns to make it pretty.

    Check out our 101+ Animal Crafts for added animal fun!

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    Where to Use the Butterfly Drawing?

    Once your kids have drawn and colored the butterfly, you can cut it out and hang it in their room, or you can draw it on cardboard and place it on their desks. You can also paste it on the face of a greeting card to welcome spring!

    If your kids enjoyed making the butterfly, you can find many other drawing tutorials and other fun Easy Drawings For Kids on my website.

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    Before you start drawing, we also want to make sure you have the right drawing supplies. Here are the drawing paper, and drawing pencils that we like to use.

    Now how to draw a butterfly easy!!

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    How To Draw Butterflies

    The drawing is a cute cartoon butterfly and gives a basic idea of a butterfly sketch. You can later add more details to it and color it. Your kids will have a few good practice times, and soon they’ll be drawing beautiful butterflies like a pro!

    Get your free printable tutorial now, and help your kids grow artistically! Grab a sheet of paper and a pencil and let's start drawing.

    Butterfly's Head

    Butterfly Drawing Step 1

    Start with a small circle for the butterfly's head.

    Butterfly's Body

    Butterfly Drawing Easy Step 2

    Next, is the body of the butterfly. Draw an elongated U shape for the body off the bottom of the head of the butterfly from the previous step. Draw a horizontal line approximately a third way through the body, and then another third of the way.

    Butterfly Drawings Step 3

    Next, is to draw the face of the butterfly and its antennas. An easy way is two circles and a smile. For the antennas, we went with simple circles and straight lines on the top of the butterfly head. Remember we are drawing basic butterfly shapes.

    Butterfly's Wings

    Easy Butterfly Drawing Step 4

    In drawing the butterfly's wings, we drew them in two simple steps. The first is the upper wings or top wings. These are the larger of the wings, so draw a curved line starting at where the head meets the body and ending halfway through the middle section of the side of the butterfly.

    Butterflies Drawing Step 5

    The next step is to draw the lower wings or bottom wings. These are curved lines starting around the bottom part of the wing and ending towards the bottom of the body when it's about to curve to the end. Same for the other side.

    Simple Butterfly Drawing Step 6

    The last step is to draw the different patterns in the wings. We went with a simple circle in each of the wings. We realize that a more realistic-looking butterfly would have fun and more intricate butterfly wing patterns, but with this easy tutorial, we wanted to keep it simple. Feel free to use your own creative ways to make it your own butterfly.

    Easy To Draw Butterfly

    Once you have your drawing exactly how you want it, we recommend tracing over all your lines with a sharp pencil. Then use markers, crayons, pencils, or paints and turn your drawing into butterfly art!

    Happy Drawing!

    We highlighted this Spring Drawing and Spring Craft along with some other fun kid's crafts in our April Crafts along with our Easy Craft Ideas for kids.

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    How to Draw a Butterfly

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    How to Draw a Butterfly

    Have some butterfly drawing fun with this How to Draw a Butterfly Step By Step Drawing Tutorial. We've included a free printable step-by-step worksheet too!
    Course Coloring Pages for Kids
    Keyword dinosaur drawing, dinosaur drawing easy, easy dinosaur drawing, how to draw a dinosaur, how to draw a dinosaur easy, how to draw a dinosaur for kids, how to draw dinosaur
    Cook Time 20 minutes minutes
    Total Time 20 minutes minutes
    Author Alli Ward

    Equipment

    • Drawing Pencils

    Ingredients

    • Paper

    Instructions

    • Start with a small circle for the butterfly's head.
      Butterfly Drawing Step 1
    • Next, is the body of the butterfly. Draw an elongated U shape for the body off the bottom of the head of the butterfly from the previous step. Draw a horizontal line approximately a third way through the body, and then another third of the way.
      Butterfly Drawing Easy Step 2
    • Next, is to draw the face of the butterfly and its antennas. An easy way is two circles and a smile. For the antennas, we went with simple circles and straight lines on the top of the butterfly head. Remember we are drawing basic butterfly shapes.
      Butterfly Drawings Step 3
    • In drawing the butterfly's wings, we drew them in two simple steps. The first is the upper wings or top wings. These are the larger of the wings, so draw a curved line starting at where the head meets the body and ending halfway through the middle section of the side of the butterfly.
      Easy Butterfly Drawing Step 4
    • The next step is to draw the lower wings or bottom wings. These are curved lines starting around the bottom part of the wing and ending towards the bottom of the body when it's about to curve to the end. Same for the other side.
      Butterflies Drawing Step 5
    • The last step is to draw the different patterns in the wings. We went with a simple circle in each of the wings. We realize that a more realistic-looking butterfly would have fun and more intricate butterfly wing patterns, but with this easy tutorial, we wanted to keep it simple. Feel free to use your own creative ways to make it your own butterfly.
      Simple Butterfly Drawing Step 6
    • Once you have your drawing exactly how you want it, we recommend tracing over all your lines with a sharp pencil. Then use markers, crayons, pencils, or paints and turn your drawing into butterfly art!
      Easy To Draw Butterfly

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