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LIVE 🦋 Watercolor Butterfly Tutorial Step by Step | Purple Tip

Welcome to another live watercolor tutorial! Today we'll be a Purple Tip butterfly! This is butterfly two of the #lovebutterflychallenge - 15 butterfly paintings in 30 days!

♡ Paint with Me ♡

Right click and save my sketch below. Transfer instructions are under the sketch.

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How to Transfer Outline onto Your Watercolor Paper

  1. Print outline. Color the entire back with a dark pencil. Lay onto your watercolor paper with the fern outline facing up. Trace the fern outline with a pencil.

  2. Print outline. Use transfer paper by laying the transfer paper onto your watercolor paper with your outline on top. Trace the fern outline with a pencil.


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10 Day Watercolor Woodland Animal Challenge â–º https://allisonlyonart.live/watercoloranimalchallengeyt

10 Day Watercolor Bird Challenge â–º https://allisonlyonart.live/watercolorbirdchallengeyt

10 Day Watercolor Butterfly Challenge â–º https://allisonlyonart.live/watercolorbutterflychallengeyt



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