I suck at butterflies!!!

I keep forgetting to take pics of my latest butterflies here are two I did recently.

This one is for a Dino exhibit, so I threw horns on that bad boy! lol



UGH! Definitely time to color my hair!! lol Look at that grey!!

Butterflies are my favourite to do. Blending various colours.

Great new butterflies on here since last I looked.
Here's some new updates. Some of these I can do in less than 2 minutes

This is my first time posting a pic, I hope it works lol. I was just playing around with butterfly designs this day

So I got my paints in on Monday and just got to play with them yesterday.her is my 1st attempt on myself, i used the green/light green tag..and the green dose not play well..i had a faint yellow still on my face when i washed it off. CottonKandyClown I think yours a beautiful!! I love the rainbow one with the purple outline..its less harsh then the black!

I like the shape acarreon, and your antenna are nice. I actually prefer smaller butterflies. It helps to wash green off by lathering up first...have you read the thread on washing instructions?

Do that same design with a orange yellow split, drag the black a little at the edges and add your dots to the black and you've got a fabulous design.

Keep sharing!

D.

thanks Denise! I take YouTube lessons from LJY!! Her vids are really good!! Tmrw I'm going to make my orange and yellow and some othet split cakes!! What do you mean by drag it a bit? I'm the worst at understanding stuff!

You can do it two ways. You can take a filbert with black in it and wipe it off on a paper towel until it's almost dry and dry brush from the outside into the middle. The other way it just to flick little lines in but I find that harder to control. You still have to have a pretty dry brush. Let me see if I can find picture examples:

Here's more of a dry-brush feel: (inspiration Christina Davison)


Here's more of a line flick feel:

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Oooooooooooo!!! That first one is awesome!! Tomorrow I'll try that and post it!! How exciting!

Wow barb I love that 2nd one!!such talent!

thank you acarreon, i took a class with Tina Carrol in minneapolis.. the 2nd one was inspired my Marcela Murad.. tina showed us her take on the design..I get asked for it all the time...

Here are a couple fast butterflies I love doing. The blue one takes a minute. I used TAG splits for each. The blue one is a peacock looking cake but I don't remember the name, The purple is black iris.

I think butterflies on little girls can be a challenge because they tend to have tiny foreheads and bigger cheeks (opposite of adults - have you noticed?!?). I don't remember which famous artist (LJY maybe?) said in a YouTube video that if your butterflies don't look right, it could be because your bottom wings are bigger than your top wings. The other way is much more visually appealing and realistic.

I have looked at this thread sooooo many times and never posted so thought I should
I love to many on here and can't remember them all!! but as jodys is the last with pictures Im going to say love the top one.

This could also be almost a tribute to my daughter who only ever lets me paint butterflys or fairy masks these days but butterflys she still likes the best

my oh my gosh theres too many children-o-fly

my quick-o-fly - but I don't want what the last girl had

my Ive done this too many times this-o-fly

The I am going somewhere later not on my face -o- fly

The oh mabye I will try this.. but not liking it -o- fly


Then my favs
Oh you make facepainting So enjoyable by booking the right amount of time-o- fly

and the abstract-o-fly

Too funny Sue! Love all of your o-flies LOL

I hadn't put any of my butterflies in here, so I thought I'd add them...

Perry, I really like that second design, think I'll work up a rendition of that design for this weekends events!

LOL @ Sue. Too funny -o-fly

it's an extremely popular design

I really like that one Coral!