Easy Transparent Watercolor Butterfly Tutorial - Mint Morpho butterfly

In this video I'm going to show you how to use watercolor's transparent qualities to paint a delicate overlapping effect! This beautiful blue butterfly was the perfect subject for this tutorial-I hope you enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed painting this butterfly!
Reference Image: pin.it/7rD650L
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[@conniemesce4093]

So beautiful, love how delicate it looks!❤

[@katrinacrouch]

Thank you! One of my favorite butterflies to dat

[@lyndajohnston6218]

You are amazing Im very new to watercolor 35 yrs away from art 😳 Your work and teaching is brilliant Thank you so much for sharing your talents ❤️❤️😂🌈🦋

[@katrinacrouch]

Welcome back to art! I can’t wait to see how you learn and grow 🥰🥰🥰

[@sherizapara2992]

So soft, pretty!!

[@katrinacrouch]

Thank you so much!

[@EmillyJuliett]

Really light and delicate butterfly! Bravo!

[@katrinacrouch]

Thank you so much!! Do you watercolor much?

[@EmillyJuliett]

@@katrinacrouch I love watercolors and I try to paint every week. I am addicted to flowers but I always have problem to give delicate and light look to my roses, so your butterfly gave me a big inspiration spirit🙂. Thank you very much!

[@katrinacrouch]

Oh, that’s awesome! I love that about watercolor-there are so many different “looks” that can be achieved with it and techniques to try

[@brendareed5050]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@katrinacrouch]

Thank you, Brenda! You’re so sweet-I’m so glad you enjoyed it

[@keariewashburn4680]

This butterfly is very beautiful Thank you for sharing 😊💗

[@katrinacrouch]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@iSisiblog]

Why do I always love watching you draw? It just relaxes me 😌

[@katrinacrouch]

I like watching other people too! But watching myself stresses me out! I see mistakes and can’t always remember if i fixes them or not, hahaha

[@milagroscachay7684]

Bellísimo lavoro ..farfalla da sogno!

[@MomofAAJJJ]

Very pretty. Thank you for the tutorial 🦋

[@katrinacrouch]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

[@amorsiempre4031]

​@@katrinacrouchAmo❤ muchas gracias una pregunta tienes algún tutorial para dibujar esas mariposas? Para antes de pintarlo gracias igualmente❤

[@debbiebuttars5598]

This is stunning! And the tutorial is so helpful. It is great to watch you paint and hear you explain your process. Good to know the time and attention required to create such delicate beauty. Thank you.

[@katrinacrouch]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful! I’m planning to create more tutorials in this style in 2020-a little more relaxed and slowed down (instead of my sped up videos), and sharing some tips along the way. So glad you enjoyed and took the time to encourage me-definitely send it my way if you try these butterflies!

[@olivertrent9266]

I guess Im asking randomly but does someone know of a trick to log back into an instagram account..? I stupidly lost the login password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me!

[@chadjohnny328]

@Oliver Trent Instablaster ;)

[@FeliciaAaron]

I just found you on YT and just REALLY love your style! Your voice and demeanor as you deliver this tutorial are spot on and encourage the viewer instead of intimidate! I love that you take your time explaining everything with us and making us feel so comfortable as we learn! I love to watercolor, but still consider myself a beginner and I have enjoyed this video! I will be subscribing to your channel and look forward to seeing your other videos! Thank you for sharing your love of this amazing medium with us helping us to grow in this art! Blessings

[@katrinacrouch]

Oh that is the best review of my tutorials ever! Thank you so much for the encouragement-I’m thrilled that are enjoying them so far! Let me know if there is anything specific that you would like to see ☺️

[@Lemev]

Outstanding job! Can't stop watching... Thanks! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻😉

[@katrinacrouch]

So glad you love it!!

[@claudiafonseca5810]

Esta preciosa, muy buen gusto. Muchas gracias por compartir.

[@katrinacrouch]

🥰🥰🥰

[@alexissalazar2579]

Espectacular!!! Demasiado bello. Gracias por enseñarnos!!

[@katrinacrouch]

Muchos gracias!! 💕 So glad you enjoyed it!!! Thank you for encouraging me with your sweet comments

[@jor4557]

Stunning. Thank you for your great explanations.

[@katrinacrouch]

So glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful! Hoping for more butterfly tutorials this year-I just need to edit the videos, haha!

[@gingerkelly5146]

I’m just so happy I found these. I know what I’m going to try tomorrow! First I have to learn how to draw so today is practice, practice, practice! Again I thank you for sharing. Being new is scary but you make it so much fun!! Thank you!!!

[@katrinacrouch]

(Butterfly drawing tutorial is coming on the 15th... shhh 😉 don’t tell anyone!)

[@lprks60]

Wow you make this look so easy Wonderful work

[@katrinacrouch]

So glad you enjoyed it!! 😊😊😊 thank you for the encouragement ❤️

[@bonniecramond6425]

Thank you for sharing. I wish you had told us at the beginning that you used masking fluid!

[@katrinacrouch]

So sorry about that! I filmed the voice over a few months after painting this one so it was harder to remember everything in order!

[@laurengouldman9683]

Amazing work!!!!

[@katrinacrouch]

Thank you so much for taking the time to encourage me! It means more than you know

[@rexwater1]

So subtle and exquisite ! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!

[@katrinacrouch]

So glad you love it! It’s easy to have a beautiful painting with such a pretty subject!

[@hurstliliana]

Amazing beautiful 😍

[@katrinacrouch]

Thank you so much

[@Adelaidarivera123]

Lovely. Thank you!!

[@katrinacrouch]

My pleasure-So glad you enjoyed it!

[@JudiChristopher]

Very Beautiful

[@katrinacrouch]

Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it-this is one of my favorites ☺️

[@meri8746]

Gorgeous!

[@katrinacrouch]

Thank you so much!!

[@coletteg.4548]

Just beautiful ❣️

[@katrinacrouch]

Oh thank you! You’re so sweet

[@tedfammail]

Very helpful!

[@katrinacrouch]

So glad you enjoyed it!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@christinedockler2198]

Thanks for sharing, its beautiful!

[@katrinacrouch]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it!! This was one of my favorites for it’s delicate wings 😍

[@snowstamper1]

Thank you so very much for sharing your art with us. You’re a wonderful artist I love just watching your videos and your explanation of what you’re doing that really helps.

[@katrinacrouch]

Oh, I’m so glad you find the videos helpful!! I enjoy making them and being able to keep teaching fine art from home with my kiddos!

[@waheedaadam5882]

Gorgeous ❤️

[@katrinacrouch]

Thank you! One of my favorite butterflies to date! It’s hard to beat this delicate beauty 😍

[@itismotivation9825]

I love how you go slow. And the tutorial is so helpful.

[@katrinacrouch]

I’m so glad you found it helpful!! 💕

[@annajordan5554]

Beautiful! Thank you so much!

[@katrinacrouch]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@cristinaordon2888]

I love it 😍

[@katrinacrouch]

Oh I’m so glad! Thank you for taking the time to encourage me! ❤️

[@redbrushart]

Nice painting!👍👍 Always together.

[@katrinacrouch]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it ☺️

[@sawdustandbrushstrokes4518]

Beautiful!

[@katrinacrouch]

Thank you so much!! So glad you enjoyed it!

[@nkguenther1]

Thank you, Katrina!

[@katrinacrouch]

My pleasure, Nancy! So glad you enjoyed it ❤️

[@epiphanyc.]

New subscriber and I am so excited! Your work is amazing and the tutorials are fun to watch and so easy to follow! Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us all.

[@katrinacrouch]

Oh thank you! I’m so glad you are enjoying them-and thank you for taking a moment to tell me! That makes my day!!

[@epboe7100]

Hi! You started on dry paper, right? Thank you!! 💜

[@katrinacrouch]

Yes! Always in dry unless I say otherwise ❤️

[@epboe7100]

@@katrinacrouch ok! Thanks!!!

[@jenniferrackley249]

I love how you go slow. This helps me so much. In the very beginning, when you paint the pale blue background of the wings, is the paper wet, dry or damp? And when you are softening the black edges of the wings by using water and a tinge of pigment against the hard line, is that hard line dry? I’m new. I love this.

[@katrinacrouch]

I generally paint wet on dry, so the paper is dry and the hard line is dry when I “massage” the edge to soften it. If I were to do it now I would soften those lines while it was still wet so that I don’t mess with the paper quality, but both ways work ☺️

[@jenniferrackley249]

Blushed Design Thank you so much!

[@mjrtla]

I just recently found your channel and wow I have learned so much from watching just two of your watercolor videos, you’re such an awesome teacher! I just subscribed to your channel. Could you tell me what size Princeton Neptune round you are using here please? Thanks so much!!

[@katrinacrouch]

Oh, thank you! I’ve been teaching “in person” for 8 years now-I’m so glad that it translates to video ☺️ It’s probably size 6, round. I’m default size! And the other brush is probably a 4 round

[@mjrtla]

Blushed Design I love how you explain your techniques, this goes such a long way and I thank you so very much! I thought it looked like a size 6 but I wasn’t completely sure. Size 6 is my go to brush as well! I am definitely going to pick up this neptune brush, it’s been in my wishlist for sometime now. I own a lot of high end brushes, Kolinsky sables which hold water very well but I’m always experimenting with brushes and paper since I’m still finding my way with watercolor! Thanks again for your amazing teaching, it definitely shines through on video!! You rock!

[@marcelairene]

It’s so pretty, I like it. But I can’t did the details as you!

[@katrinacrouch]

It takes practice! Try a smaller, stiff brush and you might have more success-it’s a little more pencil-like that way

[@marcelairene]

@@katrinacrouch Really thank you, I will try again

[@stephanienoble6556]

What sort and weight of paper do you use please?

[@katrinacrouch]

I always use cotton paper for watercolor-this particular painting is cold press and 140lb (300gm)

[@MsSquarer]

It's a beautiful painting. I'll give this a try, thank you

[@katrinacrouch]

Glad you enjoyed it! Let me know how yours turns out ❤️

[@leonordominguez1387]

Thanks

[@katrinacrouch]

You are most welcome 💕

[@luannwilliams2405]

Love to watch but the light changes from dull to light when you move your hand really bothers my eyes. Anything you can do about that?

[@katrinacrouch]

Unfortunately, not without buying equipment! I film on my phone so that these tutorials can stay free ☺️ KZbin doesn’t pay the bills, but it fuels my teaching passion so I do it anyway

[@luannwilliams2405]

@@katrinacrouch I understand! Thanks for responding to me and for doing all of your tutorials!

[@katrinacrouch]

@@luannwilliams2405 Of course! I love it :)

[@renewells6871]

What paper are you using, hot or cold press? Thank you.

[@katrinacrouch]

This is cold press. I believe it’s Strathmore 300 series watercolor paper

[@mgirlb21]

Is there a reference image?

[@katrinacrouch]

Yes! On Pinterest: here it is! pin.it/7rD650L

[@mgirlb21]

@@katrinacrouch Thank you so much!

[@rebeccaneef6070]

Nope, nothing there,@@katrinacrouch .

[@katrinacrouch]

Weird, link still works for me-but you can try this one: www.pinterest.com/pin/999447342279107642/

[@TaniaOrlovaArt]

Красиво!

[@Elle-fp5uy]

Is the link to the reference broken?

[@katrinacrouch]

It’s still working for me, but if you can’t get it to work, this is a Mint Morpho butterfly, and a quick Google search should bring up a good example ❤️

[@granniepritchett8555]

Hot or cold press paper?

[@katrinacrouch]

Cold press for this project ☺️

[@jamieelliottartist]

This looked great while you were painting it, but why did you mirror the wings? The slight asymmetrical wings would look more organic. This looks photoshopped.

[@katrinacrouch]

There are a few reasons for this: 1) I am a working professional illustrator, and time is money! If I take the extra time to create the second half of the illustration (when the first half turned out how I wanted it to), I not only lose money but also time with my family! 2) KZbin is just a hobby-not a single one of my bills has been paid through KZbin. But fulfills my love of teaching. I am thankful that I can still share knowledge with those who want to grow without sacrificing my family or job. I generally agree with you and prefer to have a little bit of imperfection in my artwork, but my client's don't usually care about that-they want a quality illustration, and if it's supposed to be symmetrical, then they want it to be symmetrical! So that's what I give to them :) Happy Painting!

[@willeycat6747]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and time with us. Some of us recognize that we can choose to make it symmetrical...or not if we wish. 😊

[@anniechumley996]

I’m sorry, I’m struggling to find the colors you used.

[@katrinacrouch]

They are listed in the description, but you can find all of the colors listed in this blog post too: www.blusheddesign.com/blog/realistic-watercolor-butterfly

[@pockydye1]

mine was so good and then when it came to soft it ruined my whole painting and now im crying

[@katrinacrouch]

Oh, I'm so sorry!

[@karenholst8306]

👍👍👍💕💕💕🇩🇰

[@katrinacrouch]

Thank you 🥰

[@IMAGINENGINE]

Good lesson. Drop the unnecessary music and chatter. Waaay too much distraction.

[@katrinacrouch]

Feel free to mute it ❤️

[@celinehoyberghs3986]

Te haastig gesproken to hasty talk but beautiful work

[@katrinacrouch]

Yes, I do talk kinda fast-I'll work on it, hah

[@natford8271]

Scales not feathers. 😉

[@katrinacrouch]

Good catch

[@Azzurro-A]

Just talk,talk and talk

[@katrinacrouch]

Feel free to mute it :)

[@Azzurro-A]

Blushed Design This will be good thanks :)

[@mirandasopoliga4461]

Stunning! I’m struggling to find the reference photo when I click on it. It says that the pin is no longer available available. Is there another place that the reference photo would be?

[@katrinacrouch]

Try this one: pin.it/6j2Lipl3I