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Butterfly
is sawn from 3/8" stock, Basswood or Tupelo |
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I use the Foredom with a coarse cutting bit
to Relieve the Body and taper the wings. Then use the drum sander with an 80
grit sandpaper to sand the surface.
The next step is to detail the edges
with a safe end diamond bit. Cutting in around the body and tapering the
wing edges. |
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At this point
I insert a couple of straight pins for feelers, and seal the entire surface with TK
Sealer. Also glue a clasp on the back, so it
can be pinned to a curtain. The favourite spot for these very
decorative butterflys This is the
butterfly finally sanded with 220 paper, ready to be sealed
The TK Sealer does an excellent
job of sealing the wood, and makes for a good surface to paint |
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Starting with
the lightest value of the Butterfly, a mix of Raw Sienna and white, paint in
the lower and inner part of the wings, water in the edges. then apply a mix
of Raw Sienna and Brown Earth to the rest of the wing, again watering in the
edges where the two colours meet. |
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Pencil in the
veins, and paint them with a mix of Black and Burnt Umber |
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Paint the Black
markings with the Black & Burnt Umber mix. At this point, it is starting to
look like a butterfly. |
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This is the fun
part, Use a mix of white and raw Umber to put in all of the dots and dashes
on the black surface. Don't make your mix too watery, Then go over the
random dots that are different shades with the appropriate colours
Next take Brown Earth , and follow the
veins putting in small dots, at random, also put in dots on the brown
surface with Brown Earth, and put a few light spots randomly on the brown
part of the wings. Good reference here is a big help, and adds a lot of
character to your butterfly.
Next take the black burnt umber mix and
put small dots along the inside edges of the outer band of black. Take a
little of the lighter mix for the wings and put in random light dots in the
brown area. |
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