Art on Products - Rainbow Mosaic Butterfly

I knew I wanted to paint a rainbow butterfly, but I didn't know quite how I was going to do it. So I just let the thought ponder, and went on about other tasks at hand. Then one day, I had another idea. The crackle medium for acrylic paints. Yes! That's how I can do the pattern on the wings.

I drew the butterfly, from a side view, and base coated it with a cream like color. After that dried, I applied the Crackle Medium.

After that was dry, I added a contrasting top color. As the top coat dries, the crackles will appear. The contrasting color helps the crackles lines to show through.

I had originally thought of painting the crackle lines in black, but after painting in my rainbow colors, I liked the look of the lighter color showing through. So after I painted all the rainbow colors, I painted the in between lines in white, and just the directional lines in black.

In my artist software, I erased the background color so the butterfly could print, without a white border. This way the customer can choose a different background color.

Here is the design printed on stickers:

Rainbow Mosaic Butterfly Stickers
by CherylsArt

Here is the rainbow butterfly printed on throw pillows.

Colorful Rainbow Mosaic Butterfly Pillows
by CherylsArt

Here it is printed on tshirts. You can choose the tshirt style and color. On darker shirt colors, you can have a white underbase printed under the butterfly, to have the butterfly look more vibrant on the dark background.

Rainbow Mosaic Butterfly Tee by CherylsArt
by CherylsArt

Check out more Mosaic Butterfly products by CherylsArt on Zazzle.

Cheryl Paton