The swallowtail butterfly has a tail like extension on its bottom wings; that is how it got its name, swallowtail.
I love butterflies, no matter what kind they are, and I also love painting them. The yellow swallowtail is one of many butterflies that I've painted so far. In this one the butterfly itself is done in pointillism. The stems and leaves are painted with regular acrylic blending techniques.
This pretty butterfly is shown to the left of the address on lined stationery. The address is easy to personalize on the provided template form.
A larger version is printed on these custom postcards.
If you prefer more private correspondence, this beautiful design is also ready on greeting cards.
And here it is on stickers; a pretty way to seal the envelope.
If your thoughts are more towards, Thinking of you, then this card is for you.
Thank you for stopping by.
Cheryl Paton
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:
Here is the rainbow butterfly printed on throw pillows.
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.
Check out more Mosaic Butterfly products by CherylsArt on Zazzle.
Cheryl Paton
