Illustrating an Orange tip Butterfly

This is the companion film to "Illustrating a Cuckoo Flower ( with Orange-tip butterflies)" which is also on this youtube channel

Link:    • Видео  

In it, Lizzie explains how she goes about illustrating a butterfly and talks at length about her techniques, the biology and life cycle of the Orang-tip butterfly, and her approach to illustration.

It's filmed and narrated in real time, and hopefully will provide a relaxing and interesting way to spend the best part of an hour.

Equipment list and links to things mentioned in the film are below.

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Equipment List

Paper: Fluid 100 by Global arts https://www.speedballart.com/our-prod...

Pencil: Pentel P205 HB lead https://www.pentel.co.uk/product/p205...

Brush: Winsor & Newton Series 7 sable, size 1 http://www.winsornewton.com/uk/shop/b...

Paints: Winsor & Newton watercolours
Colours used include: Vandyke brown, Naples yellow, Yellow ochre, Cerulean blue, Cobalt blue, Terre verte, Black, Cadmium yellow light, Winsor yellow, Davies grey, Opera pink, Alizarin crimson, purple.... http://www.winsornewton.com/uk/shop/w...

White Gouache paint:
https://www.winsornewton.com/int/pain...

Other things referred to in the film:

My films on comparing synthetic watercolour brushes:
   • Comparing Synthetic Watercolour Brushes   and    • Comparing Synthetic Watercolour brushes  P...  

Dianne Sutherland on watercolour papers:
http://diannesutherland.blogspot.com/...

My films of finding an alternative to Fabriano hotpress paper:
   • Lizzie Harper Botanical Illustrator Compar...  
   • Lizzie Harper compares hot press botanical...  
   • Comparing Hot Press Watercolour Papers for...  

Book: The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland by Jeremy Thomas & illustrated by Richard Lewington: https://www.britishbutterflies.co.uk/...

Richard Lewington illustrator: https://www.richardlewington.co.uk/