Butterfly Watercolour Painting Monet steel and natural linen tones

steel and natural linen tones

Soft afternoon light catches each petal and spine

The Post-Impressionist energy is everywhere

where a furled bud waits quietly to open

backlighting the trunks until their white bark glows amber along one edge

Butterfly Watercolour Painting Monet steel and natural linen tonesA single monarch butterfly opens its wings wide at the centre of this airy watercolour, every detail rendered with care. The wings glow in warm amber and orange, edged with deep charcoal borders studded with rows of white flecks, while the slender body and antennae arch upward with quiet poise. Below, a small gathering of marigold orange daisies leans in from the left, their stems and leaves sketched in fresh green. Pale washes of yellow, green and