The butterfly has been mounted at a higher elevation than the flowers, I have used basic shapes and have followed the vein layout of the butterfly wings as closely as possible on order to get it to look realistic but did not attempt the tiger stripes since I had not figured out how to get the black and white inside a single veined section at that time.
I have made 4 wings and then glued the lower part of the wings on top of the upper wings. Take a closer look
In order to get the body, I have quilled pegs and shaped them like a swallowtails, and then cut black and glued it on the body.
I have quilled butterflies quite successfully before with my butterfly tree for which I quilled the monarch following the wing sections very closely as you can see in the close up. For butterfly garden I quilled a stylized butterfly to fit the whimsical look of that frame with no reference to reality!! ... lets call it artistic license !!!
Then for Butterfly Heart, I only used beehive quilling for the wings and finally for Lilac & Butterflies I graphic quilled the butterflies. So in my long journey with quilling butterflies I have tried all methods. But wait.... I have another method in store for a later post!!
Hope you like this one.
Fabulous project!
ReplyDeleteI loved it!
Hugs!
Speechless. I'm so in awe of your abilities. Hugs Mrs a.
ReplyDeleteamazing details, Christine!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your encouraging comment.
DeleteHugs,
Chris
Fantastic!!!! ...thanks for all the details ...
ReplyDeletelooks pretty and lovely
ripping project!
Fabulous, love the color and the details
ReplyDeleteRegards! :)
Celia - elblogdelasfofuchas.blogspot.com.es
Such an exquisite quilling Christine,u left me awestruck :)
ReplyDeletebeautiful butterfly and flower, hreat project chris
ReplyDeleteWonderfull idea and creation. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThe Butterfly looks striking Christine !!So many basic shapes quilled in correct shape and arrange perfectly, The placement of pair of wing above other look very nice and I loved the pink flower to ! Looking forward to learning one more new technique !
ReplyDeleteHi Pooja,
DeleteThe flower is a regular fringed flower where I shaped the fringe into petals and then curved it out with a toothpick.
Beautiful butterfly Chris. Great quilling !!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilling Christine, love the 3D look!!
ReplyDeleteChristine
ReplyDeleteAwesome work and the colors are so gorgeous.
Myrna
Gorgeous! Your butterfly looks ready to take flight Christine :-)
ReplyDeleteVery nice and special! Great combination of techniques!
ReplyDeletebeautiful, love the butterfly !!!!
ReplyDeletePaula
This is a beautiful quilled picture, you are very tallented!
ReplyDeleteYou are definitely an expert when it comes to butterflies! Excellent work, Chris!
ReplyDeleteHugs!
Manu