A watercolor painting of a green swallowtail butterfly. It’s top wings are light green with darker green and blue stripes and a deep blue-green lens-shaped mark at the top of the wing. The bottom wings have scalloped edges and one long drop-shaped section. They are green with blue edges. Its body is green and speckled. Around the butterfly is a thick red-brown border, over which the tips of the butterfly’s wings extend.

January 16, 2025

Say hello to Aida, a glorious butterfly Paints: Almost Night, Boreal, Lilac (gouache), Sap Green, Hematite

A watercolor painting of a green swallowtail butterfly. It’s top wings are light green with darker green and blue stripes and a deep blue-green lens-shaped mark at the top of the wing. The bottom wings have scalloped edges and one long drop-shaped section. They are green with blue edges. Its body is green and speckled. Around the butterfly is a thick red-brown border, over which the tips of the butterfly’s wings extend.

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