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How to Draw a Glasswing Butterfly
Draw a glasswing butterfly in 11 easy steps, about 8 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: egg head.
Step 1: Egg head
A bit above the middle of your paper, draw a big soft egg head, wider than tall.
Tip Leave room on both sides for the wings.
Step 2: Two big eyes
In the middle of the head, draw 2 big egg eyes a finger apart. Add dots and shines.
Step 3: Smile and cheeks
Start under the left eye. Draw a wide U smile and stop under the right eye. Add round cheeks.
Step 4: The body
Start under the left of the head. Draw a long teardrop body down to a point, and back up.
Step 5: Three stripes
Across the tummy, draw 3 little smile curves, one under the other, from edge to edge.
Step 6: Long pointy top wings
Start on the chest. Draw a long pointy wing up past the head, back to the tummy. Same right.
Tip Longer and pointier than a garden butterfly's wing, like a long leaf.
Step 7: Small bottom wings
Start under the left top wing. Draw a small egg wing hanging down, back to the tummy. Same right.
Step 8: Curly antennae
Start on top of the head. Draw a long thin lazy S up to a small ball. Same right.
Step 9: Glass windows
Inside each wing, draw a window, leaving a border. Draw a curve across each top tip, from edge to edge.
Tip The middle of a glasswing's wing is see-through, like a window.
Step 10: Glass and orange tips
Colour the windows light blue, like glass. Colour the wing tips orange.
Step 11: Pink cheeks, brown borders
Colour the cheeks pink. Colour the head, body, antenna balls and wing borders brown, around them. Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a glasswing butterfly, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
