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How to Draw a Peacock Butterfly
Draw a peacock butterfly in 12 easy steps, about 9 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, draw a big soft egg head, wider than tall. Leave room each side for wings.
Step 2: Two big eyes
Below the middle of the head, draw 2 big egg eyes. Colour big black dots, leaving white shines.
Step 3: Smile and cheeks
Start under the left eye. Draw a wide U smile to under the right eye. Add a cheek each side.
Step 4: The body
Start under the left of the head. Draw a chest bump, a plump teardrop tummy, back up to the right.
Step 5: Three stripes
Across the tummy, draw 3 little smile curves, from the left edge of the body to the right edge.
Step 6: Top wings
Start on the left chest. Draw a wing up past the head, down 3 wavy bays, back to the tummy.
Tip The 3 bays curve INTO the wing, like bites.
Step 7: Bottom wings
Start halfway along each top wing's bottom. Swoop down into a rounder wing with 3 bays, back to the tummy.
Step 8: Curly feelers
Start on top of the head. Draw a thin lazy S up and out, ending in a ball. Same right.
Step 9: Four big eyespots
Near each top wing's outer corner, draw a big oval with a smaller oval inside. Same on each bottom wing.
Tip Like the eyes on a peacock's tail: they scare birds away.
Step 10: Yellow and blue eyespots
Colour each eyespot's outer ring yellow and the inside oval blue.
Step 11: Pink cheeks, red wings
Colour the cheeks pink. Colour all 4 wings red, around the eyespots.
Step 12: Dark grey body
Go over your lines. Colour the head, body and feeler balls dark grey around the cheeks. Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a peacock butterfly, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
