Tiger Swallowtail in acrylics

So here is the butterfly.  I really enjoyed painting this one  - the wings took a lot longer to paint than I thought it would as it took a while to get the wings right.  Really pleased with the final painting.  I am thinking about  painting  a few more butterflies so will see how I go with finding same suitable reference photos.

Tiger Swallowtail measures are 6 x 6 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord panel.

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Many thanks to K Brooks for the reference photo.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly ACEO in acrylics

When I came across the reference photo for this butterfly, I just had to paint it.  I don't see that many butterfly around were I live.  Quite a few years ago, I visited Cairns and they have a butterfly sanctuary at the top of Kuranda.(http://www.australianbutterflies.com/).  They have some  beautiful butterflies -  I just didn't take that many photos back then which I now regret.  I will have to see if there is any butterfly sanctuaries closer to home.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail measures 3.5 x 2.5 inches and is painted on 300gsm smooth Arches watercolour paper.

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Many thanks to Rodney Campbell for the reference photo.