watercolor butterflies

For some reason lately I seem to be obsessed with butterflies.  Today they emerged as watercolors.

supplies:  scrap paper, 2h pencil, watercolor paper (I used 6"x6" 140 lb paper), watercolor brush (I used a round 12), several watercolor paints - I used cobalt violet, permanent rose, cadmium yellow, bright violet and cobalt green

to make: 

 Fold a piece of scrap paper in half and draw half of a butterfly along the fold line, cut out butterfly.  Using the cut out butterfly as a template lightly trace around it onto watercolor paper.

"Paint" the butterfly with clear water, paper should be shiny but not super wet.  

Drip brush into paints and lightly touch the wet butterfly with the paint coated brush, let paint spread and add more colors to fill in the butterfly.