A painted lady butterfly spreads its wings over a thistle flower with jagged leaves.

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Painted Lady Butterfly on a Thistle Flower

A painted lady butterfly spreads its wings over a thistle flower with jagged leaves. The large bloom has many narrow petals and layered pointed shapes below them; circles and patches divide the butterfly’s wings.

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Peach wings above a purple thistle

Use three colors to separate the butterfly, flower and spiky green base.

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Peach butterfly with white spots above a lavender thistle with green bracts and two leaves. — A digital example of this practice; uncolored areas are intentional.

1. Peach — wing panels
2. Lavender — flower filaments
3. Sage green — bracts, stem and leaves

Fill the wing panels peach, leaving all round spots and the butterfly's body white.
Color the thin flower filaments lavender, following each pointed tip.
Color the overlapping pointed bracts, stalk and two jagged leaves sage green.

The wing spots and body stay white. Check that purple filaments and green bracts remain distinct.

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