Butterfly Vent

I know I am new, and this all takes time, but I have done several different faces and have been quite pleased with the outcome as a newbie. However, with that said, I can't make a decent butterfly to save my life. I am getting really frustrated. I have tried several different styles and methods and I just don't like them. I know this is something I have to accomplish since it is so popular, but I am getting really, really frustrated. I did one the other day that I considered somewhat "passable" but the darn thing took me 19 minutes!

Sorry for the vent, I'm just really frustrated over what should be something simple.

Here is one attempt. I know its bad--- I'm just not feeling the whole "butterfly" thing.

This is a simple example

Your cat face is very similar to a butterfly face. It would be a good starting place.

I do have an example of a butterfly I did that is similar to the cat face! I did that last night and it is still in my camera. My daughter thought it was "okay" and liked it, but she said it wasn't a typical butterfly so she wasn't sure how the kids would like it. I tend to listen to her opinions since she is much closer to the ages of the kids than I am! LOL

Maybe they won't care?

Thanks for the design Anita! I like how bold your colors are. I was using a rainbow cake and didn't really like how the colors turned out. They weren't definitive enough like shown in your picture.

I did like the simple colors of the butterfly I did last night Perry. It was just a pink/orange combo that I blended so I agree that can sometimes make a better statement if done properly. Then I did some outlining similar to the cat like Psalmbook suggested above. My linework still needs work, but it is definitely coming along. I've only been doing this a short while so I am happy with that progress.

It is just the dang butterflies that seem to bother me. I think it is because I do tend to like "simple" clean lines.

However, I will keep at it until I can do a proper one--- I may get frustrated, but I won't give up!!

Thanks for letting me vent and get out my frustration ladies!

So far I just have the Snaz paints and have been happy with them (with the exception of my black turning gummy, but that is my fault for getting it too wet) and I am going to try and stick with Snaz.

I like how some of the other colors really "pop" on other brands, but what I like even more are the safety ratings on the Snaz paints. I just think that will make the parents feel safer about what I am putting on their kids' faces. Although, I have to admit if I were to branch out--- I would really like to get some Wolfe white.

Here is a very simple butterfly that we do on the young ones: we use a neon ranbow cake and in just 4 strokes you have the base, then we do the outline in white with a few simple strokes and just poof on some glitter- very fast, very simple and very colorful and eye-catching! And no two EVER look exactly the same LOL!

I think it looks great Perry. I love your colorings!

Here is the one I did last night. I just uploaded it off my camera to Photobucket.

Squiggle, I love the bold colors. Are you using Snaz paints? I really doubt that I could get the snaz white to go over the other colors like that. It just doesn't seem to want to work "on top" of the others-- at least not for me!!

Nope- those are the neon rainbow cakes that Metina sells on the FacePaintForum shop. I think they're DFX maybe but not sure. All I know is, we used up nearly 4 cakes of them in the last week- everyone loves the bright colors!