How to draw a butterfly: printable worksheet

4 numbered stages, drawn by a neural network one pen stroke at a time. A small head, a long body, then one big wing on each side. Below the stages there is a big box for practising and an optional idea to finish with.

One page, A4 or Letter, black ink.

How to draw a butterfly

Name

  1. 1 Start with this line.
  2. 2 Add the dark line.
  3. 3 Add the dark line.
  4. 4 Add the last line.
Your turn: draw a butterfly here

Bonus (optional): Fill the wings with your own pattern: dots, stripes or swirls.

Drawn by SketchNN, a neural network. Watch it draw a new butterfly at sketchnn.lp-data.cloud/draw/butterfly

Printing tips

  • Press Print / Save as PDF, or use your browser's Print command. Only the worksheet prints.
  • Choose A4 or Letter paper and keep the scale at 100% (or "Default").
  • To get a PDF instead, choose Save as PDF as the printer.

After the paper

Watch the model draw a new butterfly live →

Play the doodle game: can the AI guess your drawing? →

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