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Tortoiseshell Butterfly Framed Art Prints & Products
By Lotti Brown
Small tortoiseshell butterfly framed art prints and products by Lotti Brown...
Colourful and contemporary butterfly illustration - art prints, T-shirts, scarves, phone cases, shower curtains, throw blankets, mugs, jigsaws, notebooks, cushions and more...
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly art printBuy Tortoiseshell Butterfly art prints & products here...
The Small Tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) is one of our most common and popular British butterflies and can be seen from early Spring to late Autumn in gardens. The caterpillars like eating nettles, so if there are any nettles nearby, you might well spy a tortoiseshell butterfly. You might also see them hibernating over winter in a shed or cool cupboard.
Britain used to have a Large Tortoiseshell butterfly, too, which was common in woodlands but is now considered extinct in Britain (aside from a few intermittent visitors from Europe where it still lives). One of the main food plants for the Large Tortoiseshell butterflies was the Elm, so it's perhaps the decimation of the British elm tree population which affected this beautiful butterfly.
Small Tortoiseshell butterflies are widespread in Britain but in recent years numbers have fallen and there is some concern about conservation.
I think they're worth celebrating and that's why I've so enjoyed painting and drawing my Tortoiseshell butterfly artwork!
Creating my Tortoiseshell Butterfly Art
I created my Small Tortoiseshell butterfly art from my own hand-painted butterfly and hand-drawn flowers.
I painted my Tortoiseshell butterfly illustration in watercolour and coloured pencils to get depth of colour and texture and detail in the butterfly's wings and it's beautiful furry body...
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly illustration in watercolour and coloured pencilIt's been put together digitally in Adobe Illustrator with my pen drawings of flowers and a colourful yellow background to create my final artwork.
More Tortoiseshell Butterfly Art Products
I use Redbubble to create my art prints and printed art products as they have so many product options, from framed and unframed art prints, prints on metal or wood, mini art prints, T-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies, silky scarves, phone cases and lap top sleeves, throw blankets and throw pillows, shower curtains, bathmats, notebooks, mugs and more...
Redbubble print my art on products to order, so that you can get the huge array of options of products, styles, and colours. They have partners worldwide and will print from your local print centre so that your order has less miles to travel to you and will cost you less in shipping. In most cases, you won't be charged a customs fee, but if you are, they will refund the fee...
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Wear your love of butterflies! Lots of colours to choose from!
Click here for the Tortoiseshell butterfly hoodie...
Click here for the Tortoiseshell butterfly yellow mug...
Click here for the Tortoiseshell butterfly tote bag...
Click here for the Tortoiseshell butterfly throw blanket...
This would be a perfect gift idea for a nature lover and/or a jigsaw lover! Quite a challenge!
Click here for the Tortoiseshell butterfly jigsaw...
This colourful Tortoiseshell butterfly apron would cheer up any kitchen!
There are so many more types of art prints and printed products available with this design so please do browse them all here...
If you like butterflies and enjoy my butterfly art, you can see more of my butterfly artworks and illustrations on this page...
And some of my butterfly, moth and insect natural history illustrations here...
See all my art and illustration here - and take a look at my little art shop here - plus everything from my earlier collections in my Redbubble store here...
If you love butterflies and nature, you might enjoy nature journaling - find out, here...
Have you ever thought about nature journaling..?
If you like nature, you might like to start your own nature journal!
Find out all about nature journaling here...
You can get started with my free guide here.
Or explore my gentle self-paced nature journaling course with nature journaling exercises to get you confident with nature journaling - take a look here...
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Lotti Brown is a self-taught nature artist and nature journaling educator whose hand-drawn work is inspired by wildlife, folklore, and close observation. With 18 years in creative fields and 10 years creating nature art, she brings deep practical experience to her work. Trained by the Wild Wonder Foundation, she shares nature journaling courses and guides online. Her artwork has been licensed internationally and exhibited at Goole Museum and Bridlington Spa in the East Riding of Yorkshire, UK.
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