Broad Wings, Fresh Air
A peach-and-lemon butterfly with oversized wings banks through a pale mint background, drawn with broad pastel strokes.
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Finished hand-drawn pastel editorial illustration, landscape 4:3. One butterfly banking in flight, viewed obliquely from above, occupying the left two-thirds with generous empty space at right. Exaggerated proportions: extravagantly broad, scalloped wings and a tiny curved charcoal body with two simple antennae. The nearer wing pair spreads wide; the farther pair appears narrower through foreshortening, creating an asymmetric silhouette. Peach upper wings, lemon lower wings, just one large coral patch per upper wing. Pale mint background. Broad dry-pastel colour blocks, lightly broken edges and chunky dark pastel contours with the loose rhythm of marker drawing. Minimal paper grain, no intricate wing veins or hatching. Fresh, buoyant spring feeling; clearly legible at thumbnail size. One subject, no scenery or props. No people, no text, no logos or watermarks.
