Butterflies Above the Clovers: Rainbow & Pot of Gold (St. Patrick's) Meadow

A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.

• grass green
• forest green
• pale blue
• lime green
• purple
• hot pink
• light pink
• bright yellow
• light blue
• sky blue
• deep blue
• golden yellow

A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.

1. 1Start with the sky: fill the top-left cloud, the rainbow clouds, and the small cloud on the right with pale blue, and color the rainbow band with deep blue.
2. 2Color the big left butterfly's outer wings and lower wings purple, and fill its inner wing panels with hot pink and light pink, leaving the white spots as they are.
3. 3Give the right butterfly sky blue on its outer wings and light blue on its inner wing panels, and color the small top butterfly's wings bright yellow.
4. 4Fill the big clovers and the small clovers with grass green and forest green, then add lime green to the grass tufts and the bottom meadow blades, leaving the few white clover flowers white.
5. 5Color the hill bushes on both sides forest green, and make all the butterfly bodies bright yellow with golden yellow on the lower body sections.
6. 6Optional: add a few darker strokes along the edges of the clovers and wings to give them a little depth.