"Тhe big blue Morpho butterfly"
What do you thinking about this butterfly now?
In ancient times, the Brazilian Indians called these butterflies a piece of sky that fell to the ground.
The main secret of the beauty of Morpho butterflies is the special structure of the scales, each of which has the shape of a lens, the surface of each scale is transparent and freely transmits light, while the lower one, thanks to the pigment melanin, is darkened, so it reflects light like a mirror. On the way back, light refracts at different angles and "splits" (in physics it is called interference, and we call this phenomenon the rainbow).
Because of these lighting effects, the butterfly's wings have a metallic sheen that goes up and down depending on the angle from which you see the insect.
The painting is made in mixed technique on black canvas.
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