My Niece Alice is unicorn mad, so for her 3rd birthday i made this button unicorn picture. Her favourite colour is purple so its mainly purple but with a mix of other colours as her bedroom is actually a mix of colours.
Sorry the photos are dark, they were taken back before our summer arrived!
Sorry the photos are dark, they were taken back before our summer arrived!
I started with a 20x16" canvas, drew out a basic unicorn head shape, painted the face with white acrylic with touches of silver here and there. A friend came up with the idea of false eyelashes for the eye - brilliant idea - thank you friend😀. I also added glossy accents over the eye to give it a glazed look. The horn is built up with blue glitter texture paste.
I then built up the mane with lots and lots of buttons, this took rather a long time, adding a few at a time. They are well glued on so that no matter how much poking little fingers do they wont come off - for safety! Ive added a few gems in the mix to sparkle when they catch the light.
I painted the chipboard alphas with purple starlights paint - i only have mixed fonts left in my stash so went with the different alphas to make up the words. I hadn't actually planned on adding words but on having to tweak the mane to make it work i fell off the bottom of the canvas so adding the word at the top it helped to balance it better.
This one shows the eye and horn better. I dry brushed the background with white acrylic.
Lots of buttons!
And this one shows Alice with it on her birthday. Phew everyone loved it - just as well after months of working on it.
Thank you for stopping by and all your recent visits and comments. I hope you all enjoy the bank holiday weekend. Emmax
13 comments:
WOW!! absolutely fantastic creations the buttons must have taken ages but the result is we worth the love.♥
Ginny x
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Alice looks adorable and really happy in front of this amazing piece of work, what patience you must have Emma, love it
Wow amazing piece of art, love it. Alice looks gorgeous xx
That is a really lovely gift. It will bring years of pleasure... Alice looks a real sweetie
This is fantastic and no wonder Alice looks so pleased.
Wow, you've got some patience. That's a lot of buttons. It's a beautiful picture and a lovely personal gift. Love Dawn x
A wonderful piece of work and so unique. I love it and it looks as though Alice did too.
Pam x
Oh WOW.that really is Fantastic,love it all.Look at her lil face,she's so happy.Clever you.xx
That's fantastic Emma no wonder she was chuffed with it x
WOW! How fabulous is this Emma, so much thought and work gone into it, love all those buttons...sure it was very much appreciated.
Lovely pic with Alice, looks very happy with her gift :)
Wendy xx
Fabulous button unicorn with a really cute face just right for little Alice to enjoy ... Steph x
What a gorgeous piece of artwork Emma, the unicorn has such a lovely expression and from Alice's face you can tell she loved it too. Big hugs Kirsty. x
Awwwwww look at that little face, fabulous project, the brush work on the face looks like real hair, I had to look several times to make sure it wasn't. Brilliantly done! It's always lovely when someone appreciates the gift you've made :) Hugs - Debs xxx
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