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
