How To Transform a Miniature Wooden Birdhouse with Acrylic Paint
Do you enjoy the outdoors as much as the birds?The birdhouse covered in nature will probably end up in a shelf in your house.It could be the perfect gift for a friend.Poor birds.This is a category for painting.
Step 1: You can either buy or gather the supplies.
At the craft store, you can buy a birdhouse for a dollar.Purchase containers of gloss acrylic paint.In the primary colors are red, yellow, blue, green, orange, violet, brown, black and white.2 ounces is enough to prime the birdhouse.There is an aerosol can or a container of white acrylic.The brushes are marked "all purpose" or "for acrylic."You can get white plastic picnic plates to use for your palette from around your house.There is a plastic yogurt container for a water bucket, newspapers, rags, roll of paper towels, and an old shirt.
Step 2: The birdhouse should beprimed thoroughly, including the underside.
Allow to dry completely.
Step 3: You can use natural items of different shapes, sizes and colors as inspiration for the design you will paint on your birdhouse.
There are flowers, leaves, vines, birds, butterflies, and insects that can be traced onto a sheet of paper.
Step 4: Take a pencil and sketch on your birdhouse.
Continue on the next plane, running the design over the entire house if space runs out.Pull a small shape from the images you've drawn on your house and repeat it around the house.
Step 5: Take a small amount of paint and squeeze it around the rim of the plastic plate.
If you have pink blossoms over your birdhouse, you can add a touch of red by painting the center of the plate white.To make pink, stir.There are places that need to be painted pink.If the paint is too thick, use your brush to make it easier to apply.If you want to paint all the pink shapes at once, you have to rough the color in.If you want to apply a new color to all shapes, you need to move to a clean spot on the palette.After the first coat of color is applied, the time for detail will come.Allow to dry.The mixing and painting process will soon become second nature.
Step 6: Make changes to your design.
When the entire house has at least one layer and no primer, you can begin to work on refining your shapes.Try not to outline everything with a small, pointed brush.If a color needs to be changed or an area needs re-working, it's easy to do with acrylic paint.Allow the work to dry before painting.
Step 7: Take the birdhouse outside and spray it.
If it is a gift, write your name on the bottom and turn it over.