Shell Butterfly Pendants
Beautiful Butterfly Pendants
Posted by George B.
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Shell pendant painted with colourful and simple butterflies.
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You Will Need (5 things)
- 50 mm Shell sDisc
- Acrylic Paint
- Gloss
- Jump Ring(s)
- Bail(s)
Steps (13 steps, 60 minutes)
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1
Take a shell and afix a blob of blue tac to the back.
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2
Turn over and press shell down lightly on a hard working surface so that the blue tac holds it in place. Make sure the hole is at the top.
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3
Now take a light colour, paint of a thick curved line like the picture. Use the paint thickly and quickly as you need to blend the colours when wet.
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4
Now paint on another thick line, in a sort of bat wing shape with two inverted curved.
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5
Now make a sort of peak next to that 'wing'. See picture.
And fill the entire shape in with the light colour. (Not pictured, sorry!)
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6
Now take a medium colour and work this intop the top of the wings like so.
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7
Now take a darker shade and just work it onto the very tips of the wings.
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8
Work all three colours together till they are nicely graduated, go back to the lighter/medium colour if neccessary.
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9
WAIT UNTIL FULLY DRY!!!! Now using black, paint on a slightly curved carrot shape for the body next to and just touching the wings.
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10
Now with the black go all the way around the outside of the wings, bringing the bottem tip to a slight point. Remember to split the two wings. Doesn't matter too much if your outline is slightly wobbly as you'll work on this on the next step.
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11
Now thicken up the outline so its smooth and gives good shape to the wings. Add 3/4 'veins' by just putting a thin line in the natural curves if the wings. Add thin lined antennae.
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12
Cover with a gloss when dry.
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13
When that has dried, add a jump ring and bail and 'wallah' its ready to be attached to any chain, cord or ribbon!!