Altered Wooden Horse Tutorial - It's a Kind of Magic...

I' sure you already know - I love wooden horses. (And birds. Deer. Maybe just animals in general? But certaily - horses are on the top of the list!).
Maybe it is because they bring back the best memories from childhood when I wanted to have my own pony (no matter we lived in a small apartment in downtown) or maybe because they are so great, inspiring shapes to alter? Or both?
Certainly there is some strange magic in them - I can't resist and when I see one I'm ready to get it... and change their appearance completely!
Below you can see a small wooden horse my friend bought for me on the folk market which was turned into steampunk-like, dark Pegasus. This is the project I've created for Luminarte blog - not so long ago! In general - it reflects everything I love about using gels, paints and found objects...

I have to admit I'm very happy about the final effect - I just love the colors and aged look together with a bit industrial feeling of the wings and sides of the horse. Here you can see it from different angles:

Supplies for this project (links to my store - Mixed Media Place):

- Silks - Acrylic Glaze from Luminarte: Teal Zircon, African Jade, Stargazer, Bolivian Blue, Solar Gold, Ginger Peach (or others)
- A bunch of found objects you'd like to use (buttons, pebbles, clock parts, trinkets, etc)
- A Prima Mechanicals - metal embellishments from my collection
- Black Gesso or good quality black acrylic paint
- Heavy Gel Medium - gloss or matt
- paintbrushes

And now the best part -
a Video Tutorial for you where you can see this project made step-by -step.
I hope you will enjoy and get inspired!
(you can watch it in bigger size

here, on my YouTube :))


I wish you all happy creating and I'd love to know what you think about projects like that. Do you like altering and artistic recycling? What are your favorite objects to recycle/alter?
Sending warm hugs!