Two more Money Boxes

Well I have finished the other two money boxes for the youngest grandchildren.  OK not my best painting effort, but hopefully they won't notice, and they actually look better in real life.   Photos seem to show up all the imperfections.

I tried to get the "cottage" look, painting the roof to look like a thatched roof,

It doesn't show up on the photos, but the windows and roof had a little sparkle pen added to them.

back view (with the initials of the girls on the doors)

Monochrome Box in Folk Art Style

Work in progress

I bought some pretty boxes some time ago in B & M, originally intending to paint them as Christmas presents.  However, I never got around to tackling them,

My No 2 Granddaughter wanted some bits to personalise her room at her Dad's house, and I offered to paint one of the boxes for her.    She wanted black and white/silver.   She hasn't seen this yet, so I hope she likes it.

I painted the box with black gesso, and originally I had intended painting little roses around the hearts, but when I practised what I had intended it didn't quite work out as I wanted, so I ended up drawing little hearts using a silver Pebeo marker.   I then ran the marker along the grooves in the box.

Finally, I then decided to do some more outlining on the edges and around the inside of the heart shapes.  It was then given a coat of varnish using Spray and Shine.

The finished box