This vibrant button tree wall art is made from four canvases, paint, and colorful buttons. Get step-by-step instructions so you can make button tree wall art too!
4 Seasons Button Tree Wall Art
I have been waiting to make this season-inspired button tree wall art for over a year. I saw a gorgeous painting that inspired me, but I kept putting it off because I wasn’t really sure what I was going to do with it once I was done.
Although the colors wouldn’t match the decor in my home, when I decided to rent studio space outside my home, I knew it was finally time to put paintbrush and button to canvas. This button tree wall art is one of my all time favorite pieces. Painting is definitely my happy place, and adding little details to enhance the final product makes my heart sing.
When I was working from home I was constantly distracted by one thing or another. Letting the dog out, throwing laundry in, cleaning this or that, running an errand… here I don’t have those distractions. Here I work, I create, and I am inspired.
I also love the fact that I don’t have to worry about someone taking my scissors or my glue, someone doodling on important patterns, or people piling folded laundry, mail, and other junk on my craft table. I can leave my camera and tripod set up and there’s no worry that the dog will knock it over. My cats aren’t here to walk in wet paint or steal a craft I’m working on to take it to wherever the socks go. No. This is my place. :)
If you would like to have a look around my studio space, I have a studio tour here.
In fact, if you do follow on Instagram, then you probably saw all these pictures while I was working on this button tree wall art project.
I wanted to create a painting that depicted all four seasons, and I was originally inspired by this gorgeous painting by Etsy seller QiQiGallery. She has a really amazing style, turning beautiful painted swirls into leaves on her tree art. I decided to make my a bit different by making my end piece vertical while hers is horizontal, and I used buttons for my leaves. Be sure you check out her shop, so many beautiful things!
I decided on green for spring, pink for summer, yellow for fall, and blue for winter.
For this project you will need the following supplies
Americana Acrylic Paint
I used DecoArt Americana acrylic paint in the colors listed below. You can use your favorite brand of acrylic paint in similar colors. You can find Americana paint at your local craft store or online.
- Sour Apple
- Bright Green
- Whispering Turquoise
- Indian Turquoise
- Moon Yellow
- Marigold
- Royal Fuchsia
- Spice Pink
- Traditional Burnt Umber
- White
How To Make This Four Seasons Button Tree Wall Art
First, I started out by sketching out the shape of my tree. I wanted it to stretch across each canvas, so I drew 4 rectangles and then added the tree.
I painted each canvas with two shades. For example in this photo I used the two shade of blue, blending them both together in the center by simply brushing back and forth and mixing the two.
Next, I laid out the canvases so that the darker shade of each color met in the middle.
Here’s where I used a pencil to draw my tree design onto the painted canvas. I used my paper drawing as a guide.
Next, I painted the entire tree with the Traditional Burnt Umber. I gave the tree a second coat once I was done.
I used the Clear Gel Tacky Glue to add the buttons to the canvas. This takes a while, start with large buttons then fill in with smaller ones.
Once it was done it felt a little plain to me so I used a toothpick to add white dots around the sections of buttons.
I left them overnight to dry to make sure the paint and the glue were all set. The next day I sprayed them with a clear sealer.
Command Strips are my friend in this studio. My landlord prefers that I not make too many holes in the walls, and canvas is so lightweight that these are ideal for hanging art.
I’m so happy with how it came out! I’ve received several compliments from visitors already. I’m loving every minute I spend in this studio and creating projects like this bring me great joy!
Other projects I’ve made for this studio include these reupholstered stools and these flower wall letters.
More Painted Wall Art Ideas
If you’re looking for more wall art ideas, here are several to get your creativity flowing. You can see all my home decor craft tutorials in one place here.
Thanks for visiting and I hope this button tree wall art project inspires your inner creativity!
This post originally published here on Apr 20, 2015.
