How to make a picture from different materials. Making DIY paintings for the kitchen: finding inspiration and selecting materials

Tsugunov Anton Valerievich

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Paintings are one of the components of the warm and unique atmosphere. And if the paintings are made independently, the emotional “response” from them can be an order of magnitude higher than that of purchased ones. created with your own hands - you will see photos of examples below - thoughtfully thought out and lovingly brought to life, they will give you a good mood for a long time.

Let you not have the talent of an artist, do not shine with creative flair and doubt your taste. Cast aside your doubts. Having a desire to create original paintings for the interior, you can learn some techniques on your own and after a while admire the creation of your own hands.

Looking for an idea for a painting

Inspiration is a fickle and timid thing. Let's not wait for inspiration from above, but let's actively search for ideas for future paintings for the interior.

Advice. At the very beginning, it will be useful not to look on the Internet in search of ideas. Trust your inner instinct: what exactly do I need, how would I like my painting to look, what mood should it bring into my life and into the interior of my home? Write down all the thoughts that come to your mind.

Information, having gained a critical mass, will definitely “shoot” with an original idea. And having the main features of what you are looking for, you can choose the appropriate technique for creating paintings with your own hands for the interior and look at the photographs.

Anything can serve as an impetus for creativity: from sewing accessories and beads to family photos and letters from the home archive.

Advice. For any mother, a touching option for interior decor will be a panel collage of children's drawings, appliqués, the first cute doodles and other priceless creations of little hands.

Choosing ways to create a picture for your interior

There are many ways to bring creative ideas to life. Paint with watercolors, acrylics, paint in oils, create panels from leather, thread or wool, make posters from photos - the choice is yours. Each of the paintings will be interesting and unique in the interior.

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Painting with paints

Even if your talent as a painter has passed you by, you are quite capable of creating abstract paintings for the interior at the “cute and soulful” level. You will need:

oil, acrylic or watercolor paints;
tablet or easel;
canvas;
brushes;
palette and palette knife;
scotch;
solvent.

Making a sketch

The future of the painting that will decorate the interior of your apartment is first drawn with a pencil on the canvas: a composition is built, small elements and main lines are outlined. The space around the main object is “overgrown” with details, the lines of objects intersect with each other and overlap. This gives the picture depth and volume.

Determining the light source

To make the image more realistic, draw in dark and illuminated areas. Mark where and at what angle the light will fall on the objects, where the shadow, penumbra and highlights will be located.

Choosing colors

In order to choose the right colors for a painting, you need to know that:

to obtain the desired shade, the paints are mixed on a palette and only then applied to the canvas;
on a sunny day, the color of the object has golden shades, on a cloudy day – grayish;
if the subject of the painting is night, the objects will be richer and darker than during the day.

Let's create

Multi-volume works and 6 years of study at the institute are devoted to the art of drawing. At the everyday level, we can give several guidelines in this process:

draw simple objects first;
dilute and mix the paints for your painting with a reserve, because you won’t be able to achieve exactly the same shade again;
Before applying the next layer, the previous one must dry well;
try different techniques, but focus on two or three that you can do;
within three days, an image made with oil paints can be corrected, failed details can be corrected, or they can be completely erased.

Advice. If, when starting the picture, you planned a plot in the style of realism, and by the middle of the process you are surprised by abstractionism, it doesn’t matter. Urgently pretend that this is what you intended from the very beginning. Abstract creations are merciful to the mistakes of beginners, and in the interior they look impressive and mysterious.

Bead paintings

Interesting and beautiful paintings that will complement the interior of the kitchen or bedroom are obtained using beads. It’s painstaking, not quick, but relatively simple, and most importantly, it’s good for the nervous system.

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You will need:

frame on a solid base;
printed drawing;
beads;
wire or thread;
Super glue;
toothpick.

We begin to create a masterpiece for the interior.

Free the frame from the glass.
Draw the outlines of the frame on the base.
Paste the pattern on which you will lay out the beads.
Use thread or wire to mark the contours of the design, gluing them to the base.
Glue the beads, distributing them tightly, without voids. If this is uncomfortable to do with your fingers, use a toothpick. Apply glue to small fragments, not allowing it to dry.
Let the painting dry completely by placing it vertically for a while. If somewhere the beads are not glued well, they will fall off and you can re-attach them.
Frame your beaded item, hang it on the wall and admire the transformed interior.

Painting for the interior from scrap materials

To make the work of your hands, intended for the interior of your home, interesting, do not limit your imagination to any specific techniques. Combine, break the rules, create your own recipes.

Various decorative and natural materials can be used: leather, fabric, buttons, sequins, quilling elements, wallpaper, dried flowers, sea pebbles, shells and even wool. The painting for the interior made of wool is worth considering in more detail.

Painting with wool

Wool painting is a whole art from an unexpected perspective. This is where you don’t have to worry about your artistic abilities: a sketch of a drawing can also be applied under a stencil. Warmth, depth, volume are just a few of the epithets for such a work. A painting made of wool breathes, lives its own life and brings special warmth to the interior.

You will need:

clamping frame;
non-woven or flannel backing;
scissors, tweezers;
wool of different colors.

Now we begin to paint a picture with wool.

Draw a sketch on the base.
Start laying out the wool with the main background color, and then lay out the wool of other colors in layers. You can apply the wool by pulling it into a strand, plucking it into a “cloud”, or tearing it off. Each method creates a different effect: delicate color transitions, transparency or richness of texture, light haze or dense fluffy balls of fur.
Give wool objects the desired shapes: convexity, texture, layering.

Important! Sometimes apply glass to the wool composition. This way you will evaluate the intermediate result and be able to eliminate shortcomings in a timely manner.

Are you looking for a fresh and unusual idea for interior decoration? Familiar pictures are good, but the soul is looking for something new. On the Internet you can find more than one master class on creating three-dimensional paintings with your own hands from paper, fabric or leather. These are 3D canvases that are amazing in their liveliness, which are fun to create and pleasant to contemplate.

DIY paintings

A three-dimensional painting can be called a 3D sculpture in a frame, made from scrap materials. It can be anything in the full sense of the word: paper, dried flowers, polymer clay, leather, fabrics and other creative materials. For example, they make magnificent three-dimensional drawings from plaster directly on the kitchen wall. Plaster modeling is, of course, beautiful, but this article will talk about simpler techniques.

Anyone can make an original masterpiece of art with their own hands. Why don't you try your hand at it? The master class will help you learn the basic principles to get started with an idea and start creating.

Master class “3d paper painting”

For the first test of the pen, take the simplest version of a three-dimensional painting - a paper appliqué.

Set of materials for work:

frame with deep sides;
stationery knife;
pencil;
colored cardboard with a bright print;
white watercolor paper or thin cardboard;
ruler, scissors;
PVA glue.

Instead of a frame, you can take a candy box.

Step-by-step description of a three-dimensional paper painting:

cut out a rectangle from a white sheet of paper to fit the selected frame;

draw by hand or print a heart of such a size that it fits freely in the frame 9 times in three rows. The approximate size of the heart is 4x5 cm;

the heart needs to be cut out and circled with a simple pencil, placing it on white paper prepared earlier. You should get 3 rows of three hearts or more (less) as you wish;

Now the important step has come - carefully, using a stationery knife, we cut out the “wings” of the hearts. To do this, you need to make cuts along the contour of the hearts, without touching the lower and upper parts;

bend the cut parts of the hearts up and towards the center, making them voluminous;

The blank with hearts must be glued onto colored cardboard. It is desirable that it be special scrap paper with a small pattern. It will be visible through the bent wings of the hearts;

The final step is to place the picture in a frame and fix it on the back side with a stapler or glue.

The presented master class is simple, but based on it you can make your own 3D plot - fluttering butterflies, tiles, people and other interesting templates.

Master class “multilayer 3d paper painting”

Making an interesting paper painting using the multi-layer technique is very simple - you just need to find a design and print many copies. The finished product, hung on the wall, looks interesting from different angles - a real 3D painting.

Set of materials for work:

sufficiently deep frame;
cardboard;
laminate backing;
thick album sheets and printer;
craft glue;
acrylic paint;
acrylic lacquer;
scissors;

Step-by-step description of a multilayer paper painting:

choose a beautiful and bright picture with a clear image. It is desirable that there are many parts on it that will be convenient to cut out. We format or select the picture to fit the frame size. We print 10-12 copies on thick paper;

Depending on what kind of printer you have, we determine whether the pictures need varnishing. Thus, images printed on an inkjet printer must be sprayed and varnished, otherwise the colors will run. Laser images can be left as is;

We simply glue the first image onto cardboard cut to the size of the frame plus gaps for mounting;

We cut out all other images, but in a special way. For example, if you are creating a flower, then let several whole flowers be cut out with a stem and leaves, a couple more layers of leaves, and even more of the inflorescence itself. It sounds complicated, but as you go along it will become clear;

Now we are preparing the basis for the parts from a thin backing for the laminate, which looks like a thin layer of polyethylene foam. The cut-out backing should be slightly smaller than the parts so that it is not visible in the finished product on the wall;

we glue the parts onto the substrate, but not all of them, but selectively - only those layers that should protrude forward. In some small parts, a substrate may not be needed;

We place the prepared parts on the base in a frame with glue. First, we place large pictures with many details, and then individual details that should be more voluminous;

the side parts should not remain white, otherwise they will reveal the presence of a substrate - they need to be painted over to match the image;

We cover the picture with acrylic varnish in several layers. Each layer is applied after the previous one has dried;

Now you will have a three-dimensional painting with your own hands - now you can place it on the wall in this form or add glass. Such canvases can be made from fabric, then you will get a picture with a beautiful terry surface.

Master class “3d painting made of leather”

Set of materials for work:

frame;
the base of the picture is made of leather, suede or fabric;
pieces of leather of any color;
acrylic paints;
rectangular sheet of chipboard or plywood;
furniture stapler;
craft glue or superglue;
scissors;
paper (for sketches);
soap or chalk (for contours on the skin).

The first question that arises about creating such a work is where to get the leather? Firstly, it must be natural, and therefore it is not cheap. But you probably have a jacket, bag, gloves and other used genuine leather products. Feel free to chop them up - you will have a lot of fun and can make a gorgeous picture.

Step-by-step description of creating a painting “bouquet of leather”:

Make sketches of leaves and petals on paper and cut them out - these will be templates for work;

transfer the contours to the skin and cut out how many flowers with petals you want to have in the finished painting;

If the materials at hand do not contain colored leather of a suitable shade for the colors, then use acrylic paints. Paint the petals with burgundy or pink colors, and the leaves with green. You can choose paints of any colors you like;

to make the petals round and voluminous, you need to hold the skin over a candle flame - it will begin to take on an interesting natural shape;

we collect buds from the petals; you can place a ball of leather or fabric in the center as the center of the flower;

we stretch a base made of any fabric, suede, leather or other material onto a sheet of plywood and fasten it with staples from the wrong side. The fabric can be pulled tightly or draped. We insert the resulting base into the frame;

Arrange the finished flowers and leaves on the base - evaluate their location by stepping aside;

complement the composition with leather curls, natural materials - shells, dried flowers, etc.;

Now you can glue all the elements to the intended places using a glue gun or a tube of superglue.

We clean the finished picture from traces of handicraft and hang it on the wall - that’s the whole master class. Similar creations can be made from fabric - decorating the drawn silhouettes of girls with dresses made of fabric and lace.

To repeat the master class and create three-dimensional paintings with your own hands, you do not need to have the ability to draw. But what you really need is perseverance and accuracy.

For beginners, we can recommend techniques made from paper, and for more experienced craftsmen, magnificent 3D paintings made from leather, polymer clay or plaster. Interesting paintings for the kitchen are framed vegetables and fruits sculpted from clay or made from plaster.

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Do you have a blank wall in your home with nothing to hang on? Do scarlet pillows on the sofa look lonely and require another bright accent? Just take a canvas and paint a picture that suits you!

We live in an era of triumphant abstract art, when about every second gallery work one would like to say that even a child could draw it. So why not put aside your fears and forget about realistic art for a while and create your own little masterpiece? Drawing is fun, and it’s simply impossible to draw an abstract painting poorly or incorrectly! All you need is a canvas, paints, courage, a few hours of free time and perhaps a nice group of collaborators to create a unique work of art that is perfect for your interior. This is much more interesting than just buying a poster from IKEA! If you agree with us, we offer you a selection of the best techniques and master classes for creating your own painting.

Gold and concrete

The most favorite color of everyone who undertakes to make a stylish painting with their own hands is gold. You just need to add a little leaf foil or just paint to any background, even a plain one. Gold looks good and not too provocative with an uneven gray concrete color.

Photo: JenniferFlanniganart / etsy.com

Sound waves

Horizontal jagged lines always resemble some kind of graphs or visualization of sound waves, in general, something important, and therefore it is interesting to look at them. To dilute the boring monochrome of the image, you can, like the author of this master class, add a little (or a lot!) of gold.

Geology

Have you noticed how beautiful the cuts of stones are? This is a drawing with a story, a story about changes in climate, relief, and wildlife. You can create your own beautiful specimen of the rock: simply take a vertical canvas and apply horizontal stripes of different widths and different colors to it. Invite the children to draw with you - let them come up with the story of a fictional world in which such a beautiful cut could appear.

Photo: BrennaGiessen / etsy.com

Peas

Polka dots are a magical pattern: you can paint them on anything and it will turn out beautiful. You don't even need to have a brush on hand - just make a stamp from a wine cork or the bottom of a glass. If you use thicker paint (as in this case), the pattern of the prints will resemble a coral pattern!

Colored peas

If you want something more complex, then make a print with a colored pattern. In this master class, in order for the peas to be even, they are cut out with a special hole punch and then pasted onto canvas.

Blot

One way to create an abstract painting is to step back from the work as much as possible and let the paint do everything for you. For example, pour a large blot and then tilt the canvas so that the paint flows picturesquely down it. You can make such a picture together with your child; you don’t even need a brush for this.

Photo: CelineZiangArt / etsy.com

Stencil

Tested: any abstract spots look cooler if their edges are very smooth. This contrast effect can be achieved by painting through a stencil, or pre-reserving part of the canvas using masking tape, or applying white borders using a stencil later, as in this master class.

Scribble

Make squiggles of any color on a canvas of any color, inspired by famous works, or relying only on your own inspiration - there are no boundaries or laws here, doodle art is a very democratic direction! You can, like blogger Michelle, create many layers, achieving a complex texture, or you can paint with pure color on white. The main thing is to relax your hand and not forget that this is pampering, and a bad option can always be painted over.

Color samples

Paintings with careless horizontal lines look as if they are a sample of colors from the desk of a Pantone Institute employee or a fashionable makeup artist’s palette. The secret to success here, as blogger Julia demonstrates, is to leave enough white space and apply the paint in one motion. Colors can be any.

Ombre

Gradient, or ombre, is a very simple and very beautiful effect. To repeat it, you don’t even need a master class. Two paints - main and white, a brush or roller, five minutes of time spent, and the picture is ready. An excellent solution if your bright apartment has a bright accessory that requires color support.

Vanguard

There is nothing easier than making a print in an avant-garde style. Draw straight lines with tape, like in this tutorial, and use bright paint straight from the can. My only advice is to take the time to make a few sketches in advance.

Stamps

The most budget-friendly paintings do not even require the purchase of brushes: just take the first object that comes to hand and use it as a stamp. You will be surprised what stylish thing you can draw using an ordinary glass!

Impressionism

And the last painting idea for today is an impressionist canvas painted with large strokes. Artist Ashley Sturgill shows how to create a vibrant painting with gold accents.

Get inspired and experiment, and we will help you with this!

Having decided on the style, you can begin to select materials for the future work:

Paint and canvas.
Cardboard, designer paper, magazine clippings, old photos.
Textiles, leather, ribbons, braid.
Glass or crystals.
Buttons.
Dried flowers, shells.

Advice! Don't throw away old children's drawings, scraps of fabric, magazines, decorations– all this can become part of the picture. Store them in a separate box, periodically reviewing and arranging them together.

Painting with paints

The easiest way to create an original painting for your interior with your own hands is to paint it. The subject is limited only by the imagination of the creator. Even if you have no artistic skills, you can create a masterpiece: use abstract techniques, study master classes and photos of finished works.

Oil, watercolor, and acrylic paints will become faithful assistants in creating paintings for the interior. As a base, you can use either professional canvas or regular thick paper or a primed board.

Advice! You can draw inspiration from nature if there are picturesque places near your home. If you are unlucky with either the location or the weather, feel free to draw your household, pets, fruit compositions - whatever. The accuracy of the reproduction of reality does not play any role, the main thing is to approach the process with soul.

Modular paintings are suitable for almost any room: from kitchens before living room, but it is important to select appropriate images. If you don’t have the time to create a masterpiece with your own hands, then we have good news for you - today you can buy them in any specialized store!

Photo printing

The technical side of the issue is taken care of by a photo workshop, which can print a suitable image on almost any basis: canvas, paper, ceramics, etc. These can be ordinary posters depicting interesting places, people, ornaments.

Advice! A poster is not just a picture, it must convey a certain idea, correspond to the interior, the theme of the room and the character of the owners of the house. Recently, pin-up and retro style posters have gained particular popularity.

If the poster is large-format, you can divide the image into several segments and, when combined into a single canvas, play with the joints, making it look like a modular picture.

If there is a child in the house, then you can scan his drawings and select the ones that match the color, shape, etc. Such a poster can be complemented by a photo of the artist himself. All that remains is to print the poster and place it in a frame that matches the color and style.

Collage of old and new family photos You can hang it as a picture in the bedroom or living room, and posters depicting the corresponding paraphernalia and fruits are suitable for the kitchen. Finally, it is worth noting that it is recommended to choose posters and panels for the kitchen in rich and bright colors, however, no one forbids you to go against the rules and create stylish ones.

Textile

From all kinds of scraps, fabric with beautiful patterns, ribbons, braid or lace, you can create real masterpieces in patchwork style with your own hands. Fabric paintings are most often made using the appliqué technique. The basis is taken of dense textiles with discreet and inconspicuous patterns (stripes, polka dots, etc.), and the main elements are cut out from bright shreds.

Most often, kitchens and children's rooms are decorated with textile works, since these rooms are characterized by a certain simplicity present in the appliqué.

Advice! From felt, flannel and other fabrics that hold their shape well, you can cut out fruits, animals, cars, and houses. You can safely combine different textures and patterns on fabrics, use braid, decorative cord, and buttons for decoration. For the living room, you can make a textile picture from crinkled silk with abstract patterns.

From buttons

With their help, you can create original things by sewing or appliqué. Often this type of fittings is used to depict leaves on trees. Buttons can be glued in an original way inside any contour, for example, a silhouette butterflies or cats. In sewing stores you can select parts of various shapes, colors and materials and lay them out, like a mosaic, according to a pre-prepared pattern. Such button creations will fit perfectly into the kitchen, however, they can also be used for the living room and bedroom.

Advice! Buttons can be glued around the perimeter of the picture frame, giving it individuality.

Wallpaper and panels

Often, after renovation, large pieces of beautiful wallpaper remain, which are useful for making unusual interior paintings.

Wallpaper in a frame is the easiest option to create something like this panel. A piece of the desired shape is cut from the roll and placed in a frame. Moreover, the ornament may coincide with the pattern on the walls or differ from it. Such elements can come in a row of 2-3 pieces.
Golden paint and a stencil or small black and white photos, stylized in an antique style, will help to revive a boring canvas in a frame. Similar wallpaper pictures will fit perfectly into

Naturally developing as an art form, they have successfully reached the present day. At the same time, in modern designer interiors today it is almost impossible to find classical landscapes with still lifes: the place of pictorial classics has been taken by abstraction or highly artistic photography. It is with abstraction and modernism that interior painting is mainly associated, the task of which is to create a certain psychological background of the room, an appropriate mood for those present, as a rule, an atmosphere of peace and tranquility, or vice versa - office activity and energy.

The shift towards abstraction, it must be admitted, has brought painting much closer to the average person who is not involved in fine art professionally or at a technically high level. Naturally, not everyone is able to realistically reproduce reality on canvas; with abstract art, anyone has more opportunities to create their own mini-masterpieces. There are a variety of techniques, sometimes you don’t even need a brush: you can come up with an original way of applying paint to a surface yourself, you just need to practice and gain experience.

The main condition for independently creating a picturesque interior element can be called the courage of ideas and determination in their implementation: when creating artistic abstraction, it is extremely important to free the mind from limiting cliches and, with a light heart and a steady hand, produce strokes, strokes, colored stains on paper, giving free rein to inspiration and imagination . If you succeed, the creative process will turn into a kind of meditation, giving rest to your head and nervous system, distracting you from everyday worries and disturbing thoughts.

In principle, any flat surface, smooth or with a relief texture, can serve as a working surface for a painting. It would be quite logical to take the first steps on ordinary thick paper of the required size; cardboard and plywood are also suitable, which can be pre-painted in the required light (or vice versa, dark) shade.

Any brushes, from art brushes to paint brushes of different widths, as well as pieces of foam rubber, a paint sprayer with adjustable spray, a syringe for creating splashes, and the like, are suitable as working tools, depending on the technique and the desired result.

A variety of paints are suitable: watercolor will create a more “airy” image that will harmoniously decorate, for example, a bedroom; acrylic, oil paints, gouache - whatever is at hand can serve to realize your ideas. Depending on the tool used and application technique - strokes, streaks, splashes, strokes, etc. – achieve the desired consistency (degree of thickness) of paints, mixing which, moreover, produces interesting color shades. You can also remember about pastel crayons - also a very good tool for designing in calm, soft (pastel) colors.

Don’t forget about the additional possibilities of combining paints with other materials such as multi-colored scraps of fabric, ribbons, leaves from trees, etc. This, however, is a slightly different genre, but it can greatly help in creating a truly original picture. Photographs located on a field you have painted and placed, for example, in a frame, also look good.

The design of the finished painting, according to modern ideas, can be presented in different styles:

- frameless style - the vast majority of interior paintings do not have a traditional frame;
- modular paintings - composed of three or more, less often - two elements of the same or slightly different sizes, located on the same or at different levels: today a fairly common solution seems to have already passed the peak of its popularity;
- a small painting located in the central part of the field, framed by a narrow modern frame of much larger sizes - in this way they achieve focus on the painting, highlighting it from the general interior;
- a narrow modern frame along the perimeter of the painting, its thickness extending the plane of the painting several centimeters above the plane of the wall;
- other styles, up to bizarre combinations of classical and modern standards.

In conclusion, I would like to recall the well-known and repeatedly proven statement that “practice is the basis of knowledge.” Only during the creative process are the most interesting ideas born, and well-mastered visual techniques will help to translate them onto canvas. Initially, you can get acquainted with the finished works on our website and other resources, but continue to get acquainted with the genre, take an interest in which paintings are most successfully sold at auctions, visit exhibitions, receiving information and new guidelines for creativity.