Paintings with your own hands - an opportunity for self-expression

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Today no one hangs carpets on the walls, this decorative element, considered by our grandmothers as a sign of prosperity, has simply gone out of fashion. But something needs to decorate the walls, so much so that the whole interior does not suffer from this. After all, even an ancient man probably decorated his home. The walls of ancient Greek houses were decorated with drawings and brightly woven rugs, while the ancient Romans had mosaics and geometric patterns.

Today, such styles as constructivism and functionalism are widespread in the design of apartments, which manifested itself in the appearance of comfortable and simple interiors. But framed paintings have never gone out of style and have remained an indispensable part of home decoration.

Today, in the form of a picture for an interior, a painting or its reproductions, graphics, art photographs, etchings, engravings, prints and artistic compositions from naturalmaterials, leather, fabrics, etc. Many people buy works of professional artists in the art salon, but if you wish, you can make paintings with your own hands.

If you don't have drawing skills, you can use photography. Even professional artists do this. Still life, for example, is easier to draw by looking at a photograph rather than at objects. Because drawing a picture with your own hands is not a quick task, the illumination may change due to the weather or time of day. If you draw children or animals, then these generally do not like to sit in one place for a long time. It's hard to even photograph them. But if the photo turned out to be successful, then using special graphic techniques, you can copy the image from it.

You need to attach a sheet of paper to a hard tablet, make a photocopy from the photo and draw a grid on it. The same grid must be drawn on a clean sheet. You need to draw a picture in squares, repeating the image of each square in your drawing, until you get a whole from the fragments.

Another technique that you can use to draw a picture with your own hands is the following method: you need to mark the location of the picture on the sheet with a light stroke. This will make it possible to fit the image into the sheet frame. In the figure, you need to outline the boundaries of the main large parts of the image - the head, hands, eyes, etc. The most important thing is to keep the proportions.

Then you need to determine the darkest and lightest places on the image, lightly shading them. Thus, the borders of shadow and light are marked in the figure. There are rules to draw dark places first, and then light ones. Then they move on to detail. The picture should be brighter than the background. You can highlight some details brighter - eyes, smile, nose, making them more contrasting. After the main details are drawn, the drawing is drawn to the end, making minor places less contrasting. At the end, the excess is removed from the drawing with an eraser and the contours are softened. Now you need to compare the image with its photo, correct it - and the drawing is ready.

Besides painting, you can make leather paintings with your own hands. They differ from painting in that, thanks to the material, leather compositions are voluminous. The biggest problem is the purchase of material. The fact is that the skin can only be bought in the form of a skin. And its price is great. So it makes sense to start with

"scrape" through the closets and attics of your own house in search of old unnecessary gloves, bags, leather jackets, etc. If the material is found, you can use the master class on working with leather on the Internet and start learning, and then making a painting with your own hands.

You need to try to make some kind of interior item for your own home - because this is an opportunity to express yourself. And, then, if it turns out well and the picture takes its place of honor on the wall, then it will be a unique work that cost the amateur author a lot of patience, work and acquired skills. And that's a lot!