Decorative
paintings are paintings or art work that is produced
on furniture or different items in order to beautify
them. Naturally as painting on different objects
requires the artist to work on different materials,
there are many techniques which can be used for
decorative painting. For instance the technique
employed for creating a decorative painting of
concrete floor may be similar to that used to create
a decorative wall painting but may be quite
different for the technique that would be employed
to do decorative tole painting or painting on a
piece a plastic box or a wooden chair. Decorative
tole painting is a folk art, which involves
decorative painting on household items like pots and
pans made of tin or metal.
In decorative painting books, one would find these
various techniques for painting on different
materials. Such books are especially handy for
newcomers in the field of decorative painting. In
recent years, decorative painting has become popular
as a hobby or as a means of self-ex-pression.
However, as an art form, decorative painting has
been carried out for centuries in almost every
culture of the world. Decorative painting has now
been segregated into different categories to make
things easier for the layman interested in this form
of art and ex-pression. One has the option to choose
between decorative interior painting, decorative
country painting and decorative rustic painting for
example.
Decorative painting patterns can be created using
oil paints or acrylic paints but the most popular
technique involves using acrylic gouache. These are
non-toxic, water-based paints and hence make
cleaning of brushes and materials easier. However,
they are not like oil paints in that they have the
disadvantage of drying faster. People who are used
to working with water colors may not see that as a
disadvantage though. There are several other items
that are required to make decorative patterns.
These items must
also be part of your decorative painting kit.
* Mediums such as an extender or retarding agent
* A range of brushes and tools to create a variety
of strokes
* Blending mediums and blending gel
* Thickener for the paints
* Pastes that can alter and enhance the paint
texture
Decorative artists must carefully think of the
patterns they want to create as they work on
three-dimensional objects and thus the patterns must
go around the object with uniformity. This can be
much more difficult than it seems and novices should
avail of free decorative painting patterns which can
be recommended in books or on websites before they
embark upon their first few projects.
To choose an object
to paint decoratively, one can use any household
item and get started. Some artists prefer to buy
specific objects with the specific intent of
painting them. If that is your preferred style of
working, you can find interesting objects in markets
to try your hand at decorative painting. Feel free
to adopt symbols and International patterns into
your art and do not forget to experiment on
different materials as that is the best part of
decorative painting. |
