Painting the plates is one of the oldest occupations that has survived to this day. Previously, such items adorned shelves in sideboards and walls. They were passed down from generation to generation. Today, decorative plates are also relevant. They will be an excellent decor for the kitchen or dining room, and you can attract your children to the process of creating a masterpiece.
Features of the technique
Painting plates is not such a simple matter. To receive this masterpiece, professionals take special courses, where all the subtleties of this skill are revealed. But absolutely everyone can know it. It is only necessary to take into account some of the nuances relating to such a process as painting plates.
The technique of drawing is the correct selection of tools and materials. The most important thing here are decorative plates. Murals can be used to decorate ceramics, porcelain, glass, and wood. The main thing is that they should not have a factory drawing.
You can create a pattern using the following tools:
- Paints: silicate, water, acrylic. The latter are the most popular, as they are the most common, and even a child can work with them.
- Markers (special indelible).
Brushes most often use thin ones. But it all depends on the picture. Sometimes you need several types of brushes - from the thinnest to magnificent.
In case your drawing doesn’t work, you should have liquid for hand washing off the paint.
Types of painting
Painting plates is a whole art! Types of techniques - a great many:
- Tiffany - allows you to achieve the effect of a three-dimensional pattern.
- Khokhloma is a fairly well-known painting. Patterns are made in black, red and gold colors.
- Spot - a picture is created using dots.
- Gzhel - simple lines, drops, nets, flowers. Everything is done in blue tones on a white background.
- Inscriptions are simply words, phrases, lines, and so on.
- Geometric patterns - drawings consisting of various lines and shapes.
- The whole composition (landscape, still life).
Of course, that’s not all. There are also other types of murals, most of which have come from ancient times. But we have listed the most popular.
Operating procedure
Regardless of the degree of complexity of the drawing, there is a generally accepted sequence of actions:
- The plate for painting is degreased with alcohol or a window cleaner.
- A primer is applied so that the paint adheres better to the surface.
- A sketch of the drawing on plain paper is prepared.
- The pattern is transferred to the surface of the plate. How this happens depends on the application technique and image style.
- Attention is paid to the elaboration of details (for example, the outline is drawn).
- The plate is dried for 24 hours in the open air or in the oven for 40 to 60 minutes.
Simple geometric pattern
Perhaps the easiest and fastest way to paint a plate is to use paints and masking tape. Thanks to simple manipulations, you can get a bright decor.
So, prepare the plate for painting (clean it and degrease it). Then take masking tape and stick strips to the surface. Where we have tape, the plate will not be painted, keep this in mind. The pattern can be varied. Usually in this way create zigzags.
Now paint the whole plate with bright paint. For this work, you need to take a magnificent brush, as it will cope with the task faster. Let the paint dry a little, and then remove the tape. Now you can dry the plate.
We draw with children with fingers
It’s a great idea to paint the plates with the children. To do this, you do not need to look for and come up with special pictures. You can just perpetuate your child’s fingerprints.
To get started, prepare the surface of the plate. Then grab the brown paint and draw the trunk and branches of the tree. Then take an ordinary sponge and brush its surface with some paint. Now gently touch the washcloth with your fingertips, and then leave an imprint on the plates. Fingerprints will serve as leaflets.
By the way, in this way you can collect fingerprints of friends and relatives at a wedding as a keepsake.
Silhouette and ornament
Simply and tastefully decorate the dishes will help painting plates. You can do this as follows:
- Prepare the plate for work.
- Take a thin brush and draw a silhouette of the animal below (for example, a hare, a bear, a dog, and so on). Do not make the outline clear; for this, dilute the paint a little with water on the palette.
- Then take the thinnest brush and draw a couple of arcs from the silhouette. Draw leaflets and flowers on them using lines or dots. For plants, choose contrasting colors.
- Dry the work.
In this simple way, you can create a whole series: on one plate there will be an image of a hare, on the other - a fox, on the third - a wolf and so on. The whole point of the work is the simplicity of the lines and the game of contrasts. With the help of small bright details, a playful mood is created, and the general palette does not strain eyesight.
Careless thought
This kind of work looks like it was spent five minutes on it, and it is the result of someone’s negligence. In fact, the presented painting of plates with paints is also the result of efforts and imagination. Work requires liquid paints, a brush, an old toothbrush and rubber gloves.
Dip the brush in a bowl of paint and bring to the plate. Start placing chaotic drops on the prepared surface. There is no need to build a clear sequence - first smooth and small, then large with wavy edges. Let all the drops be uneven and different in size. Put them in different places. It is worth mentioning that the paint should drip from the brush on its own, so pick it up without sparing.
Then dip your finger in the paint. Walk them around the edges of the plate, making a border. An old toothbrush will help to finish the pattern. Dip it lightly in the paint, and then slide your finger across the bristles, pointing your “tool” on the plate. Dry the pattern.
Bitmap without pattern
Drawings by dots are quite an exciting experience. And at the same time - a long and painstaking work. But the result is always worth the effort.
Spot painting of plates with acrylic paints can be performed using a template and without it. First, consider the second option. It is used for simple patterns, and the first for more complex and intricate ones.
The bitmap assumes that the picture will not be drawn with the help of lines, but with dots that are next to each other. Such painting can be done both with paints and a brush with a pointed end, and markers.
To begin with, as always, it is necessary to prepare the surface of the plate. Then the future drawing is thought over. You can take any picture as a basis, but it is easier to use geometric patterns in this technique . Then the paint is applied to a palette or a piece of paper. The material is taken onto the brush very carefully. Excess paint must be removed.
Then the magic begins. Use a brush to gently touch the surface of the plate. If you do not, smears will be obtained. But the picture consists of dots. You need to work slowly, trying to ensure that the drops are the same in size. Thus, the entire pattern is applied. By the way, you need to work from top to bottom, so as not to accidentally lubricate the picture.
Depending on the idea, the points can be of different colors and diameters. But the picture should be clear. Therefore, the lines related to one element (for example, the core of the flower) are drawn in the same hue and with dots of the same diameter.
Pattern bitmap
From the first try it may seem that it is very simple to make a painting according to a pattern. This is actually not the case. First you need to prepare this same template. For this, you can use ready-made pictures or make an illustration yourself. Since the bitmap does not involve painting, the pattern on the paper is done only in outline (for example, the flower will be displayed only with the help of the petals). By the way, in the case of a paper layout, you can decorate only a transparent plate.
So, prepare the surface for work. Then cut the pattern to the extreme outline. Now glue the paper to the back of the plate using masking tape or electrical tape. Prepare your paints and brushes. Now you can start drawing. Put dots on the top of the contour. Start working, as in the previous case, from above so that the picture does not get blurry.
When the work is ready, let the plate dry a little. Then carefully remove the template. If desired, the back side can be painted over, thereby giving a background to your pattern.
Some more ideas
Do-it-yourself plate painting is an exciting experience. In the process of creating one craft, an idea often arises for the next.
Here are just a small part of the possible design of the plates:
- With the help of thin wavy lines, you can make not just patterns, but whole drawings. Just sketch the inside of the silhouette not with continuous strokes, but with curls.
- From the plates you can collect words. Each saucer is one letter. Place it in the center. The space around the letter can be decorated with small patterns (for example, floral).
- Original painting - face. It is enough to draw eyes, nose, mouth and cheeks. The remainder can be covered with some kind of solid pattern.
- Plant motifs are always relevant. Flowers and plants can be painted in various ways: filling the entire space of the plate or just the outline, strokes, dots, solid color, strokes and so on.
- You can also make a special painting for each holiday. For example, for the New Year, plates with snowmen, Christmas trees and Santa Claus will be appropriate, for Halloween - pumpkins, for Easter - painted eggs, Easter cakes, Easter rabbits, by March 8 - a mimosa branch.