Decorating your own home is one of the most interesting activities. It requires certain creative skills, knowledge and a considerable amount of imagination. However, all those crafts and trinkets that you can buy in modern markets, can not be compared with homemade souvenirs. Therefore, the theme of our article are paintings from shells. It’s very simple to make them with your own hands, and now we will consider how such a masterpiece is born.
Necessary materials
So, in order to translate such a picture into reality, you will need first of all the foundation. It can be plywood of a certain size or a solid paper. Attaching shells to thin paper is not recommended, because under their weight your entire creation can easily be torn. We also need glue, sinks of various shapes and sizes, paints, beads, any accessories that you find suitable. Now you can start making pictures of shells.
With your own hands, cut the plywood or whatman paper according to the desired parameters. There are no special rules, it’s just worth considering that large canvases can be supplemented with sinks, make a so-called accent with their help. If the composition is small, then it can be completely made up of these “marine accessories”. Then we put the base in a frame, in it pictures from shells will look much more neat and beautiful. With your own hands you can make a rim from the same shells. Well, if you prefer wooden frames, then they are easier to buy.
How are such paintings born?
Now directly proceed to the creation of the composition. It is advisable that you have as many small shells as possible in your arsenal, since it is easier to make drawings from them. Leave large seafood for souvenirs and toys. Flowers - roses, daisies and lilies - the simplest paintings from shells. With your own hands, you can glue the petals alternately, creating a bud, and then attach a leg and leaves from smaller shells to it. Just teach that if you work on a white surface, the shells will need to be filled with some kind of paint. You can make the picture monophonic, or you can colorize in accordance with all the rules - green foliage, and the flower itself - red, yellow, white, etc. On the “wooden” background, black and any other, the composition of shells in their original form will look beautiful.
Few working moments
It is also important to note that first you need to make a sketch of the future drawing.
Of course, if you make chamomiles, consisting of five to seven petals, then you can do without this moment. However, sketches are necessary if you make more complex and interesting paintings from shells. Photos of such masterpieces are presented in the article, and you can use them as the main one for further creative fantasies. If you own the “artist’s brush”, then on a large canvas you can recreate any landscape or still life with the help of shells and paints. Such paintings look not just voluminous, but brilliant.
Abstract creativity
Excellent natural compositions are also obtained from such natural raw materials. How to make a picture of shells in this style? Very simple. It is enough to create a sketch that conveys your mood, but does not have an exact shape. If nothing comes to mind, use stencils. Then fill the composition with sinks of various sizes and shapes. Paint them if necessary.