Recently, designers began to reuse paintings in interior decoration. These are not necessarily multimillion originals or magnificent copies made by world-renowned craftsmen. Sometimes the work of an art school graduate can organically fit into the most expensive interior. Especially if it is custom-made. But what if you don’t know how to draw, there is no money to buy a painting, and you really want to decorate the wall with just such an object of decoration? The simplest solution is beadwork of paintings. You can execute it yourself, without any special costs.
Beadwork pictures. Materials
There are two ways to create this kind of picture. Or buy ready-made sets in the sewing accessories store, including a pattern, beads, needles and threads. Or choose a picture that you like from the heart, scan it, apply a grid and print. Then paint over the cells with sharper color boundaries and start embroidering. There is, however, a third option. You can take a ready-made kit or pattern for embroidery
with thread floss and replace them with ordinary beads. In any case, you will need the picture itself or the scheme, several shades of beads that match the colors of future work. You will also need a special set of needles. They can be purchased at the hardware store. Needles are uniform in thickness over the entire length. The needle itself is very thin, and when using it there are no problems with stringing beads. Beadwork is a time-consuming, but very exciting process. It takes a lot of time, but the result will surely please you.
Partial beadwork paintings
This technique allows you to use much less beads and at the same time preserves the illusion of painstaking work. The essence of this process is to choose a dense fabric on which a beautiful pattern is applied. It can be some kind of plot or landscape, still life or just an abstraction. The most important thing is that the pattern and color scheme correspond to the basic design of the room. Then you need to pick up the beads for the details that you want to highlight. It can be eyes (leopard, cat, wolf), several flowers from a bouquet, a silhouette of the sun or sea foam on a raging sea ... There shouldn’t be a lot of beads. In this case, beadwork implies an arrangement of accents, nothing more. With the right selection of shades and the amount of material allocated, the result is simply amazing. It is better to arrange such paintings so that they are exposed to daylight or artificial light.
Beadwork pattern
Full sewing of the canvas is used much less often, since it requires high costs, both physical and material. Products are usually medium in size. Beads are needed much more, the time taken to complete the work also increases significantly. However, if you choose a beautiful, finely drawn picture, and the shades of beads are selected correctly, then the finished product is simply amazing in its beauty. It should be remembered that it is necessary to use the matte version for the main background. Transparent or chopped beads look good only in small quantities. As a rule, it is used in those details where it is necessary to show the play of light: eyes, a sunbeam in the foliage, a drop of dew ... Beadwork is a fascinating process that will surely become your hobby.