Want to feel like an artist and a little jeweler at the same time? Then master the original needlework - paintings from rhinestones. This activity is truly exciting. Get to know him better.
Types of Rhinestones
Starting to work, you need to decide on the main material. Rhinestones are different: sewn, glue. Your choice should be based on what the basis of the picture will be. Hot glue rhinestones are suitable for performing fine details of a pattern. They are cheap and commercially available.
The preparatory stage of creating the picture
To choose the most suitable source material, imagine what background the bright rhinestones will shine like stars. Of course, for a picture of rhinestones, created with their own hands, the most advantageous is black. But options are possible. No less successful may be a light tone. A sheet of thick cardboard is suitable as the basis, but other material is often used, for example, wallpaper of the corresponding texture and color. In addition, you will need superglue, a frame and rhinestones of different sizes and colors. In order to get a beautiful and clear picture, you need to sketch it on cardboard with a chalk or pencil.
Methods for creating paintings
Before you make a picture of rhinestones, you can consider some of the most common ways to create drawings. In fact, everything is extremely simple. Rhinestones are laid out and glued along lines drawn in advance. The main thing is that they should be clearly visible on the base material. Smaller sparkles will fall on thin lines. To emphasize the details that required more hatching on the sketch, they are carefully pasted over with larger rhinestones. This can turn out to be a charming and very lively tiger, a funny puppy and much more. There is another option for making a picture of rhinestones with your own hands - you can use hot-melt material. In this case, the fabric will serve as the basis, and the stones can be fixed with a needle. Previously, the rhinestones must be laid out on the applied contours of the pattern, fixed with thin needles or pins. When implementing the plan, accuracy and accuracy are necessary. In conclusion, the figure needs to be fixed. For this, a heat-resistant film is applied on top. It must be pressed firmly enough and held several times on top with a warm iron. After that, the film is carefully removed. The glued rhinestones will thus be firmly fixed.
There is another wonderful option that the craftswomen use. Acrylic pebbles, spangles are laid out on the transparent surface of the glass, placing a prepared drawing under it. Glue is applied to the rhinestones, and they are carefully glued along the outline of the sketch with a wooden skewer. When everything is ready, the pattern is replaced with a fabric base (velvet will look great). The picture is framed and hung on the wall.
Mosaic Patterns
It’s just great to get pictures - a mosaic of rhinestones, this activity is simple and exciting. The process resembles cross-stitch. Rhinestones are included in the ready-made kit, they are glued along pre-defined contours with tweezers on a fabric base with a sticky layer. Needlework will appeal to your child.
Swarovski crystals
Creating a picture of glitters is quite simple. Real masters make paintings with Swarovski crystals, get real works of art. For them, the background will be black or dark blue. It will allow rhinestones to look brighter and richer. Their sizes can be from 0.8 to 14.5 millimeters. This excellent material will convey all the splendor of the night sky filled with stars. Laying out the picture, you can use larger colored stones. But it must be borne in mind that by using heat-adhesive rhinestones at the same time and intended for fixing with glue, you can upset the balance. The first will stand out compared to the second rougher finish. At the same time, the rhinestones intended for glue fixing hold very firmly on a dense surface and are distinguished by high-quality grinding.
Sparkling masterpiece
At the end of the work, when a picture of a picture of rhinestones has already been laid out, you can supplement it with your own hands, using other expressive means and materials. For example, glosses, paints, sprayers, varnishes can be used. Then you need to let the picture dry. After that, it can be framed and hung on the wall. It will be an excellent complement to the interior, decorate your home. Such work will not be ashamed to present as a gift to a loved one. Work done with rhinestones pasted or sewn to the fabric will find wide application in everyday life. In addition to decorating the home, it is suitable for decorating clothes, bags. You can find many options where the pattern laid out of rhinestones will be appropriate.
Useful tips in conclusion
Having considered how to create pictures of rhinestones with your own hands, it is worth focusing on several important points. With all the apparent lightness, laying out drawings of stones and sparkles requires accuracy, perseverance and artistic skills. However, the lack of imagination is not a problem, because it is quite possible to find a ready-made interesting drawing, print it and use it to create a picture. You can translate your favorite sketch on the basis of a carbon paper. The greatest difficulties may arise when creating thin lines. Therefore, getting started, do not rush. Of course, Swarovski crystals are expensive material. Pictures created with their help are worth millions. But in everyday life it is quite possible to cope with the task, using their substitutes - rhinestones from crystal. The result will not disappoint you.