Therefore, a decoupage is able to master every person who is able to hold the brush and scissors in their hands. If you are still admired by the photographs of decoupage creations, but very dreamed of trying to decorate something with your own hands, then it's time to start acting!
Below are useful tips for future departure masters, which only make the first steps on their creative path. They will help beginners to avoid typical problems with whom everyone has come across anyone who tried to comprehend the secrets of this art on their own.
Choose napkins
Napkin Napkin Return!
From the quality of paper on which the drawing is printed, the result of the work depends largely. Of course, experienced artists who have already trained in gluing thousand napkins on different surfaces can even work with problematic material. But after the first job, a desire to continue and self-improvement, positive emotions are needed. Therefore, do not bother and purchase good napkins: from high-quality paper, with a clear pattern, two- or three-layer (for decoupage only the upper, the thinnest layer of the napkin) is used). And you can find in specialized stores for creativity, and in ordinary "products for home "
Smooth background
Before decorating with napkin flowers, a wooden item must be painted with soil or acrylic paint.
Forget about painting brushes! Even on several layers, the paint will be noticeable traces from the bristles. For small items, your indispensable assistants will be ordinary sips (for convenience they can be cut into several different applicators in size). And if you swung on the transformation of an old chest, a table or another massive interior item - choose a small foam roller in a construction store. There you can also purchase acrylic paint in a painter volume, because the purchase of an artistic acrylic for such large-scale decoupage projects will noticeably hit your budget.
Wrinkle Down!
Smooth gluing pattern on the surface can turn into a real headache. Thin paper does not strive to break, air and crack bubbles are formed under it. Without panic!
You will need:
- Capacity with PVA glue (diluted with water 1: 1).
- File for documents.
- Water in the pulverizer.
- Acrylic varnish.
- Rubber roller.
Operating procedure:
- Apply one layer of varnish to the decorated primed surface (this item is easier, just to move and dissolve on the smooth surface.
- Apply to the surface of the file carved from the napkin facial side down and richly moisten it with water from the spray.
- Tip: If the napkin is very thin, then cover it with a hairpiece and swallow a hot iron through paper.
- Spite the napkin in the pool of water and gently drain the water from the file.
- Attach a file with a napkin (paper down) to the decorative surface.
- Ride the rubber roller over the file to drive out all air bubbles and stuck the napkin.
- Remove the file and wake the PVA napkin.
As you can see, not everything is so difficult, as it seems.
But if you are still not confident in your abilities and fear immediately decorating the thing that is sorry to spoil, begin to reflect the items that exist in almost every home: empty wine bottles or glass jars, old wooden cutting boards, photo frames.