Decorating the interior, you can use various fashion trends. One of the latter is paintings made on the basis of natural materials. You can create such a picture yourself, you just need to use the tools at hand.
What can such art bring
The idea of creating paintings from natural materials was spread due to the desire for naturalness and naturalness of the surrounding objects. This direction is also called phyto painting.
People who are drawn to art and love it create paintings from natural materials for their own pleasure. Although for some, such an occupation also brings additional income.
To start making paintings from natural materials, just one desire is not enough. Patience, good imagination, and free time will also come in handy.
Pictures created from natural materials will help to decorate not only a home interior, but also a public or workplace. That is, with such a work of art, you can update the atmosphere in a restaurant or office. Pictures will create an atmosphere of comfort, warmth and naturalness.
Materials required to create paintings
To get started, you need to purchase the basic components. These include:
- frames;
- cardboard;
- brushes;
- paints;
- paper;
- tweezers;
- scissors;
- glue;
- the pencils.
All other items can be found in a forest or park, in a flower shop, on a field, on a beach, on a windowsill or in a kitchen. Almost any natural materials are suitable for such creativity.
You need to start work with simple postcards. Having learned how to do basic things, you can move on to creating panels and collages. Volumetric paintings can be made if all the previous steps are mastered.
Preparation of materials
The background of paintings from natural materials is done with gouache or ordinary watercolors. Further, natural components are taken into the work, such as flowers, blades of grass, berries, stems, stones, branches, shells, bark, corn, feathers, beans, seeds, poppy seeds, peas, cereals, nuts, acorns, seeds, moss, bones, eggs or nutshells, corals, fish scales, straw, sand, etc., created by nature.
Some materials need to be dried, such as stems, flowers, blades of grass. There are several nuances in the preparation of raw materials. Sometimes it is important to preserve the color, texture and shape of the plants when dried. Therefore, various technologies are used to obtain the desired result.
To dry leaves, flowers, seeds, grass and fluff, a wardrobe folder is needed, which is placed under the press. This is necessary to obtain a flat shape of the materials. Collecting flowers also has its own subtleties. So, the younger the flower, the more juicy color it has. Pelargoniums, dahlias, fall foliage, peonies and asters retain their color for a long time. And flowers such as pansies, nasturtiums or lilies quickly lose their natural color. To prevent this from happening, it is necessary to dry such materials as quickly as possible.
Glass, cardboard, leather, fabric, paper, metal are suitable as the basis for the future picture. The soft web is usually attached to a hard surface.
To create a volumetric background, putty, wax, dry mixes and gypsum are used. Sometimes double-sided tape is used.
Collages are created in three styles: vegetative, decorative and landscape. The first style is aimed at conveying the beauty of plants. It is important to point out the structure of the stems and blades of grass, the grace of the petals, the color scheme, the patterns of the veins.
The decorative style does not limit the imagination of the master. Intricate shapes, rich colors and unique ways of presenting the material are appropriate. To enhance the artistic effect, such paintings are placed in frames.
The landscape style carries the beauty of nature. With the help of it, the sea, sunset, seasons, mountains and forest are transmitted.
Work process
First you need to decide what will be shown in the picture. Then you should prepare the necessary materials. A sketch of the future painting is drawn on cardboard or some other basis. After that, materials are laid out on top of the picture. This helps to think through the shape, texture and color. This is followed by gluing natural materials to the base.
Such an activity can act as a therapy during stressful situations. This will help calm the nerves, evoke joyful emotions, and energize.
