Cutting out three-dimensional multilayer paintings from plain paper is a fascinating hobby. If you decide to try your hand at this type of art, start with simple paper paintings, the creation of which will allow you to become familiar with the intricacies of this type of needlework.
We offer a simple and step-by-step master class, familiarization with which will allow you to create a three-dimensional picture cut out of paper with your own hands. This will not take much time, and the materials necessary for the work will always be found in any home.
We will need:
- wooden frame;
- blue, white, golden paper;
- liquid glitter;
- Styrofoam;
- wire;
- stationery knife;
- double sided tape;
- glue.
- Before making a picture out of paper, treat the wooden frame with white paint. It is more convenient to use aerosol paints. Please note that the front part of our fake will be the back side of the frame. While the paint dries, you can proceed to preparing the background. To do this, cut out a rectangle from blue paper. It must fully correspond in size to the internal dimensions of the frame.
- On a piece of white paper, draw several trees with intersecting branches. To make cutting easier, shade several intersections with a simple pencil. Place the second one under the first sheet. Start cutting out the shaded areas. After this, separate the sheets and trim the cuts with a knife.
- Carefully fold the edges of both sheets to give them volume. Also tuck the tree trunks by making small cuts and fixing them with glue. It is more convenient to do this work using an awl. Glue a few pieces of foam onto the bottom sheet and then attach the second sheet onto it. Space is formed between the paper snowdrifts, which creates the effect of layering and volume.
- Now, using a stationery figured perforation knife, make several dozen round “snowflakes”. Similarly, cut out several circles of different sizes from colored paper. If you don't have one, use liquid gloss.
- On the third sheet of white paper, draw a tall tree with thin and long branches, carefully cut it out. After all the parts are ready, you can begin assembling the “cuttings,” as paper paintings are also called. To do this, alternately glue layers of paper on top of each other. A step-by-step diagram of assembling the picture is given below.
- Our multi-layer paper painting is ready, it’s time to frame it. Measure the center at the top of the frame, screw the wire twisted into a loop. Then thread a wire or rope through the loop so that the picture can be hung on the wall. Glue several strips of double-sided tape inside the frame and carefully place the picture.
- The craft is ready! Now you can safely decorate your home with a paper painting made by yourself.
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As you can see, with a little effort and a little patience, you can create unusual paintings. The principle of their manufacture remains unchanged: pre-prepared layers of paper with cut-out elements are alternately applied to the prepared background. Pieces of foam plastic are most often used as a separator. This material is practically weightless and adheres well to paper. If cutting out pictures captivates you, feel free to try creating more complex crafts. Imagination, patience, accuracy - this is what you will need.
Every interior should have its own flair, and often the simplest and most elegant option to bring uniqueness to a room is a painting.
But how to find something that will decorate your bedroom, living room or other room? Most likely, you will have to pay a large sum of money for an original work.
But if you don’t expect to spend extra money, but still want to have something original, then it’s quite possible to make an interesting painting with your own hands.
At the same time, it is not at all necessary to be able to draw well. After all, paintings in the usual sense have long replaced three-dimensional images on the walls, abstract ideas embodied in a variety of techniques.
DIY fabric paintings
All high-quality canvases are made on a fabric basis. However, the modern interpretation of such paintings changes our view of art.
Modular fabric paintings have become very popular. But making them yourself is not so difficult. In stores now you can find a lot of fabrics with very beautiful, interesting and bright prints.
If you like one of them, then you can safely buy it and make an original piece of decor.
Modular picture
To create a room decoration such as a modular picture made of fabric, you will need a base in addition to the selected material. It could even be a door from an old cabinet or a piece of chipboard that could easily be lying around somewhere in the garage after renovation.
Cut out several pieces from the base to the size of your fabric and cover the tree with it. Make sure that the fabric is well stretched and does not form wrinkles. Your painting is almost ready. All that remains is to attach the hooks with which it will be attached to the wall.
Most often, such paintings consist of three or more modules, which may be the same size or different. Their shape can also be different.
The most common and easiest to manufacture are square and rectangular elements. But there are round, oval and other forms of modules for paintings. Frames for picture modules are not needed in this case.
Paintings from clothes
Even a T-shirt can decorate your interior. It often happens that stains or holes appear on clothes that you have not worn for very long, and their colors are still bright. You don’t have to throw away a seemingly damaged item, but make an original painting out of it.
Cut out a rectangle with an image from your clothing, glue it onto paper and place it in a frame. The photo shows that such paintings depicting cartoon characters will fit perfectly into the interior of a children's room.
Embroidery
In some ways, embroidery can also be classified as fabric paintings. This method of interior decoration is not new. Even our great-grandmothers had at least one hand-embroidered image in their house.
However, to embroider a picture, you still need some skills and patience. This method is not suitable for everyone, but if you do needlework, then hand-embroidered pictures can say a lot about you as a housewife.
Three-dimensional paintings
Relief images on the wall are also very popular as decorative elements in the interior. Three-dimensional paintings can be made with plaster on the wall even before its finishing.
But such decoration can only take place if there are no plans to stick wallpaper on the wall.
Note!
The method of making such paintings requires training and a considerable amount of time. Therefore, it will not suit everyone.
Paper paintings
There is an easier way to make a three-dimensional image. For this you will need colored paper or cardboard. Cut out several figures of the same or different sizes from it. These could be, for example, butterflies.
Using pins or double-sided tape, attach them to the wall in a chaotic manner or forming some kind of pattern. Your paper painting will look more impressive if you choose a color that contrasts with the tone of the wall itself.
The butterflies themselves can also be of different colors. Such a picture will sparkle with new colors when artificial lighting is turned on, so it will look most advantageous in rooms where the light is turned on most often, for example, in the corridor.
If your house has a staircase to the second floor, then kittens in different poses placed on the wall adjacent to the steps will look original.
Paintings from bushings
Rolls of toilet paper or paper towels will help you create voluminous decor with images of flowers and leaves. It is enough to flatten the cylinder a little and cut it into equal parts approximately 2-3 cm wide.
Note!
To make the flowers brighter and the leaves stand out in color even before work begins, the bushings can be painted in different colors. The individual parts of the sleeve should be placed so that a flower is formed, so it is possible to create entire compositions.
Artificial flower paintings
The easiest to make are paintings made from artificial flowers or other decorative elements. The main thing here is to beautifully glue the finished parts onto the base.
For this technique you will need a frame, a plain material and the image itself. Cover a sheet of paper with fabric, wrapping its edges and gluing it on the back side.
Then, having first removed the glass from the frame, insert the base of your picture into it and glue artificial flowers or other details (shells, dry twigs, etc.) to it. Finally, you can decorate the frame with beads.
If you already have a finished canvas, then there are many master classes on how to decorate a painting that is already boring to you and thereby update the interior.
Note!
A flat image of nature or still life can look completely different if several three-dimensional details are attached to it.
This can be either an image cut out of paper or natural materials in the form of dry leaves or even butterflies.
Photos of paintings with your own hands
Every resident of an apartment building dreams of diversifying their typical home with a standard layout with unusual decor that none of the neighbors will have.
One of these original ideas is voluminous sculptural compositions on the walls, which can be made independently from paper, fabric, putty, plaster and other materials.
Here are several practical master classes that will allow you to make a three-dimensional painting yourself, adding some zest to the interior.
Master class on making a simple 3D paper painting
An ordinary appliqué made of colored paper, transferred to the wall, becomes a whole original painting or panel, it can even be called a sculpture. Three-dimensional paper paintings are very easy to make, so with minimal creative skills you can create an unusual and unique composition yourself.
To make a 3D painting, you need the following tools and materials:
- a frame with high sides (you can replace it with an empty box of chocolates);
- paper knife;
- a simple pencil, ruler and scissors;
- scrapbooking paper with a design or pattern;
- a piece of coated paper or thin cardboard;
- PVA glue.
Operating procedure:
- The first thing you need to do is cut out a “canvas” from coated paper or cardboard on which the elements of the composition will be glued.
- Next, you need to draw a diagram of the arrangement of volumetric elements on the “canvas” with a simple pencil.
- On a separate piece of paper, draw a sketch of a three-dimensional element for the future painting, for example, a heart. Carefully cut out the resulting template. If you can’t draw beautifully by hand, you can use ready-made templates purchased in a store or printed on a printer.
- Attach the heart template to the prepared coated paper and trace along the outline with a pencil. Similarly, in accordance with a well-thought-out scheme, arrange a few more hearts.
- Using a paper knife, make cuts along the sides of the drawn hearts, bypassing the top and bottom middle, as shown in the photo.
- Carefully bend the two cut out halves of the heart towards each other to give it volume.
- Glue thin cardboard with cut-out volumetric elements on top of a sheet of scrapbooking paper so that the bright backing shows through.
- All that remains is to place the finished picture in a frame and hang it on the wall.
Using this technique, fluttering butterflies, blooming flowers, and a voluminous dress on a girl look very good.
Creating paintings on the wall using the technique of volumetric decoupage
Volumetric decoupage, or paperthol, is a special technique for creating three-dimensional images directly on the wall. It is quite simple to do, but still requires certain skills and accuracy. A practical master class will tell you how to make three-dimensional paper paintings with your own hands using the three-dimensional decoupage technique.
What you need for work:
- paper for paper - it must be thick and heavy;
- silicone glue;
- polymer clay;
- towel and paper napkins;
- polyurethane varnish;
- scissors, brushes, pencil or felt-tip pen;
- tweezers (for working with small details of the composition).
Execution order:
- First, outline the diagram of the future painting directly on the wall.
- Then cut out your chosen design from decoupage paper or napkin. A very wide workpiece can be divided into two or three parts for ease of gluing.
- The elements of the painting are first dipped in warm water and then blotted with a paper towel.
- On the wrong side, coat the workpiece or parts thereof with silicone decoupage glue, attach it to the wall and lightly press it with a paper towel. It is necessary to very carefully adjust the joints of the parts of the composition to each other, and also iron the image to avoid the formation of bubbles and remove excess glue.
- Next, we proceed to give our picture volume. Cut a copy of the blank glued to the wall into elements. Apply glue to one of the components of the picture, and attach a piece of quick-drying polymer clay to the wall in the place where it should be located, additionally spreading it with glue on top. The processed piece of the painting is lightly soaked in water, blotted with a towel, smeared with glue again and glued to the clay.
- After several hours, when the image is completely dry and the clay has hardened, the painting is varnished using a thin paint brush.
In this way, a variety of relief designs are created on the wall. In the photo you can see examples of work done using the volumetric decoupage technique.
Wall painting made from putty
To create three-dimensional paintings from putty on the wall, you need to have certain artistic skills, patience and a huge amount of time. This work is very painstaking. And yet, a three-dimensional painting made and designed with one’s own hands is worth putting such a large amount of work into it.
How exactly you will draw your picture depends on how large and complex the drawing or pattern will be, what application technique is used to create it. The master class will tell you the procedure.
First of all, it is necessary to carry out preparatory work:
- The section of the wall where the painting is planned to be placed is cleaned, plastered and primed.
- Dry putty is diluted with water to a dough consistency.
- Using a wide spatula, apply the resulting solution to the wall. The layer thickness is 1.5-2 mm, no less, to prevent the formation of cracks on the working surface.
- When the putty has dried, a sketch of the design is applied to the prepared area with a pencil. You can use ready-made templates or stencils.
A spatula or a syringe can be used as a painting brush. When drawing with a spatula, hold it at an angle away from you, pushing the putty towards the intended lines of the future drawing and thus forming a three-dimensional element. Carefully remove unnecessary putty residues with a dry spatula and then allow the painting to dry.
Before starting such work, it is better to first practice a little on surfaces that are not so often visible, for example, in a closet, or use a separate sheet of drywall.
Every resident of an apartment building dreams of diversifying their typical home with a standard layout with unusual decor that none of the neighbors will have.
One of these original ideas is voluminous sculptural compositions on the walls, which can be made independently from paper, fabric, putty, plaster and other materials.
Here are several practical master classes that will allow you to make a three-dimensional painting yourself, adding some zest to the interior.
Master class on making a simple 3D paper painting
An ordinary appliqué made of colored paper, transferred to the wall, becomes a whole original painting or panel, it can even be called a sculpture. Three-dimensional paper paintings are very easy to make, so with minimal creative skills you can create an unusual and unique composition yourself.
To make a 3D painting, you need the following tools and materials:
- a frame with high sides (you can replace it with an empty box of chocolates);
- paper knife;
- a simple pencil, ruler and scissors;
- scrapbooking paper with a design or pattern;
- a piece of coated paper or thin cardboard;
- PVA glue.
Operating procedure:
- The first thing you need to do is cut out a “canvas” from coated paper or cardboard on which the elements of the composition will be glued.
- Next, you need to draw a diagram of the arrangement of volumetric elements on the “canvas” with a simple pencil.
- On a separate piece of paper, draw a sketch of a three-dimensional element for the future painting, for example, a heart. Carefully cut out the resulting template. If you can’t draw beautifully by hand, you can use ready-made templates purchased in a store or printed on a printer.
- Attach the heart template to the prepared coated paper and trace along the outline with a pencil. Similarly, in accordance with a well-thought-out scheme, arrange a few more hearts.
- Using a paper knife, make cuts along the sides of the drawn hearts, bypassing the top and bottom middle, as shown in the photo.
- Carefully bend the two cut out halves of the heart towards each other to give it volume.
- Glue thin cardboard with cut-out volumetric elements on top of a sheet of scrapbooking paper so that the bright backing shows through.
- All that remains is to place the finished picture in a frame and hang it on the wall.
Using this technique, fluttering butterflies, blooming flowers, and a voluminous dress on a girl look very good.
Creating paintings on the wall using the technique of volumetric decoupage
Volumetric decoupage, or paperthol, is a special technique for creating three-dimensional images directly on the wall. It is quite simple to do, but still requires certain skills and accuracy. A practical master class will tell you how to make three-dimensional paper paintings with your own hands using the three-dimensional decoupage technique.
What you need for work:
- paper for paper - it must be thick and heavy;
- silicone glue;
- polymer clay;
- towel and paper napkins;
- polyurethane varnish;
- scissors, brushes, pencil or felt-tip pen;
- tweezers (for working with small details of the composition).
Execution order:
- First, outline the diagram of the future painting directly on the wall.
- Then cut out your chosen design from decoupage paper or napkin. A very wide workpiece can be divided into two or three parts for ease of gluing.
- The elements of the painting are first dipped in warm water and then blotted with a paper towel.
- On the wrong side, coat the workpiece or parts thereof with silicone decoupage glue, attach it to the wall and lightly press it with a paper towel. It is necessary to very carefully adjust the joints of the parts of the composition to each other, and also iron the image to avoid the formation of bubbles and remove excess glue.
- Next, we proceed to give our picture volume. Cut a copy of the blank glued to the wall into elements. Apply glue to one of the components of the picture, and attach a piece of quick-drying polymer clay to the wall in the place where it should be located, additionally spreading it with glue on top. The processed piece of the painting is lightly soaked in water, blotted with a towel, smeared with glue again and glued to the clay.
- After several hours, when the image is completely dry and the clay has hardened, the painting is varnished using a thin paint brush.
In this way, a variety of relief designs are created on the wall. In the photo you can see examples of work done using the volumetric decoupage technique.
Wall painting made from putty
To create three-dimensional paintings from putty on the wall, you need to have certain artistic skills, patience and a huge amount of time. This work is very painstaking. And yet, a three-dimensional painting made and designed with one’s own hands is worth putting such a large amount of work into it.
How exactly you will draw your picture depends on how large and complex the drawing or pattern will be, what application technique is used to create it. The master class will tell you the procedure.
