Decoupage at the moment seems to be in style! It is used to swathe plant pots, cases, boxes, vases, bottles plus even candlesticks, to good effect. We regularly happen to come across it in souvenir shops while we are looking for presents along with the canvas art, candles, ornaments etc.
This really is not an expensive pastime, except you do require a degree of patience for this! Once you have grasped the idea there are unlimited bits and pieces that you could without a doubt cover. Therefore, with the various delightful papers that you can draw on for this, it is possible to make use of pictures like you observe on art posters, representing times from a different era.
Luckily enough, within craft shops, they do sell some lovely sheets principally for this. If not you may well cut up Christmas or birthday cards, magazine pictures, or, I suppose, even snaps of your pets or family!
If it is terracotta or wood clean your article in the first place and ensure that it is dry before you go on. At the outset you will need to gather your cut outs and then shuffle them around to make up your composition. Now choose a suitable colour for the background of your article and give it a coat of acrylic paint.
Should you be using an open type of article, such as a bowl, this will require painting both inside and out. Right now be patient and put it somewhere to become dry where it will not accumulate dust. In the meantime mix up a bowl of some run of the mill household wallpaper adhesive. We have currently arrived at the tricky bit!
You can at this point use a narrow household paintbrush, say around an inch wide, to painstakingly paste your cut out pieces on the reverse of them and then firmly attach them to your article. As you put on each piece conscientiously use an old rag to push it downward and give it a wipe over.
Depending on how big your cut outs are, I would odds-on paste larger cut outs on first. Allow plenty of time for these to dry thoroughly. So, in this instance, I would at least give it a day. Once you have reached this stage you should now apply a coating of polyurethane to your work.
If your article is a garden tub with an inside to it which is wide open, paint the interior surface first. After that place it to dry once more over night. The next day you can carry on and polyurethane the outer surface. At this point you can wash your paint brush with some mineral spirit.
Your next stage is to use a somewhat darker color of paint to encompass your article, equally inside as well as out. On the other hand, before this really dries, use a piece of kitchen roll to get the paint off, enabling your cut outs to gleam through. Leave overnight!
The next day you can draw on your polyurethane yet again to put on yet a further coat on top of the whole of your chosen article.
The author of this "How To" article, Anna Meenaghan, also operates an online interactive art community where you can find more helpful articles on art & crafts as well as all things related to art ranging from canvas art through to art posters. The site also serves as a meeting point for artists & art enthusiasts alike.
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