A painted egg, being the main attribute of Easter, from time immemorial has been considered not only a symbol of faith, but also a souvenir that is usually presented as a gift to loved ones. On the eve of the Easter holiday, each believing family paints and decorates chicken eggs, and masters of applied art make them from any materials at hand, creating small works of art. In England of the 17th-18th centuries, it was customary to cover Easter eggs with gold plating, while in Germany at the same time they were made of porcelain. In Rus', wood has always been considered the most accessible material, so it is not surprising that wooden Easter eggs have become part of our culture and history.

"Dream House" invites you to get acquainted with interesting ideas that will help you paint and decorate wooden eggs with your own hands, as well as tell you some interesting stories.

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Decorative wooden eggs for Easter: how it was before

Several centuries ago, wooden eggs, decorated with intricate paintings, were considered masterpieces of lacquer miniatures. Masters first gave wood desired shape, then they carefully polished it, applied a sketch, painted it with bright pigments, varnished it and dried the product in an oven. Most often, Christian symbols and faces of saints were applied to wooden eggs. However, these souvenirs were also often decorated with traditional patterns - Khokhloma painting, natural motifs, everyday scenes, etc. Today, old Easter eggs made of wood can be seen in museums or bought in souvenir shops. But also such an attractive and significant symbol of Christ's Resurrection can be made with your own hands.

Painting Easter eggs from wood

Painting wooden eggs - from simple to complex

Making and painting a wooden egg is a very complex and lengthy process that requires certain skills and technical equipment. However, to make an Easter souvenir with your own hands, you do not have to look for wood, cut it out and grind it, because today you can buy blanks of wooden eggs in almost every needlework store. The surface of these products is already prepared for painting, so you only need to choose the right paints and brushes that will bring any artistic ideas and fantasies to life.

Egg wooden blank

So, how to paint a wooden egg for Easter? To begin with, experts recommend deciding on a pattern and applying its contour to the surface of the product with a simple pencil. If you do not have outstanding artistic abilities, choose the most simple ornaments, in which there are no small intricate details. For example, it can be the emblem of Christ's Resurrection, images of vegetation or abstract symbols. After drawing a sketch, cover the product with light paint of a translucent texture or tinted varnish. The marked contours will protrude through the surface of the material, so you can accurately decorate the drawing. The image itself is best applied using bright acrylic paints, which dry quickly and almost do not flow. If your painting contains small details, use not a brush to apply them, but an ordinary toothpick or a sharpened match. The finished drawing should dry well, after which it can be covered with furniture varnish, which will lay on the surface of the product with a glossy transparent coating.

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How to decorate a wooden Easter egg

There is another interesting way that will allow you to turn a wooden egg into your personal work of art. To do this, add an ordinary candle to the standard decoration materials, the wax of which you need. Paint the surface of the wooden blank with light-colored paint, applying it in a uniform thin layer. When the paint is completely dry, mark the outline of your future drawing. If you are not sure that you can accurately reproduce the outline, prepare a paper template in advance and simply trace it. Next, light a candle, and tilt it over the drawing. You need to make sure that the dripping wax covers the borders of the pattern. But do not be discouraged if the wax goes beyond the contours, because. it can be easily scraped off with a toothpick. After that, take a paint of a different tone and completely paint over the egg. When the paint dries, you can easily peel off the wax, which will create a beautiful three-dimensional pattern on the product.

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How to color a wooden egg

If desired, the painting of a wooden egg can be supplemented with other materials - beads, beads, foil particles, etc.

Beautiful decor of wooden eggs

How to decorate a wooden Easter egg

Ideas for decorating wooden eggs

Wooden eggs for Easter can be decorated not only with painting, but also in other ways. Here are a few interesting ideas:

1. Decoupage

To make an Easter egg using the technique, pick up decoupage napkins and cut out suitable fragments from them. Next, paint the workpiece in one tone and, without waiting for drying, glue the prepared drawings to its surface. To keep the drawings well and look like a real painting, cover the product with a clear varnish.

How to decorate a wooden egg with your own hands

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2. Decorative threads

Easter eggs wrapped in threads look very original and unusual. To create such a souvenir, stick a thin needle into the central upper part of the product and wind a thread around it. Next, the surface of the egg must be smeared with glue, on which the thread will be laid. To make the souvenir look really beautiful and neat, the thread should be laid in turns, leaving no empty spaces. Having reached the middle, transfer the needle from one edge to the other, continuing to decorate the product with a thread. If desired, the surface of the finished Easter egg can be decorated with beads, beads or ribbons.

How to decorate a wooden egg with beads

3. Decorate with nail polish

The nail polish works great on a wooden surface, so it can be used as decoration for Easter eggs. Moreover, it is very convenient to draw patterns and ornaments with lacquer brushes. To make the design of a souvenir look truly expressive and bright, use varnishes of different textures - varnishes with sparkles, mother-of-pearl, shimmer, with a craquelure effect, etc. This design can be complemented with rhinestones, miniature beads, shimmering sequins, etc.

A series of painted Easter eggs: "Gzhel painting", "Gorodets painting", "Polkhov-Maidan painting"

Develop creativity, improve the ability to work with a brush and paints.
- Learn to draw traditional elements and ornaments, use color as a means of artistic expression.
- To cultivate love for the culture of their people, their traditions, customs, rituals.
- Introduce children to characteristic features paintings by Gzhel, Gorodetsky and Polkhov-Maidan masters.

I propose to make an Easter basket with your own hands, this craft requires some material costs, but it will decorate your interior well and will be a wonderful gift
In a foreign land I sacredly observe
Native custom of antiquity:
I release the bird
With the bright holidays of spring

Material:

Wooden egg molds, acrylic paints, brushes No. 1, 2, 4, palette, water glass, simple pencil, pictures with pattern samples, wood varnish.

Preparatory stage.

First, with brush number 4, paint the shapes in yellow, red and white (paint over 2-3 times if necessary).

First stage.

Second phase.

Third stage

If you want on Bright Sunday to please your loved one an unusual and beautiful gift, then pay attention to the master class on painting an Easter egg offered by our website. With his help, if there is a desire and necessary materials, you can create a wonderful souvenir that will keep the warmth and love of your heart for many years.

To paint an Easter egg, you will need the following materials and tools:

- wooden preparation of an egg;
- acrylic paint (white zinc) - will be used as a primer for wood;
- a set of acrylic paints;
- round, synthetic brushes of different sizes;
- acrylic, glossy varnish for arts and crafts;
- awl (used for convenience during painting);
- pencil;
- eraser;
- palette;
- jar.

1. Before you start painting a wooden egg with paints, you need to prime the workpiece. Paint the surface 2-3 times with white acrylic paint. Also, as a soil, you can use special professional squads for wood or simple PVA glue. After PVA glue, the workpiece will be slightly shiny, and protective film it will be transparent, and after acrylic the surface acquires a whitish tint, but the most characteristic wood pattern is preserved. If you have a desire to give painted eggs to all your friends, then it is better to prime the blanks all at once. Leave the primed egg to dry for at least 3 hours.

2. Put a wooden egg on an awl so that it is convenient for you to hold it when working with paints, and you do not smear the drawing or get dirty.
With a hard pencil, we apply the main elements of the drawing to the workpiece. We propose to draw Gorodets birds in the rose garden. In the middle of the egg, first draw one bird, and on the opposite side - the second. Surround the figures of birds with flowers, at this stage the elements do not need to be drawn, it is enough to create a beautiful, balanced composition.

3. The main colors present in the Gorodets painting are red, pink, blue, blue, green and yellow. As a rule, the basis of patterns - underpainting - is painted with paler shades of the above colors, so for the base, mix the colors with white. You should get circles of pink, blue and yellow shades. With mixed colors, paint the circles marked with a pencil. Try to evenly distribute circles of all colors on the surface of the workpiece.

4. Next, paint in green the foliage that frames the figures of birds. The leaves in this composition are designed to unite the entire composition so that the flowers do not look individually.
Then, with the same pink color that you used to paint the bases of the flowers, paint the wings of both birds.

5. The figures of birds themselves must be painted black. Do it carefully and take your time. Hold the blank for painting by the handle of the awl, if necessary, simply scroll the handle, and the egg will rotate around its own axis.

6. Let's move on to drawing the flowers and giving them a stylized volume. We start with "shading". Shading in Gorodets painting is the drawing of the details of elements in a darker color. For the blue base, prepare a dark blue saturated color, so that it is clearly visible on the blue underpainting.
Decorate the middle of the blue flower with a blue circle of small diameter. Then mark the petals with brackets.
On a pink flower, use a shade of red or burgundy. On the pink circle on the left side, draw a small circle, then draw the shape of a bud with a crescent moon and add petals at the end.
Repeat the same process with the yellow underpainting, only this time the paint color will be orange.

7. Also draw a shade on the leaves. It is better to start drawing from the bottom of the egg and move up.

8. The third stage of the Gorodets painting is “living up”. With the help of livening, you can transform, “revive” your painting. It is performed in lighter shades than underpainting, most often white.
We start with the same blue flower - first draw more petals, but smaller and place them on a circle with a smaller diameter than the blue petals. In the center, you can draw another small circle and add in large petals at a fairly noticeable point.
On pink and yellow flowers, emphasize the center by duplicating the outline of an oval or circle. Draw light petals on the bud, in the form of elongated, teardrop-shaped brackets located towards each other.
On the green foliage, also add 3-4 short strokes to imitate denticles or veins on the leaves.

9. When the blooming garden is finished, finish drawing the figures of the birds. On the tail of each bird, you need to draw several feathers. Alternately make 3 long strokes of pink and blue.
Then proceed to drawing the head - draw an eye, a beak. On the chest of the bird, make a "necklace" of dots of different sizes and drop-shaped strokes.

10. Draw a crest for the bird, add small feathers in small, short strokes. Draw a pattern on the wings, reminiscent of feathering on flowers and complemented by imitation feathers.

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What is poke painting? Poke- the simplest method folk paintings, and therefore even those who cannot draw can apply a drawing with it. As a poke, you can use a hygienic stick (for cleaning your ears), or you can make it yourself. In this article we will tell you how to make a do-it-yourself poke painting of eggs.

How to make a poke.

Choose a strong match. Ignite it and extinguish it almost immediately. Rub the head of the match with a napkin so that the burnt sulfur is completely crumbled. Wrap a piece of cotton wool stretched along the fiber around the match about half way. Stop the winding motion, bend the top edge of the piece of cotton "towards you" and continue to gently wind the cotton around the match.

It is fashionable to use toothpicks and cotton swabs.

Prepare as many pokes as you want to use for future flowers and berries. Don't forget about an extra poke for the heart of the flowers (most likely it will be yellow).

Painting eggs in poke technique. Instruction.

You will need:
- wooden blank;
- an awl or a large needle;
- paints (gouache, watercolor, tempera, acrylic, water-based);
- cotton swab or swab;
- squirrel brush No. 2;
- a piece of foam rubber;
- a palette (a white saucer, a piece of plexiglass, a white tile);
- lacquer nitro or oil (PF-283, AK, NTs furniture).

With a screwing motion, put the workpiece on an awl or a long needle. With a piece of foam rubber, “powdering” movements, apply water-based paint or tempera to the workpiece - this will create the effect of a shell.

Prepare on the palette gouache, acrylic or tempera of the consistency of liquid sour cream in two close tones, for example, dark and light pink. It is better if shades of the same color are next to each other. Pick up the paint on the poke with a screwing motion (the match is parallel to the palette!). If you've picked up too much paint, remove it on a clean area of ​​the palette. Before making a print on the work surface, check the poke die on the paper. "Print" flower petals according to any of the proposed schemes.

You can “print” the petals first with a dark color, and then overlay a lighter one on top. And you can get the hang of simultaneously dialing dark and light colors on a poke. Choose the right color for the heart of the flower: yellow or yellow-orange - and apply it also with a poke. If you have a good eye, you can first apply flower cores over the entire surface of the egg, and then place petals around them. With the help of a brush with a stroke or a “droplet” technique, draw green leaves. When all the flowers are applied, draw blades of grass with arbitrary movements of the squirrel brush.

Coat the product with varnish (PF or NC) with a brush or by dipping.

The article uses materials from the book “Encyclopedia. . Techniques-receptions-products. 250 gifts for every taste. Ast-press. To fully familiarize yourself with the materials of the book, we advise you to purchase it from distributors or the publisher.

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