Having mastered the fascinating and simple decoupage of bottles for beginners, ordinary and non-standard bottles of wine, cognac, champagne or bottles that have not yet been drunk can be turned into real works of art that will pleasantly surprise, delight the eye, and as a gift touch to the depths of the soul. What could be better than a gift made with your own hands, in which warmth, love and a piece of your soul are invested?

An original bottle, which is difficult to find a worthy use for, but would also be a pity to throw away, can easily be turned into an exclusive decanter for alcoholic beverages or an unusual flower vase using the decoupage technique. The best part is that this unique technique is available to absolutely everyone, because it does not require special skills or special material and physical costs. The main thing is a great desire, a little free time and a lot of creativity!

Interior decorations from glass containers

What is hidden behind the mysterious word “decoupage”

Decoupage is a word of French origin, which translated simply means “cutting”. This is a special decorative technique, close to collage and applique, which consists of cutting out images from a wide variety of materials (paper, wood, fabrics, leather, etc.), which are then attached or glued to furniture, dishes, textiles and other types of surfaces for decoration.

In modern decoupage, pictures printed by printing are most often used, and this is not surprising, because paper applications can be glued to almost all types of surfaces - flower pots, vases, bottles, wooden kitchen boards, mugs, books, candles. So, an ordinary white plate can be turned into an amazing wall panel, a chic flower vase can be made from a nondescript bottle, and why not decorate your favorite... toilet bowl with cute daisies or forget-me-nots?! 🙂

The scope for imagination in decoupage is truly limitless! Of course, not just any paper is suitable for decoupage. Most often, three-layer paper napkins of original colors are used, which can be purchased in almost any store. This decoupage technique is called napkin technique. It is actually very convenient: the design you like is carefully cut out along the contour, glued and covered with a protective layer of varnish.

What you need to decoupage bottles

• A clean glass bottle, convenient for decoupage - even, without unnecessary bulges.
• Three-layer napkins with a selected pattern (for beginners, it is advisable to stock up on several napkins in case of damage), special decoupage cards, clippings of favorite pictures from magazines, printouts, etc.
• A product for degreasing the glass surface of a bottle (alcohol, acetone, solvent, nail polish remover).
• To prime the surface of the bottle you will need regular acrylic paint, which can be bought at any hardware store.
• Special decoupage glue or the most common PVA glue.
• Brushes for work of different thicknesses - it is better to take flat ones and always synthetic ones, since natural ones may leave hairs on the surface being treated.
• Colored acrylic paints.
• Acrylic varnish - it looks milky white, but when it dries it becomes transparent.
• Additional decorative elements - sparkles, beads, rhinestones, bows, ribbons.
• One-step or two-step craquelure varnish - if you want to create an antique effect.
• Nail scissors for cutting out selected motif fragments.
• Painting tape for sealing areas not intended for painting.
• Foam roller or piece of foam rubber.
• Disposable plates or special trays for paints and varnishes.
• Sandpaper.
• Rags

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Step-by-step guide to decoupage with napkins

• Preparing the surface

First of all, we clean the bottle of labels - soak it in a soapy solution and use sandpaper to wipe off the remaining paper and glue. Now the surface must be degreased with alcohol, vodka, solvent, acetone, nail polish remover or high-quality detergent for glass.

• Prime the surface of the bottle

It is not at all necessary to prime the surface, but it is the background that will give the composition integrity and completeness, and the fragments of the drawings will look brighter and clearer. The background can be made either over the entire surface of the bottle, or only in those places where you are going to place the motif. To prime the bottle, pour a little acrylic paint of a suitable color into a wide jar or bowl and, if necessary, dilute it with water to a consistency reminiscent of liquid sour cream. The background color should be chosen taking into account the color of the selected image. The bottle should be slightly lighter than the base color of the napkin. Using a foam roller or sponge, apply primer to the surface of the bottle. For greater saturation, two or three layers of paint may be needed. Allow the first coat to dry before applying the second coat. To speed up the process, you can use a hairdryer.

• Cut out motifs for gluing

Take a three-layer paper napkin and use nail scissors to carefully cut out the motifs you like. You don’t have to cut out the picture, but carefully tear it out, then the clear boundaries of the picture will not be visible on the bottle and it will better “fit” into the background. Separate the top layer of the napkin. This is exactly what we need for gluing. For decoupage, you can use not only napkins, but also magazine clippings, reproductions, any other pictures you like, and even printouts made on a printer. If the paper is too thick, first apply several layers of acrylic varnish to the picture, give each layer time to dry completely, soak everything in water for 20 minutes so that the paper is thoroughly soaked. Then the paper is very carefully peeled off from the reverse side of the picture. Now the thin picture can be safely glued to the base. If everything is done properly, the picture will look like it was painted!

• Glue motifs onto the bottle

You can glue pictures with special decoupage glue, as well as undiluted or diluted with water PVA glue (in a 1x1 ratio). We place the napkins dry on a dry surface, and then “coat” them with a brush with glue from the middle to the edges, removing all bubbles and wrinkles. For testing, you can practice on an unnecessary bottle and napkin. Before use, decoupage cards must be soaked briefly in warm water, removed and dried on a towel. All these steps should be performed with extreme caution so as not to accidentally tear the picture. If you are using a decoupage card, grease it on the back side with PVA glue, apply the center to the bottle and, starting from the center, gradually straighten it along the front side with a brush with glue, avoiding the formation of bubbles and folds. You can glue several motifs on the widest part of the bottle, or distribute large and small elements over the entire surface.

Foil is a luxurious, elegant, and at the same time very fragile material for decoration, especially if you are going to create a vase decor with your own hands. That's why many people are afraid to work with her. But those who tried it were not disappointed, because the end result always exceeds their fears.

You can use foil to decorate the surfaces of various things you have made yourself. It is easy to work with porous materials - wood, ceramics, clay, paper, MDF plates. Foil glued to glass, porcelain, metal, or mirror looks even more impressive. This work is facilitated by special devices.

Currently, foil is offered in several types and colors. It can be monochromatic - the color of gold, silver, copper, or variegated, for example, gold with blue and red spots. It looks like a smooth, even sheet, sometimes crumpled or crushed.

Whatever foil you choose, the process is similar. The most important thing is to glue the foil with a special glue, do not glue it with any other glue. This glue, when dried, remains sticky, which is why the foil is held on to it. To make it easier to glue on glass, porcelain, mirrors, metal, choose an adhesive for slippery surfaces that does not spread very much and is easier to handle.

Even a drop of water can change the color of the foil (most often it turns green), so varnish it only with alcohol varnish - acrylic is not suitable.

Many auxiliary means for gilding are offered. These are various patinas, gilding pastes, colored varnish. However, it is better to use them when you have already gotten used to working with the foil itself.

Decorating a vase with foil

You can cover an entire object with foil, for example, a frame, a box, or just highlight its edges; the edges can be combined with another technique - mosaic, decoupage, painting, collage, and you can also “draw” with foil, and this is done quite simply.

To decorate the vase you will need:

Glass, decanter.
. Liquid adhesive milk for foil.
. Foil.
. Alcohol varnish for foil.
. Rhinestones.
. Brushes.

Prepare a glass decanter that can act as a vase or a regular glass vase. Wash thoroughly, dry and wipe with alcohol.

Apply a design to the surface of the vase with a thin soft brush using special milk for foil. You can choose a fragment of a flower, an ornament, or write a name, initials, or date of the event. After drying, the milk remains sticky.

Grab the foil with a brush and, bringing it to the glass, press lightly. Thus, cover the entire surface spread with milk. The vase (or decanter) looks as if it was gilded, as if over time the beautiful gold design has darkened, worn out, cracked in places and has become barely visible.

Milk for foil dries very quickly and becomes transparent (you can’t see where it is smeared and where it is not), so work in stages, decorate small fragments of the glass surface. It should also be noted that you can decorate with foil not only glass surfaces, but also paper, for example, those made will perfectly complement a piece of foil.

Only after gluing all the foil will you clearly see the contours of the design. Having finished with this, gently rub the areas covered with foil with a soft cloth so that you press the pieces of foil even better, and the excess will simply fall off.

Decorate the decor of a decanter or vase with shiny rhinestones using a thin brush. To do this, apply a little alcohol varnish for the foil and glue the rhinestones.

Cover the areas decorated with foil with the same varnish; it will protect the foil layer and will not change color. Try not to touch the glass itself, use a thin brush.

Objects decorated in this way cannot be washed, they are not suitable for everyday use, but such impracticality is redeemed by their fragile, delicate melting beauty. Now look through one of the sections of our website about other DIY methods.

If you want to paint wine glasses for yourself or as a gift, for a wedding or a theme party, rest assured that you will get great pleasure from creativity - because it is done easily, quickly and inexpensively.

Before you start step by step master class by painting glasses with your own hands, you need to decide on the future design of your wine glasses, so we invite you to get inspired and learn original ideas“glass” decor in the next chapter.

Painting glasses and wine glasses can vary in drawing technique, degree of complexity, use of materials and, of course, subject matter.

Master class No. 1: Confetti style glasses

Wine glasses decorated with small peas look very festive and can be either elegant, as in the photo below, or cheerful, multi-colored. The circles are associated with champagne bubbles or bright confetti.

Difficulty level: very simple.

What you will need: acrylic or contour paints for glass and ceramics; regular nail polish is also suitable (but acrylic paints are much more durable) or a special marker for painting dishes. To degrease the wine glasses, prepare nail polish remover, degreaser or alcohol, for drawing - cotton swabs, a pencil with an eraser at the end or a small hard synthetic brush, and to correct the drawing - cotton pads and swabs.

Painting technique:

1. Wash and degrease the glass thoroughly with alcohol or another product using cotton pads or napkins.
2. Now you can start drawing circles. Squeeze a little paint into a small container or just onto foil (paper, file).

Turn the glass over and start placing dots from top to bottom, maintaining the same interval between them. You can draw points as in this master class, that is, starting from large to small, gradually increasing the distance between them. Otherwise, the dots can be the same size, different in color, and they can also form a pattern or pattern (point to point or pique technique), and also slightly overlap each other.

Advice:

• It is convenient to place large dots with a pencil eraser, and small ones with a brush or a cotton swab with a pointed end, as in the photo below (scroll through).

• It is better to maintain a distance of about 2 cm from the edge of the glass to the drawing, especially if the paint is toxic.
• If you draw with contours, then first you need to practice placing small, medium and large dots on paper at the same distance from each other and with the same degree of pressure on the tube.

1. Now you need to let the paint dry. Drying methods largely depend on the paint; usually the manufacturer specifies drying time and firing instructions.

• As a rule, painting acrylic paints or contours require firing if you want to use the glasses often and wash them in the dishwasher. To do this, you need to put the glasses in the oven at a temperature of 150-170 degrees for 30 minutes, and then turn off the oven and, without removing the glasses from it, let them cool naturally;
• The markers dry for 24 hours and do not need to be fired;

• Nail polish dries quickly, but the design will not last long, so this option is not suitable for decorating gift or wedding glasses that you want to keep as a keepsake. But you can’t find better paint for themed parties.

Here are other ideas for painting glasses with multi-colored polka dots that will decorate any fun party (scroll the photo to the right).

Gold, silver, and white polka dots are more suitable for decorating wedding glasses.

By the way, circles can be not only drawn, but also glued. You can buy vinyl self-adhesive paper of the desired color and cut out circles from it using a hole punch or special scissors, and then carefully glue them onto the glass. The photo below shows glasses decorated in this way.

Master class No. 2: Artistic painting of glasses

In this master class we will turn glasses into flowers, because its stem is so similar to a stem, and its bowl is like a bud.

Difficulty level: average.

What you will need: any degreaser, cotton pads and cotton swabs for degreasing and pattern correction. And for painting, prepare synthetic art brushes of different sizes, a plastic plate or palette for mixing paints, as well as acrylic paints for glass and ceramics. If you wish, you can supplement the drawing with contour and stained glass paints, markers and glitter.

Drawing technique:

1. Degrease the surface;
2. Mix paints on a plate or palette, achieving the desired shades. In order to make the color pastel and delicate, colored paint is mixed with white;
3. Now we need to draw the stamens: we put dots with a narrow small brush or a cotton swab with a pointed end. Pollen color can be black, yellow or orange. In our master class, we use yellow to paint the stamens of the lilac Italian aster and black for the sunflowers.

Next, drawing the flower will be layered, so you need to wait until the drawn stamens dry. You can dry them naturally, leaving them for 2 hours, or bake them in the oven at 150-170 degrees for 15 minutes.

1. Once the drawn pollen has dried, you need to draw the petals as shown in the photo below. If desired, draw details - veins and color nuances. Then you need to let the paint dry (see point 3).

1. The last step is to paint the peduncle and stem in green and bake our glass flower again, but now for 30 minutes - and then the paint will not “come off” from the glass for a very long time.

Well, that's all, the decor of wedding, gift or holiday glasses is complete.

In the photo below you can find others interesting ideas paintings with floral and plant motifs (scroll through).

And here are examples of painting on glass with peacock feathers.

The theme of flora and fauna is also very popular.

Glasses for festive serving of themed parties can be decorated brightly and funny.

Glasses as a gift or for a wedding can be additionally decorated with rhinestones, feathers, pearls, sparkles, ribbons and other decor.

Other methods and secrets of glass painting: how to dry a glass with a painted stem and use a stencil or sketch

• If you want to completely paint the base of the wine glass, that is, paint its bottom as well, then you need to dry it hanging or carefully placing it on homemade design made of paper and four buttons as in the photo below.

• It is easier to do glass painting using a background sketch, drawn with your own hands or printed in the right size on the printer. You can also use a drawing on a napkin. The paper with the image must be placed on the bottom of the wine glass, aligned and glued with tape as shown in the photo.

Stencils will also help you paint on glass with your own hands. To do this you need:

1. Draw them yourself or print a picture from the Internet and then cut them out with a stationery knife;

1. Buy ready-made stencils in the craft store, which are very easy to stick and peel off;

Snow-white Gzhel porcelain with blue frosty patterns is known all over the world. Would you like to decorate the interior of your kitchen with dishes with traditional Gzhel painting? But for this there is absolutely no need to buy anything.

All you have to do is pick glass bottle the desired shape, and then using the decoupage technique to turn it into a porcelain decanter with the famous Gzhel painting. Don't believe me? Then watch!

This unsightly glass bottle will become an elegant porcelain decanter decorated with Gzhel:

No, I will not take bread from the professional painting masters from Gzhel, because I don’t know how to draw at all. However, let's not forget about the existence of the magical decoration technique of decoupage, which always comes to the rescue of those who do not own an artistic brush.

Today I will do decoupage under Gzhel. And at the same time I’ll experiment with a new for me method of creating craquelure using water mordan and gum arabic. I’ll also show you how to make egg crackle. But first things first.

Materials required for decoupage of a Gzhel decanter:

Decorative napkin (naturally, with motifs of Gzhel painting)

Acrylic paints (white and blue, of course)

Primer

A piece of foam rubber

Glue for decoupage

Glossy acrylic varnish (at least 50 ml)

Fine sandpaper

Water Mordan

Gum arabic

Charcoal pastel chalk

PVA glue

Eggshell

Toothpick

I wait until the primer layer is completely dry and cover the surface of the future decanter with white acrylic paint. I apply two layers of paint using a sponge made from a piece of foam rubber.

While the paint is drying, I am preparing napkin motifs for Gzhel decoupage. To do this, I separate the top colorful layer of the decorative napkin. And with my fingers I carefully pull out the drawings I like from it.

The paint on the surface of the bottle has already dried, and before performing decoupage with napkins, I sand the painted surface with fine-grained sandpaper.

Having prepared the surface of the bottle, I begin decoupage. I apply Gzhel patterns torn from a decorative napkin to the surface and apply decoupage glue on top.

I have repeatedly read on various forums that Gzhel decorative napkins “shed” during the decoupage process. My napkin was no exception. Therefore, in order not to get blue stains on the surface of the decanter with Gzhel decoupage, I constantly wipe off the stained glue from my brush.

After the glue has dried, I cover the surface of the decoupage decanter with three layers of glossy acrylic varnish. I dry each layer for 3 hours.

Just as cobalt, used for real Gzhel painting, after firing the product acquires a whole range of new shades, so my decoupage Gzhel motifs, after applying varnish, acquire rich color and volume.

I sand the dried varnish layer with fine-grained sandpaper.

And then I cover the surface of the bottle again with acrylic varnish.

You have a question: why did I apply so many layers of varnish and already sand the surface of the decanter twice? Despite the fact that all these procedures not only require certain physical effort, but also significantly increase the time required to complete the work, they are necessary so that a simple glass bottle ends up looking like thin, perfectly smooth Gzhel porcelain.

So I advise you to be patient and have a lot of acrylic varnish, and then “porcelain with Gzhel painting” will be yours. self-made no one can tell the difference from the real thing.

That's all for today, and in the continuation of the master class on decoupage of a Gzhel decanter, read about how to age decoupage work using gum arabic craquelure and water mordan, as well as how to decorate the stopper of a crackle decanter made from eggshells.

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Decoupage on glass is a very simple and entertaining way to get a beautiful and exclusive decorative item, for example, a glass vase or plate. We will tell you how to do this (step by step) in our article.

Historical excursion

Many types of art using paper came to us from China. Decoupage was no exception. Elegant, picturesque glass and ceramic items brought from the East immediately won the favor and favor of the hostesses of the most fashionable European salons.

But they weren't cheap. Although the product was decorated with a fairly cheap material - rice paper, the need to cover the surface with several layers of strong-smelling varnish, which took weeks to dry, turned this type of craft into a purely professional occupation.

Today, with the availability of modern quick-drying products that do not emit toxic odors, the decoupage technique is finding more and more fans. This has turned into a real art of decorating interior items with your own hands: ceramics, glass.

What do we need for work?

If you are a novice designer, do not buy expensive decoupage kits - it is much cheaper and easier to assemble it yourself at any stationery store. So let's get started. To decorate with an interesting pattern or composition a boring and inexpressive glass product(and do it all yourself), you need to buy:

• brushes (preferably with soft bristles) of different sizes;
• a bowl (for softening napkins or rice paper in water);
• office glue (preferably PVA), which discolors when dried;
• any quick-drying varnish based on acrylic or polyurethane;
• a soft roller or cloth to smooth out wrinkles on the glass surface;
• and of course, the object being decorated: it could be a vase, plate, the decoration on the side looks very elegant candlesticks, ordinary glass bottles, etc.

Now we need to collect a set of “decorative” materials with which we will decorate our products:

1. The main pictorial composition applied to a paper base: these could be, for example, napkins. If you creative person“to the tip of the tail”, you can draw a design on rice paper with your own hands.
2. Additional stencils with floral, floral or geometric patterns.
3. Acrylic paints (stained glass paints are also suitable) - they are often used as a background or primer.
4. Beads, sparkles, artificial stones for decoration.

In this list, only the first item is mandatory, but without additional decor (listed below), your hand-made masterpiece will not acquire completeness and integrity.

Image for decoration

The decoupage technique is captivating because there are no restrictions on the choice of compositions, style and color scheme. You can transfer any image you like to the glass surface:

• One of the most common options is decoupage (multi-layer napkins).

• You can, as already mentioned, use rice paper. The advantages of working with this material are many. It allows you to play with areas that are more saturated in color and dense in texture and translucent areas in one composition, achieving three-dimensionality in the image. But even for beginners, using rice paper will make the work much easier: it does not require pre-processing (thinning) before application.

• Photographs can be used as decoration - in this case vase or the plate will acquire more “individual” features. This is a great idea for a holiday and a way to do something nice and please a loved one.

Advice! If you do not use a ready-made image (napkins, decoupage cards), print the selected drawings or photographs on a printer with waterproof ink.

Execution techniques

Before you begin describing the decoration (step by step), you need to decide which technique will suit you in this case. It can be direct or reverse.

The direct technique is characterized by drawing on surface, and reverse decoupage on glass - under her. Naturally, with this method of decoration we are talking only about transparent glass products.

The use of one method or another largely depends on the functional use of the item. For example, a vase is more susceptible to the “aggressive” effects of moisture from the inside, so it is more appropriate for it to choose a direct application of the image. Plates should be decorated with reverse decoupage: food should not come into contact with varnished surfaces.

Work algorithm

Below are step-by-step instructions for beginners in decorating glass surfaces with their own hands.

1. Choose workplace and lay out materials and tools.
2. Cut out the image you like from rice paper (or napkin).
3. We mark the glass with a marker in the place where the drawing or photographs will be located. This is necessary in order to be able to instantly return the slipped paper to its proper place.

   Note! No primer is used for glass; its smooth surface ensures good adhesion to the applied decor. Pre-painting the entire surface with acrylic paints can be used as a primer (or background). But this is the author’s vision: decorating with paper (or using napkins) only requires degreasing the surface.

   Artificial aging of a product

   An interesting effect can be achieved by aging the surface with your own hands. The technique of artificially applying cracks is called craquelure. Such a surface, covered with a tiny web of cracked lines, is created using a special varnish (for craquelure) or universal glue. The secret is to apply it to a wet, wet paint surface.

   For products with decoupage, the background part is processed with craquelure. The use of contrasting colors looks very impressive:

   • First, one shade is applied (like a primer).
   • The product used to make craquelure (or universal glue) is applied to the dried soil.
   • The next layer of paint should be applied to the damp surface immediately, without drying.

   Important! If you apply paint to a layer made with craquelure varnish, you must do this very quickly - the product dries instantly.

   • That's all, the handmade antique item is ready. After the second layer of paint has dried, cracks will appear on the surface: their depth depends on the thickness of the layer of universal glue or craquelure product.

   You are convinced that there are countless options for decorating objects using the decoupage technique. If you have the desire and imagination, this method of decoration for novice decorators can turn even an ordinary piece of art into a work of art. glass bottle. Using the decoupage technique you can make an unforgettable, original and touching gift with your own hands. to a loved one, and correctly executed craquelure will make you the owner of a unique and beautiful rarity.