I propose to paint a solid wood blank in the shape of an egg as an Easter souvenir. Let's take a sky-colored background and golden patterns in the form of twisting lines as a basis, adding flowers and strawberries.
Such present will not break like its natural counterpart and will remain with its owner for many years. It will remind you not only of the bright holiday, but also of the person who gave it. It is pleasant to pick up and look at, and it will also elevate the interior as an imitation of a Faberge egg.
We need:
- volumetric blank in the form of an egg made of solid wood,
- sanding sponge,
- primer for acrylic paints,
- acrylic paints, including gold metallic,
- brushes,
- thinner for acrylic paints,
- glossy acrylic varnish,
- pencil, eraser,
- Construction gloves may also come in handy.
- Manufacturing algorithm.
1. Take a sanding sponge and process the workpiece with it. To protect your hands, you can use construction gloves.
Usually, when making a workpiece of this type, in the workshop it is fixed in the machine from the end sides. Therefore, notches in the form of burrs often form at the attachment points. First of all, they need to be treated with a large abrasive, and then sanded with a small one. Secondly, the entire workpiece is completely sanded using a low-abrasive sanding sponge.
2. Take a workpiece, a large-diameter bristle brush and acrylic primer.
Let's cover the workpiece with soil.
3. Then we process the workpiece with a sanding sponge of the lowest abrasiveness or sandpaper number zero.
Let's repeat the procedure with applying primer and sanding.
4. For the next step we will need a smooth, primed blank, a pencil and an eraser.
Let's draw a picture. In our case, thin lines in the form of a pattern are taken as a basis, which are complemented by flowers and berries.
5. Take a blank, a nylon brush, thinner for acrylic paints and blue paint.
Mix the thinner and paint to obtain the most delicate blue color and apply it to the workpiece, trying not to touch the flowers and berries. Since the resulting mixture is transparent, it can be used to cover patterns, and they will be visible later, which is useful for further coloring.
This stage will give us a more voluminous drawing and high-quality coloring in the future.
6. Take a blank, a brush, gold and yellow paints.
Mix the paints and draw the basic golden design.
7. Take white and red paints.
And we complement the picture with white flower petals and red berries.
8. Take blue paint and a brush.
Carefully draw the main background, trying to pay more attention to drawing the places next to the golden lines. This will make the background more voluminous.
9. Let's take out the gold paint and brush number one.It doesn’t matter whether the brush is natural or synthetic, the main thing is that it is very thin at the end.
We put paint on the dots on the berries and the stamens on the flowers.
10. Take the blank, brushes with diameters 3, 2 and 1, blue paint.
We dilute the paint with water and outline all the patterns with a thick line using a brush No. 3.
Then, using brushes 1 and 2 with undiluted paint, we outline the flowers, berries and make the golden patterns bright.
11. At the stage of correcting defects, using gold paint and brushes of different diameters, we bring the golden lines to perfection.
12. At the final stage we will need acrylic varnish and a large diameter synthetic brush.
We varnish the surface several times. Each time, following the instructions, we wait for the allotted time for the varnish to dry.
The souvenir is ready.
The egg symbolizes life, it does not look alive on the outside, but it carries life inside. The souvenir we created symbolizes the beginning of a new life and will bring good luck and changes for the better for its recipient.
