Interesting ideas for decoupage panels

The kitchen is one of the most visited spaces in the house, and one wants to enjoy not only food, but also the interior. Let's consider a few ideas for decorating a kitchen space using decoupage technique. After all, it is so versatile that it can be used not only to decorate objects, but also to make paintings and panels.

This type of applied art has long been known and widespread. He is popular not only in our country, but also abroad. The technique consists in sticking various patterns or fragments on interior items with the subsequent fixing of the image. Just about any substrate is suitable for this, be it wood, plastic, glass, leather or cardboard. But specifically today we will talk about what you can make a picture or panel on.

What you may need:

• the basis for a picture, a panel;
• acrylic relief paste;
• decoupage cards;
• acrylic primer;
• paints;
• brush;
• roller;
• scissors;
• PVA glue or special glue for decoupage.

It is worth saying that panels and paintings can be done on any surface. As a basis, you can take ordinary plywood, pieces of fiberboard, thick cardboard, canvas on a stretcher, and even unnecessary pieces of laminate, cut to the desired size. Looks good as one picture, and a diptych, triptych, polyptych. Moreover, the plot can be both different in all pictures, and logically move from one to another.

The creative flight is unlimited, so there are a lot of design options. For example, you can use a combination of Provence, vintage decoupage cards and various decorative items such as:

• keys;
• braid, lace;
• toppers (words from plywood);
• decorative tableware (miniatures);
• felling;
• flowers made of fabric or paper;
• dried plants;
• metal hearts and other items;
• eggshell;
• various cereals, pasta;
• coffee beans.

All this is available, everyone in the kitchen has half of the list, everything else can be bought in specialized stores, and for every taste. With the help of coffee beans, cereals or pasta, you can not only decorate the panel, but also make a frame.

Plots complemented by colors look good. For the kitchen, miniature tableware glued to the panel as decoration will be relevant. All this will add volume to the composition.

For the same purpose, you can use a voluminous acrylic paste or putty. It is good to use it both through a stencil to give a local pattern, and for a background. There are a lot of options. With the help of a palette knife, a different relief is given.

Eggshells are also popular for decoration. With the help of it, you can achieve the effect of volume and cracked surface without the use of craquelure varnish. Although I must say that the shell gives completely different cracks than the varnish. Both look very beautiful, so the choice is yours.

Let's consider how to make a volumetric triptych with putty and eggshell in more detail.

First of all, use a roller or brush to prime the surface on which you are going to make decoupage panels or paintings. A primer is necessary for uniform color and better adhesion. The most even layer is obtained with a foam roller. After that, generously spread the base with glue and start laying out the shells. Attach a piece and press down with a brush or finger so that it cracks into smaller pieces.

Thus, lay out the entire surface or individual targeted areas. Allow to dry well. You can speed up the drying process with a hair dryer. Then the shell is painted in the desired color. After that, a decoupage card is glued on top, or individual fragments are folded into a composition. An interesting three-dimensional picture turns out.

You can use the shell as a mosaic. To do this, apply a layer of putty to the base and lay out the mosaic, slightly pressing the shells, after drying it will be a very durable surface. It is not difficult to paint the shell with food coloring before use, or then, when the panel is ready, apply acrylic paints. It is better to select pieces of egg mosaic for the drawing in advance.

When everything is ready, paint over the mosaic with paints and a thin brush, turning it into a conceived image. The process is not quick, but the effort is worth it. If necessary, draw outlines.

Finally, coat the entire image with one or two coats of varnish. In order for the image of a panel or picture to look complete, it must be placed in a frame. The framing for your creation can be ordered in a baguette workshop, or you can make it yourself from molding or ceiling plinth. For the same purpose, various slats and even polyurethane foam are used.

Now watch a video on how to make a volumetric panel "House in the Garden" with your own hands.