At the end of the repair, they decorateinterior. One of the popular ways of decorating the interior space is to decorate the walls with paintings that add charm and personality to the interior, help familiarize oneself with the world of fine art. Successfully place paintings help some design techniques. 
Variants of placing pictures on the wall.
Practical aspects of combining art paintings with the interior
Picturesque paintings bring an aesthetic benefit,create a semantic susceptibility. They are carriers of an artistic idea that reflects and emphasizes the worldview of the owner. The picture is considered to be painting with oil, watercolor, gouache on canvas or paper, enclosed in a baguette, a frame. In modern apartments for decoration, reproductions of various genres are often used: landscapes, portraits, still lifes, historical painting, animalistic compositions, battle paintings, architectural subjects, religious, genre, symbolic works of art. Paintings depicting: 
Pictures should not interfere with the movement of furniture, the opening and closing of windows and doors.
- picturesque relief;
- sculpture;
- mosaic;
- antiques;
- dolls;
- CONTEMPORARY ART;
- glass, stained-glass windows;
- collection weapons;
- style nude;
- giclee, prints, posters, photographs;
- surrealism;
- postmodernism;
- abstractionism;
- impressionism;
- minimalism;
- socialist realism;
- primitivism;
- avant-garde;
- hyperrealism, and so on.
The picture should be combined with the color scheme and withcommon style of the room. Pictures should not interfere with the movement of the furniture set, the opening and closing of windows, doors; A dry atmosphere is necessary without drafts and high humidity, tobacco smoke, which contributes to the contamination of the canvas. The painting should have a glass coating for long service. In order for a work of art to bring a high artistic effect when perceived, a suitable surface and appropriate environment with empty walls and low furniture, free bookshelves, niches, space above the bed, sofa, table is needed. Back to contents</a>
Aesthetic aspects of combining works of painting with interior space
Placement of any work is justified in thatThe case when he is given the main aesthetic and additional function. The main requirements for placing paintings on the wall are a combination of the prevailing background of the artwork and the tone of the decoration, the correct proportions of the decor and room elements, the influence of artificial and natural lighting. A small narrow room can be visually enlarged and expanded by placing on the wall several small etudes. The size of the reproduction relative to pieces of furniture over which it will be placed is taken into account. Visually the art canvas should harmoniously fit into the overall color range, its predominance and "washed-out" effect should not be allowed, when the picture is not read, is lost on the background of the finish. The same rules apply to a group of pictures placed on the wall. From the location of the paintings depends on their perception. 
A large picture should be hung in a large room,that the picture would be perceived as a single whole. The neutral colors of monophonic wallpaper are best suited without large bright ornaments that interfere with the overall perception. Ideal for placing a white wall, creating a neutral background and perspective; on light tones of wallpaper the pictures look better than on dark ones. The overall dimensions of the canvas should be slightly shorter than the pieces of furniture. An important role is played by lighting, if it is direct and there is a reflection of light in the canvas, a mirror effect that prevents normal viewing is formed. A space with side or top artificial and / or natural lighting is the best option for placing an art canvas. Lighting devices should not create a mirror effect, in contrast to a natural light source, you can place works without a glossy shiny surface. Works of painting, in which the green and blue shades are basic, look great with artificial light. Viewing a large picture is carried out from a certain distance, while the details of the work are clearly read. The picture is perceived as a single artistic idea. Cloths are usually contemplated from a distance equal to the double diagonal of the picture. Large canvases in a small room will look ridiculous, unnatural. Taking into account the geometry of the canvasses: a circle, an ellipse, a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, etc. When placing, it is required to group the webs of the same shape. Back to contents</a>
Tips and tricks for placing pictures
It should not be oversaturated with the number of paintings notlarge room, they can be hung in a spacious living room. Paintings in the form of a rectangle, placed so that their length (the length of the rectangle, that is, the longer side) is parallel to the length of the wall, can visually enlarge and extend the wall. This form of paintings is suitable for small rooms. Rectangular canvases, placed so that their width is parallel to the length of the wall, are visually capable of "raising" the line of the ceilings. Such decorative elements look good in a room with low ceilings. Several pictures of the same size on one wall can be placed in one row, on the same level, there must be the same distance between them. Such placement options emphasize the stability of the space. A more original way is to arrange the sketches at different heights relative to the floor. In this case, the unifying element can be the genre of the canvas, for example, the urban landscape. If the canvases are enclosed in massive frames, they should be positioned so as to provide a large volume, in this case they are not allowed to be limited by furniture or other decorative elements. Large paintings are placed asymmetrically, small ones symmetrically. A good way is placement on the principle of a gallery, when the middle of the paintings is on the same imaginary horizontal line, the paintings are united by genre, have the same shape and size. The basic principle of placing a group of canvases is to maintain a single vertical or horizontal line. The canvases in the lower and upper rows should create a single line with their lower or upper part, respectively. Paintings must be correctly combined with each other, choosing the same technique of execution (watercolor with watercolors, etc.) The tastes of the owner are always given preference when choosing options for the arrangement of sketches, photographs, drawings. on the wall so that they look beautiful and emphasize the style of the interior favorably, simple rules help.
