Contrary to popular belief that the ceiling shouldpaint in one color and choose white paint, there are many ways to refresh the interior through decorative techniques. Now artists and designers often turn to the idea of painting ceilings through stencils.
Stencils allow you to do artistic workpainting, when a perfect repetition of one pattern is required. Stencils can be a geometric ornament, a pattern of plants and flowers, and sometimes a full-fledged drawing. No one is limited in the choice of colors and the richness of colors for working with ceilings. As a result, everyone can choose a way to decorate the ceiling to their liking, without driving themselves into a stylistic framework. will help to reveal creative and design abilities, if desired, your children can also participate in the design. It is known that services for decorative ceiling design are expensive, and the result of the work will directly depend on the high skill of the master. If your primary goal is to save time, extra money and confidence in a high-quality result, use the application of a drawing through a stencil.
Sequence of work with stencils
For ceiling painting, a symmetrical pattern around the chandelier is most often used. Artistic involves actions consisting of such stages as:
- Drawing up a diagram of the layout of the picture and choosing a color palette;
- stencil manufacture;
- cleaning the ceiling from dirt and old paint;
- painting the stencil on the ceiling;
- applying a protective layer on the finished drawing.
What is the layout?It is best to first clearly depict the ceiling pattern on paper or in a graphic editor to determine what the symmetry of the pattern will be built around, in what direction the ornament will develop, so that the pattern looks good when entering the room. Most often, in the design, they resort to the symmetry of the pattern relative to the hanging chandelier and the diagonal lines of the ceiling. When creating a stencil, you need to decide on their types. According to the nature of paint application, stencils are divided into two types:
The ceiling painting looks very impressivefluorescent paints on a straight stencil. A sheet of thick paper (Whatman paper) or thin cardboard is suitable for a blank for a stencil. A blank made of thin plastic or vinyl will be more durable and strong. We mark the cardboard sheets with a pencil or marker under the future pattern and carefully cut the necessary holes with a stationery knife. To prevent the template from becoming flimsy from the cuts, it is necessary to leave thin bridges in them so that it does not tear. The places covered by the bridges will be additionally painted over later with a brush. It is also necessary to moisten the paper stencils with drying oil and dry them so that they become harder. When creating drawings from several colors, each detail of its color will need its own template. If it is necessary to accurately transfer the original drawing on a different scale, it is necessary to divide the stencil into cells. Then take a fresh sheet for a new stencil and divide it in the same way as the original blank, into the same number of squares. The drawing from the original template is exactly repeated in the new blank according to the arrangement of figures and lines in the cells of the original. In this way, without any special tricks, you can get a new version of the existing pattern in a larger or smaller scale. Return to the table of contents</a>
Features of application
You can also use a stencil to createmulti-color artistic painting of the ceiling. There are no tricks in applying paint through a stencil. First, paint the ceiling in the main base color and wait until the paint is absorbed. Then apply our template in the right place and stick it to the ceiling with masking tape. Using light soaking movements with a brush or foam sponge, carefully apply paint through the stencil. In no case should you take too much paint on the brush, so as not to cause drips. Also, you cannot move the brush along the slits of the sheet, otherwise the paint will flow under the sheet and spoil the intended pattern. After you have finished stuffing the stencil, you should remove excess paint from the workpiece with a rag, trying not to touch the pattern itself. When working on creating a pattern of several colors, before applying the next pattern of a different color, you will have to wait until the paint on the previous one is completely dry. So here you need to be patient and leave the rush. There are other ways to apply a decorative pattern. You can also work on creating ornaments and patterns similar to those obtained through stencils using rubber stamps and rollers with a relief pattern. Their use will significantly save time on cutting and attaching sheets with a template to the ceiling. Return to the table of contents</a>
Manufacturing and specificity of work rubber stamp
The stamp for painting is cut out on a thin layerrubber, which is then glued to a convenient base. A rubber stamp can easily create a picture from repeating fragments. Decorative stamps made of flexible rubber or molding plastic are available for sale. They are lightweight, comfortable to hold and easy to wash. Surprisingly, you don’t have to buy such stamps either. It’s quite possible to make them yourself. The main thing is to act in order.
Now we have a ready-made stamp at our disposal.We lightly wet it with the embossed side in a tray with paint and squeeze it on the tray shelf so that it does not drip into it. To get a print with our drawing, we press it evenly into the desired place on the ceiling and carefully take it back. The print will be clearer and more uniform, the smoother the wooden block chosen for the base is. We also need to make sure that the stamp does not slide along the ceiling, otherwise the drawing risks turning into a smear. In order not to tempt fate, we need to practice on a piece of plywood painted to match the color of the ceiling. Several test prints will help you understand whether there are any flaws in the assembled tool and will help you get used to working with it. In addition, it will be clearly visible how the colors of the background and the drawing are combined; if necessary, the color of the latter can be adjusted. Return to the table of contents</a>
How to apply a pattern with a patterned roller?
A special patterned roller allows you to quicklyapply a small pattern to large areas. Such rollers are often found on sale. They are equally convenient and quick to work with both on walls and on the ceiling. You don’t have to be a painting specialist to paint with a relief roller. It is enough to get a machine to which two rollers are attached: a roller with a relief pattern is attached in front, and a foam roller in the back. Placed in this way, they should lie close to each other, but at the same time rotate freely. In this case, the order of creating the pattern should be observed:
It is necessary to ensure that the patterned shaft rolls easily and does not jam when moving; it is necessary to check in advance how easily both shafts move by running them along a hard and even surface. Return to contents</a>
Selection of style and design elements
Each room in the house has its own purpose andevokes certain images, associations. Therefore, it would be advisable to select the design, its style and elements in accordance with generally accepted ideas about the interior of the hallway, living room, bathroom, etc. The theme of the harvest, compact bouquets of wild flowers and ears of corn look organic in the kitchen. The decorative elements should not look sweeping and colorful, everything should look restrained and compact. In the living room, preference is given to compositions with images of nature, such as a forest, animals, birds and lush inflorescences - everything will be appropriate with the right choice of color and arrangement. Decorating the interior of a child's room gives special pleasure to the parents and children themselves. The child will be a personal consultant here. And what he likes more: cartoon characters, superheroes, cars or spaceships, depends on him. The coziness in the bedroom is well complemented by unobtrusive monochromatic images of constellations, angels, flowers and birds. Calm and not too bright colors are selected. If the bed in the bedroom has a wide wooden headboard, a tree crown of a similar color should be depicted behind it. From the side, it will seem that the bed lies on the branches of a tree. In the design of the bathroom, it is better to use a marine theme. These are figures of fish with dolphins, and images of underwater vegetation, shells and corals. Large-scale canvases of a seething sea and ships cutting through the waves will look spectacular in the bathroom. The effect will be enhanced if the drawing extends to the entire ceiling.</ ul>
