Decoupage of plates for beginners

Decoupage plates are well suited for those who are just beginning to master the wisdom of this type of decorative art. Do decoupage can be on a variety of plates: round and square, flat and deep, smooth and grooved. It is most convenient to start with smooth flat plates, and then you can proceed to more complex surfaces.

Flat porcelain, glass or plastic a dish will certainly be in the house of each of us. Of course, the plate-base should not bedecorated with any patterns or drawings. However, if according to the idea, the background for decoupage plates should be colored, you can pick up the already painted dish in the desired color for the work.

Apart from the plates themselves for decoupage we also need napkins with a pattern, special acrylic glue, lacquer, synthetic brushes, scissors. Perhaps to carry out the intended pattern, you will also need acrylic paints, foam sponges, craquel varnish, etc.

Decoupage of plates is performed both directly on the front surface of the products, and on the "back" side. In the latter case, decoupage is called - reverse. Simple decoupage of plates is carried out in the following sequence:

At first from napkins the necessary elements of a pattern are cut out. Special napkins for decoupage consist of three layers, from which you will need the upper layer for work. If you use a normal patterned wipes, you do not need to separate them into layers.

The surface of the base plate is carefully prepared for decoupage: degreased, wiped dry. This stage of work should be given special attention, because if the surface is prepared incorrectly, then unwanted bubbles, creases, etc., may appear on the plate.

The next step is laying out the elements of the pattern on the plate. Cut out from napkins fragments laid out on a plate in the desired sequence. At this stage it is important to evaluate the type of future work, perhaps, something to correct in the composition of the picture. Work should be accurate and accurate, so as not to accidentally remove fragments of drawings.

The surface of the plate is covered with a layer of liquid acrylic gluewhen all the fragments of the pattern are on their ownplaces. A synthetic medium-hard brush should be carefully smoothed out all the fragments, so that the paper material is well impregnated with glue. It is important to ensure that on the surface of the plate there are no wrinkles, strips, air bubbles.

The glue should dry completely, and then it is necessary to cover the entire plate with one or two layers of varnish. After the drying of the varnish the decoupage of the plate is completed.Such decoupage can be performed for plates that are not intended for eating. If you need to do a decoupage of plates, from which you can then eat, then it's best to use the technique of reverse decoupage.

Reverse decoupage of plates is executed from the "inside" on transparent plates: plastic or glass. As in the case of "direct" decoupage, the surface of the plate is carefully prepared for work, then the patterns cut from the napkins with the wrong side up are placed on the plate. Over the fragments of napkins, glue is applied, it should cover only the napkin itself and a small portion of the surface of the plate next to it. After the glue dries, all the excess and "bloopers" can be removed with a wet cloth.

If after a decoupage the plate should not remain transparent, then After gluing patterns from napkins, you can go over to coloring the background, for example, acrylic paints. Before that, the surface of the napkin is usually covered with white acrylic paint - so the picture on the front side looks brighter and the background color will not be visible. After the paints dry, the plate is covered with a layer of varnish. When the varnish is dry - decoupage is ready!