Dyeing Easter eggs for Bright Day is an ancient Christian tradition. But if the boiled ones are simply eaten, then the joy of a wooden gift remains for a long time. It is painted souvenirs that can diversify the holiday that repeats every year, because each such egg is unique and unrepeatable. made of wood is especially common in Russia, where wood has always been the cheapest material.

First of all, you need a wooden blank for the egg itself. Those who have the skill of turning can easily cope with the manufacture of the workpiece. It must be remembered that the wood for these purposes should not be fresh. Best of all, if it was kept on the street (for example, in a woodpile) for at least a year.

If you do not have such skills, you should not be upset. Today, in almost every store for artists, you can buy ready-made wooden eggs along with coasters for a small price. Sometimes Easter souvenirs even know how to fold in the manner of nesting dolls and caskets.

In order not to touch the still wet surface with your hands during work, it is necessary to build a stand-holder. To do this, fix a pointed knitting needle with one end on a wooden board, and pierce the egg at the base with the other end.

You also need to stock up on items:

  • primer (sold in art shops, you can use a white water-based emulsion);
  • kolonky brushes;
  • simple pencil;
  • furniture varnish (PF or NC, colorless);
  • bristle brush (for varnish);
  • palette;
  • a jar of water;
  • an old rag for brushes;
  • sandpaper;
  • oilcloth or newspaper;
  • a sheet of paper (for a sketch);
  • carbon paper or tracing paper;
  • charcoal pencil;
  • ball pen.

What paint to choose? Soluble in water look great on white ground: watercolor, gouache, acrylic. But if the first two must be varnished, then acrylic can do without this procedure. As for oil paints, their main disadvantage is long term drying.

Operating procedure

Before coloring, the following operations must be carried out.

Stages of work What to look out for
The wooden blank is primed. If the ground is white, it will reflect light through the paints applied to it, and they will become brighter. But if the painting style is “Khokhloma”, you can immediately paint the egg in the desired background color.
Sand dry soil. It is good to do this with fine sandpaper.
first designed on a paper sheet. If the sketch contains accurate contours, they are transferred to the egg using carbon paper. You can make it yourself. First, the drawing is transferred to tracing paper with a simple pencil, then with reverse side all lines are outlined with a charcoal pencil. Applying the tracing paper with the “charcoal” side to the surface of the egg, go over the contours with a ballpoint pen (the one that no longer writes will do). However, all these long procedures will become unnecessary if you apply the drawing immediately with a pencil on the ground.

Next, start coloring the image. Watercolor paints are the most transparent and light. If the style of the finished color picture allows it, you can draw the outlines with ordinary black ink. If you use gouache and thick acrylic, you can imitate oil painting. To do this, two drops of paint of different colors are applied side by side on the palette, and a wide flat brush is drawn between them several times. It turns out a two-color brush, with which flower petals and leaves are applied to the egg.

After complete drying of the paint layer, you can start varnishing. Lacquer can be applied with a brush. However, in the absence of certain skills for this, there is a risk of injuring the paint layer with a brush and inadvertently blurring it. Therefore, the easiest and most convenient way of varnishing is immersion in varnish. The stand-holder should tightly hold the egg upside down, the needle should go deep enough into the wooden blank.

Dip the egg in a jar of varnish, take it out and hang it over an unnecessary newspaper. The varnish may run off and form drops for several hours, so periodically check if the varnish has begun to dry out. Seized droplets on the tip of the egg can still freeze on a souvenir with an ugly tubercle. While it is still possible, you need to carefully bring the pencil to the droplet and “wrap” the excess thickening mass on it.

The varnish usually dries for about a day, after which the egg can be safely removed from the holder and packed.

Master class with step by step photos"Pattern in an oval"

painting Easter eggs with kids. Step-by-step instruction with photo

Sidorova Zoya Grigorievna, educator MBDOU " Kindergarten combined type No. 8 "Aistenok", Michurinsk
Description: This masterclass is for joint creativity children and their parents, teachers of additional education.
Purpose: gift, table decoration for Easter.
Target: making a drawing on an egg in a mixed drawing technique: sticking, poke, drawing with the tip of a brush.
Tasks:
1. Expand children's knowledge about the composition of the pattern in the oval.
2. To form skills in painting decorative elements with a brush
3. Develop Creative skills, imagination, aesthetic perception, artistic taste.
4. To cultivate independence, accuracy, the ability to notice and reflect the beauty of nature in the drawing.
Gracefully moving, the brush leaves
In a magical dance, your fabulous trail
And inspires with its colors,
Like the clarity of the sky and the sunshine!

Ornament (from lat. - decoration) - a pattern that is made up of elements of the world of plants and animals, as well as geometric shapes.


The source of plots for the ornament is most often nature. Nature “painted” with wonderful patterns the wings of a butterfly, the back of caterpillars and snakes. The leaves and flowers of plants introduce us to the wondrous realm of beauty.


The ornament is the basis of arts and crafts. Without it, it is impossible to imagine handicrafts, ceramics, fabrics. Its character depends on natural conditions, and from national traditions, customs.


Today we will decorate an Easter egg with a pattern in an oval of plant elements.
Materials: we need: a painted egg, gouache, two brushes: pony or squirrel No. 1 and No. 2; double non-spill glass for water, egg stand, arborvitae sprig, PVA glue


sample,


Let's remember the rules when working with a brush and paints.
To make an ornament, it is better to use a thin brush.
If you use a pencil, then the outline of the ornament is done without pressure, so that the eraser better erases the wrong lines.
When working with paints, remember that the brush must be well moistened with water, excess water remove the edges of the jar and dial the desired paint.
The bristles of the brush should be gathered together, it is better to draw with the tip so that the image is neat.
Let's get to work:
Let's put a pre-painted egg on a stand (I used a lid from a glass - non-spill for water)


Let's start drawing with the design of the oval in which we will draw a pattern
To do this, we need a template that we cut out of paper, attached with a plaster to the intended place on the painted egg.


Outline the template with a simple pencil to get an oval on the egg


We paint over the oval with white gouache


For decoration we need cotton buds. Dip the stick in white gouache, draw a pattern of dots around the oval




Draw dots with a cotton swab of blue color between white dots




Oval for painting prepared


We need a branch of thuja


For decoration, glue a twig with PVA glue on the egg


Red gouache in the technique of priming with a brush draw flowers different size. With the tip of the brush, poke to create a pattern of dots.



Using pink gouache with the tip of the brush, select the inner part of the petals


Similarly, decorate the flower petals with white gouache


Highlight the centers of the flowers with blue gouache


Let's look at it from different angles




This is how the kids drew it



This rose I give you from the bottom of my heart!


Let this humble gift of mine
It will lift your spirits.
And let this day be bright
Fill your soul with light.
Thank you for your attention, all the best! Monday, April 02, 2012 13:30 + to quote pad

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What is poke painting? Poke- the simplest of the techniques of folk painting, and therefore even those who cannot draw can apply a drawing with it. As a poke, you can use a hygienic stick (for cleaning your ears), or you can make it yourself. In this article we will tell you how to make a do-it-yourself poke painting of eggs.

How to make a poke.

Choose a strong match. Ignite it and extinguish it almost immediately. Rub the head of the match with a napkin so that the burnt sulfur is completely crumbled. Wrap a piece of cotton wool stretched along the fiber around the match about half way. Stop the winding motion, bend the top edge of the piece of cotton "towards you" and continue to gently wind the cotton around the match.

It is fashionable to use toothpicks and cotton buds.

Prepare as many pokes as you want to use for future flowers and berries. Don't forget about an extra poke for the heart of the flowers (most likely it will be yellow).

Painting eggs in poke technique. Instruction.

You will need:
- wooden blank;
- an awl or a large needle;
- paints (gouache, watercolor, tempera, acrylic, water-based);
- cotton swab or swab;
- squirrel brush No. 2;
- a piece of foam rubber;
- a palette (a white saucer, a piece of plexiglass, a white tile);
- lacquer nitro or oil (PF-283, AK, NTs furniture).

With a screwing motion, put the workpiece on an awl or a long needle. With a piece of foam rubber, “powdering” movements, apply water-based paint or tempera to the workpiece - this will create the effect of a shell.

Prepare on the palette gouache, acrylic or tempera of the consistency of liquid sour cream in two close tones, for example, dark and light pink. It is better if shades of the same color are next to each other. Pick up the paint on the poke with a screwing motion (the match is parallel to the palette!). If you've picked up too much paint, remove it on a clean area of ​​the palette. Before making a print on the work surface, check the poke die on the paper. "Print" flower petals according to any of the proposed schemes.

You can “print” the petals first with a dark color, and then overlay a lighter one on top. And you can get the hang of simultaneously dialing dark and light colors on a poke. Choose the right color for the heart of the flower: yellow or yellow-orange - and apply it also with a poke. If you have a good eye, you can first apply flower cores over the entire surface of the egg, and then place petals around them. With the help of a brush with a stroke or a “droplet” technique, draw green leaves. When all the flowers are applied, draw blades of grass with arbitrary movements of the squirrel brush.

Coat the product with varnish (PF or NC) with a brush or by dipping.

The article uses materials from the book “Encyclopedia. . Techniques-receptions-products. 250 gifts for every taste. Ast-press. To fully familiarize yourself with the materials of the book, we advise you to purchase it from distributors or the publisher.

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Easter is the most important day in Orthodox calendar celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Orthodox traditions imply the meeting of this day as a great joy, the main event of this holiday is the solemn divine services in churches throughout the Christian world. Easter is perceived by many as a renewal and rebirth of life, the symbol of which is an egg, painted mainly in red. Boiled painted eggs will not be able to delight with their beauty for a long time, however, do-it-yourself Easter eggs can be made from various materials using different types decor.

Eggs must be on the Easter table, it is also customary to exchange them with each other and to be christened, congratulating on a bright holiday. Decorative eggs, pre-painted or not, are perfect for this. Of course, you can also decorate boiled Easter eggs with your own hands, but in this case they will be stored much less and you cannot use glue when working with them. If there is a need to decorate such eggs, use natural egg white for fastening, food coloring - they are now used to produce felt-tip pens for food decoration, ready-made Easter sets may come in handy.

Painted Easter eggs become modern world an object of art that can delight us long years as a decoration for the house or on the Easter tree, perfect as a gift to relatives and friends.

Easter eggs with their own hands. Materials and preparation

So, we need:

Egg blanks - these can be wooden, plastic or foam figures in the form of eggs, bought in needlework stores. Either the shell of chicken eggs is used;

Primer (in case of using wooden eggs);

PVA glue, acrylic paints, brushes;

Double-sided thin tape;

Scissors, needles, threads, decorative pins;

Acrylic lacquer (optional)

All kinds of stickers, floss, yarn, ribbons, braid, lace, chopped egg shells, thin fabric, foil, corrugated paper, quilling paper strips, napkins, wrapping paper, etc.

Various elements for decor: beads, beads, bows, ribbons, glitters, sequins, rhinestones, buttons, eyes, sequins, flowers, in general, everything that was found at home; you can easily buy everything in needlework or sewing accessories stores.

The scope for choice is not limited here, you can use everything that is at hand, including small pasta, rice, lentils, plasticine, salt dough for modeling and much more. Show your imagination and Easter eggs, made and decorated with your own hands, will surely delight you and your loved ones on this Bright holiday.


If it was not possible to purchase blanks, you must first prepare chicken eggs, for this you need to rinse them well under water, make two holes; on the sharp side - small, on the rounded side - more; pierce the yolk with a long needle or shake it and blow out the contents with a straw, you can also use a syringe. Be sure to rinse and dry the blown eggs thoroughly.


Such a working material can certainly be damaged, since the shell is very fragile. To maintain the integrity of the shape of the eggs and avoid cracking, it is recommended to fill the contents with mounting foam, this is done very carefully from the side of the large hole until the foam appears through the small one. After that, the blanks must be dried and the excess foam cut off with a knife. alternative polyurethane foam wax or any small grain can serve, in general, you can do without filling, being careful in your work.

Think first color scheme of your creations, take care of the combination of colors of beads, ribbons, threads, napkins and more, so that you do not experience unpleasant disappointment during work.

How to decorate Easter eggs - ways.

DIY Easter eggs - Photo

Let's consider some of them.

Method "Mosaic"

For him, you need a small shell of peeled eggs, it is convenient to use the shell already colored eggs. Glue the pieces different shapes around the circumference of the egg, varnish, dry. If ordinary white eggs were used - paint after gluing and drying different colors acrylic paint.


Prepare a small shell, and the background for gluing can be tinted with any acrylic paint, let dry.


Glue the shell, cover with paint, after drying, fix the result with acrylic varnish.

How to decorate Easter eggs with threads

Do-it-yourself Easter eggs can be decorated with different threads, for example, you can paste floss with contrasting colors in a chaotic manner.


Eggs decorated with silk threads or any knitting threads, especially cotton ones, look great.


First, the thread must be fixed, on wooden and foam plastic this can be done with a decorative pin or needle, on ordinary blown ones - it can be fixed with a knot on the opposite side from the beginning, or attach the thread to adhesive tape or plaster.


At the beginning of work, the thread needs to be fixed, you can tie it around the loop, fix it with a band-aid or a knot on the sharp side of the egg.

We coat the top of the egg with a small amount of glue, glue the thread in a spiral.


We evenly lay the rings in a spiral, the thread should be slightly taut.

We keep the thread taut all the time right hand, and with the left it is convenient to rotate the workpiece, winding the rings. It is necessary to stick them gradually in small areas, allowing to dry in order to get a neat look without joints and gaps.


Apply glue and thread gradually in small areas so that the glue does not dry out, and the thread, on the contrary, dries out and does not move out.

If you are using thin cotton or silk threads, cut the thread halfway, attach it from the blunt side and continue to glue in a spiral in the opposite direction.


It is convenient to apply the thread in the direction from the ends to the middle

If you could not avoid the formation of joints in the middle, it is convenient to cover it with a ribbon or a bow. In case of breaks between the threads, simply glue small pieces of thread.


It is easy to make such a bow yourself, fold the ribbon and wash the beads, fasten the eggs in the center with glue or thread, this will help hide possible irregularities at the junction. Continue decorating as you wish.

How to decorate Easter eggs in this case? Here, to decorate decorative eggs, it is better to use textile elements: yarn, ribbons, lace, rag flowers, beads, it all depends on your taste and imagination.


Cut several strips of yarn about 6-8 cm long, grease the surface with glue in the shape of a circle, wind the thread in a spiral, glue it, drip glue in the center - pour beads.

Patterns made on top of the same threads look great, only in different colors.

How to decorate Easter eggs. Photo

Paper, foil, fabric

As it has already become clear, do-it-yourself Easter eggs can be decorated with any materials at hand, including colored fabric of different textures. It can be pasted as a whole piece, or as separate contrasting stripes; as an option, you can simply wrap the eggs in beautiful fabric bags, tie with a ribbon, decorate with a bow.



Cut the fabric into thin strips along the edges to make it convenient to stick, decorate with tape.

It is better to use thin corrugated paper for gluing; a combination of small pieces of different colors looks good.

An interesting option for an Easter souvenir will be an egg decorated using the quilling technique using colored strips of paper. Craftswomen create truly real masterpieces.

You can create whimsical ornaments using Japanese washi tape, familiar to scrapbooking lovers. With a huge range of shapes, sizes and prints, it is quite easy to use, you just need to stick the selected elements to the surface.

It is convenient to fix the decor both with glue and with thin double-sided tape.


When using foil, it is not at all necessary to use glue, thin foil will keep its shape anyway, so boiled eggs can also be decorated with it.

Similarly, any thin foil and candy wrappers, leftover wrapping paper and elements from beautiful gift bags are suitable for decorating eggs. You can also decorate the eggs with holiday-themed paper stickers, bought or found on the Internet and magazines; decoupage paper napkins.



Decoupage of eggs consists in gluing small fragments of a pattern from any napkin onto a surface with glue or egg white, leveled with a wide brush. If the eggs will not be eaten, you can decorate them further, for example, sprinkle with sparkles, varnish.

Easter crafts for kids

As children's Easter crafts, you can adopt funny Easter eggs with faces. For children's creativity, the option of using cereals and pasta in decorating Easter eggs is also suitable, it perfectly develops fine motor skills and naturally.

1. Do not be afraid to experiment - use eyes, yarn, small elements, felt-tip pens in your work - and the delight of children is guaranteed!

"Funny faces"

2. "Bee"


As a basis, you can take an egg previously prepared by an adult, wrapped in a spiral with threads of different colors. Add a muzzle and wings - you're done!

3. "Chicken" - finely chop the yellow yarn, coat the egg with glue, roll in the yarn.


The child easily and with interest copes with this task. Perhaps all children love to cut and glue.

Leave to dry, stick the details.


Blanks can be prepared from cardboard, painted in the desired colors with gouache. Glue on PVA, dry.

Such crafts can decorate the interior of a children's room or become a wonderful gift for grandparents.

How to decorate Easter eggs with ribbons

This decoration option is not particularly complicated, but nevertheless it looks very noble and beautiful.

The prepared dried egg must be wrapped with thin double-sided tape, if it is not there, simply fix the selected satin ribbon with a band-aid or tape on the sharp part of the workpiece.

Start wrapping it with tape from top to bottom, while pulling the tape well so that later it does not move out.

When the entire surface is covered, cut off the tape, fix the tip with a pre-prepared needle and thread, preferably in the same color as the tape.

In parallel, we sew on decorative elements (bows, flowers, beads, beads), trying not to see the seams.

Beads can simply be poured into the resulting recesses, well smeared with glue.

To keep the ribbon better, you can sew beads all over the surface of the egg.

As a stand, we take a bottle cap or a thick ring made of cardboard, wrap it with the same tape and carefully sew it to the product, again sewing beads and beads along the way.

And of course, traditional ways of decorating eggs, such as dyeing and painting with acrylic paints, will never cease to be relevant. If you have an artistic taste and have drawing skills, it is quite possible to paint an egg with paints, adding glitter, contour, sparkles and varnish.

As you can see, making Easter eggs with your own hands is not at all difficult, with a little effort and imagination, we can get a wonderful decoration by spreading or hanging eggs around the apartment, or decorating an Easter tree with them.

Creative success!

Easter tree

The tradition of its creation has long existed in Europe, especially in Austria and Germany, but is gradually moving to us. It symbolizes the Tree of Life and can be represented in any size and shape.

It can be natural and artificial branches of trees and shrubs, willow branches or any flowering trees look beautiful, you can also use indoor flowers.

The tree can be placed in transparent glass vases filled with decorative stones, moss, hay, pebbles, etc. or just water or soil.

If you live in a private house, you can afford to decorate a tree in the yard or in front of the house.

It is good to decorate the Easter tree with flat salted dough eggs, painted to your taste. You can make a great many such eggs, involve children in their manufacture and decoration of the tree.

In order for the Easter egg to be hung on a branch, you need to make a loop. To do this, preferably before decorating it, fold the ribbon or strong thread in half, make a knot, you can put on a bead and thread it through the holes of the egg. At the bottom, you also need to put on a bead larger than the hole and secure it with a knot. The rest of the ribbon can be cut off or tied with a bow.


Eggs for decoration can simply be wrapped in beautiful napkins, foil, cloth or pre-prepared bags, tied with a ribbon. It is convenient to use Christmas tree toy holders by inserting them into the larger hole in the egg and securing the thread.

Create a positive, bright, Blooming tree, symbolizing spring and the joy of Easter.




If you want on Bright Sunday to please your loved one an unusual and beautiful gift, then pay attention to the master class on painting an Easter egg offered by our website. With his help, if there is a desire and necessary materials, you can create a wonderful souvenir that will keep the warmth and love of your heart for many years.

To paint an Easter egg, you will need the following materials and tools:

- wooden preparation of an egg;
- acrylic paint (white zinc) - will be used as a primer for wood;
- a set of acrylic paints;
- round, synthetic brushes of different sizes;
- acrylic, glossy varnish for arts and crafts;
- awl (used for convenience during painting);
- pencil;
- eraser;
- palette;
- jar.

1. Before you start painting wooden egg paints, it is necessary to prime the workpiece. Paint the surface 2-3 times with white acrylic paint. Also, as a primer, you can use special professional compositions for wood or simple PVA glue. After PVA glue, the workpiece will be slightly shiny, and the protective film will be transparent, and after acrylic, the surface becomes whitish, but the most characteristic wood pattern is preserved. If you have a desire to give painted eggs to all your friends, then it is better to prime the blanks all at once. Leave the primed egg to dry for at least 3 hours.



2. Put a wooden egg on an awl so that it is convenient for you to hold it when working with paints, and you do not smear the drawing or get dirty.
With a hard pencil, we apply the main elements of the drawing to the workpiece. We propose to draw Gorodets birds in the rose garden. In the middle of the egg, first draw one bird, and with opposite side- the second. Surround the figures of birds with flowers, at this stage the elements do not need to be drawn, it is enough to create a beautiful, balanced composition.




3. The main colors present in the Gorodets painting are red, pink, blue, blue, green and yellow. As a rule, the basis of patterns - underpainting - is painted with paler shades of the above colors, so for the base, mix the colors with white. You should get circles of pink, blue and yellow shades. With mixed colors, paint the circles marked with a pencil. Try to evenly distribute circles of all colors on the surface of the workpiece.




4. Next in green color in the foliage that frames the bird figures. The leaves in this composition are designed to unite the entire composition so that the flowers do not look individually.
Then, with the same pink color that you used to paint the bases of the flowers, paint the wings of both birds.




5. The figures of birds themselves must be painted black. Do it carefully and take your time. Hold the blank for painting by the handle of the awl, if necessary, simply scroll the handle, and the egg will rotate around its own axis.




6. Let's move on to drawing the flowers and giving them a stylized volume. We start with "shading". Shading in Gorodets painting is a drawing of the details of elements more dark color. For the blue base, prepare a dark blue saturated color, so that it is clearly visible on the blue underpainting.
Decorate the middle of the blue flower with a blue circle of small diameter. Then mark the petals with brackets.
On pink flower use a shade of red or burgundy. On the pink circle on the left side, draw a small circle, then draw the shape of a bud with a crescent moon and add petals at the end.
Repeat the same process with the yellow underpainting, only this time the paint color will be orange.




7. Also draw a shade on the leaves. It is better to start drawing from the bottom of the egg and move up.




8. The third stage of the Gorodets painting is “living up”. With the help of livening, you can transform, “revive” your painting. It is performed in lighter shades than underpainting, most often white.
We start with the same blue flower - first draw more petals, but smaller and place them on a circle with a smaller diameter than the blue petals. In the center, you can draw another small circle and add in large petals at a fairly noticeable point.
On pink and yellow flowers, emphasize the center by duplicating the outline of an oval or circle. Draw light petals on the bud, in the form of elongated, teardrop-shaped brackets located towards each other.
On the green foliage, also add 3-4 short strokes to imitate denticles or veins on the leaves.




9. When the blooming garden is finished, finish drawing the figures of the birds. On the tail of each bird, you need to draw several feathers. Alternately make 3 long strokes of pink and blue.
Then proceed to drawing the head - draw an eye, a beak. On the chest of the bird, make a "necklace" of dots of different sizes and drop-shaped strokes.




10. Draw a crest for the bird, add small feathers in small, short strokes. Draw a pattern on the wings, reminiscent of feathering on flowers and complemented by imitation feathers.