Do-it-yourself decorative drawings for exclusive wall decor

Typical planning houses are devoid of individuality, but everyone wants the apartment to be different even after a small renovation. All finishing materials from construction supermarkets give approximately the same result after the completion of the renovation. Designers have developed many interesting methods for DIY wall decor to add uniqueness to any room. Each room suggests its own theme for painting vertical surfaces or volumetric wall decor. Experts from the leading design bureaus of the capital shared their secrets.

Creating a decorative pattern on the wall is a very fun process.

Trees and birds on the wall will give the room a special style

White drawings on a bright wall will perfectly complement the interior.

What is important to know about wall painting methods?

A person who does not know how to paint like a real artist is capable of a lot, even if he is not aware of it. It is enough to confidently hold in your hands:

• brushes of different widths;
• spray paint;
• roller with a nozzle;
• marker;
• marking pencil.

Each device leaves its own recognizable mark. From these strokes, lines and colored blocks, you can get any image on a vertical surface with your own hands..

The desired pattern can be transferred to the wall in any way. For example, at school, many got acquainted with the method of enlarging images by squares. In a small figure, a grid of 2-5 cm is marked, and then each square is drawn on a large wall marking. This way the proportions of the recognizable portrait are preserved..

In this technique, even teenagers have access to decorative drawings on the walls with their own hands. You can transfer a brand name, the logo of a famous rock band or your idol to the wall.

The easiest way to do it yourself, without involving an artist, is to redraw black and white images of portraits of John Lennon or Viktor Tsoi, which are familiar to everyone for a long time. Girls paint Merlin Monroe and Coco Chanel against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower. It is easier to draw a conventional drawing of a lady with a hat in your bedroom. It is a little more difficult to transfer your silhouette profile in squares from a good photo and fill in the desired areas with paint. After practicing with drafts on a piece of plywood, make clean drawings on the walls in the interior, as in the photo.

Such a drawing will create the feeling of a wind walking around the room.

Japanese-style drawing will be of interest

There are different ideas and ways of making decorative drawings, but not all are available to beginners. You can get practice on the wall before renovation. If it works out – leave it as a decorative panel, it will not look like a masterpiece – you can always paint over or cover with wallpaper. Any interior paints are suitable, for example, on an acrylic base.

The exception is the volumetric decor, it will have to be completely removed from the wall for repair. Therefore, it is performed on a prepared surface, for example, after the next update of the wallpaper for painting. In this way, seasonal wall decoration in the nursery is performed. A summer collection of fluttering butterflies made of folded paper will replace a blooming spring twig, and then autumn leaves or flying birds will appear, then snowflakes.

A stencil for painting on the wall can be made from a cardboard box

A tree with birds will look harmonious in the corridor

Such a landscape will refresh the bedroom even in extreme heat.

But the easiest way is to make abstract drawings or intersecting geometric shapes with your own hands, of which an integral composition is made. It is better to carry out wall drawings in the interior in a single color palette, but if after the repair it “does not look”, then a color block on an empty wall can fix everything or divert attention from some defects.

To do wall decor with your own hands in a new technique for yourself, you should watch a master class on wall painting.

The branches of grapes on the wall will look harmonious in the interior

Large decorative pattern in the bedroom will help you fall asleep quickly

How to choose a theme for wall decor?

While browsing the site for interiors in different styles, many pay attention to decorative drawings on the walls made by real artists. Indeed, many masterpieces in the form of frescoes, panoramic images in the long aisles of private houses or wall panels in the bathroom are made by professionals..

Invite a specialist – this option is also not excluded. But one of your friends and acquaintances can make markings on a prepared wall in order to transfer the contours of a famous painting or a sketch you like. Then your task will be minimal – to work out the colored blocks, similar to how a child learns “coloring”.

You should not undertake complex frescoes, where the technique of shadow transitions or drawing draperies is supposed. Use a simple wall art. There are well-known optical illusions or 3D drawings that, if exactly repeated on the walls of an apartment, will look just as impressive. For example, a staircase, as it were, leading to a snow-covered street with lanterns along the alley, or a drawn descent into the quarters of a metropolis. But you never know interesting and accessible ideas?!

Black wood on white kitchen wall background looks modern

Straight lines with vibrant colors for inspiration

Drawing on the wall is a very fun process.

Urban dwellers who lack living greenery are popular with floral and plant motifs:

• a schematic representation of one large flower on the wall;
• a small flower arrangement on the wall or in one corner;
• blooming garland;
• bouquet or still life with flowers;
• a schematic representation of a wilting flower losing petals;
• the whole picture with a blooming garden or a porch with landscaping.

Wood is the second most popular do-it-yourself interior design motif. It is performed schematically or quite realistically. In this way, they decorate the hallway with portraits of ancestors – “family tree”.

In the children’s room, this decor creates an atmosphere of a fairy tale and children’s dreams..

The Japanese-style bedroom is traditionally decorated with a sprig of cherry blossoms. Do-it-yourself volumetric wall decor in the form of pink paper flowers using the origami technique is often added to it. Something like this can decorate a room in any modern style, if such a pattern is in harmony with the interior..

Portrait images are the 3rd most popular. Spider-Man, Batman, or another superhero is drawn in the boy’s bedroom..

The girl’s room is decorated with princesses in long dresses, Rapunzel with a braid hanging from the tower, Fiona and Shrek, other popular characters.

Such a pattern will complement the kitchen.

A textured pattern with lighting will make the room more sophisticated

Teen fans and rockers paint portraits of their idols on the walls of their personal space.

Portrait abstraction, collages from your own photos, complemented by a large drawing on the wall in the center of the installation are also very popular..

Images that emphasize the style of the interior keep the bottom rung of the rating of the popular theme of drawings in the interior with their own hands.

In a spacious glazed loggia, given to a teenager for personal space, an image of a bike, a concept of a sports car or a Formula 1 car is appropriate. Even if the drawing on the whole wall is rather schematic, it impresses with its dynamics and scope..

For a teenage girl who makes music, you can draw wires in the bedroom with birds that look more like a musical string. For an athlete, an Olympic pedestal or something else is suitable to motivate hard work. A young naturalist will appreciate the flying dandelion. A portrait of a beloved dog can add a nostalgic touch to the decor of the hallway, if everyone’s favorite “went to the rainbow”.

Each style has its own recognizable handwriting, which is often complemented by wall paintings, paintings on the ceiling, stained glass windows or vaulted arches for zoning the space. Typical stylistic images:

The moon pattern is perfect for the bedroom.

The look of torn fabric will add elegance to the wall.

Drawing with decorative plaster will go well with the design of the living room

TABLE

1.	Hi-tech style and techno	Technical aids and mechanical toys
2.	Classics and neoclassics	Still lifes, portraits
3.	Historical stylistics	Wall panels, frescoes and paintings with pastoral scenes, picturesque fragments, landscapes
4.	Gothic or neo-gothic	Image of pointed temples and castles, long passageways of the dungeon with torches, stained glass windows with a rose
5.	Modern and postmodernism	“The blow of the whip”, graceful curves of the female body, ornate floral ornament, lizards
6.	Provence, chalets and country	Lavender fields, landscapes characteristic of the European landscape, images of cats and roosters
7.	Japanese minimalism	Oriental hieroglyphs, bamboo stems, cherry blossoms, geisha in national dress
eight.	Modern styles, loft	Quarters of megalopolises, optical illusions, silhouette portraits, music instruments, technique

Before starting repairs, it is worth considering all the details, including the style of the interior, so that the hand-made drawing complements the design concept.

The drawing in the arch will perfectly decorate the decor of the room

Seashells in the interior will surely catch the eyes of guests

Methods for performing the simplest images

The wall drawing is used for different purposes:

• visually expand the room;
• hide wall defects or children’s “art” on the wall;
• emphasize the choice of style;
• give personal space more personality;
• fix the flaws of inexpressive repairs;
• realize creative inclinations and find an application for your talent;
• to decorate each room in a special way;
• zone the space, emphasizing its functionality with the theme of the drawing.

To begin with, choose a sketch that is suitable in style, which will organically reflect the functionality of the room. For example, fish and shells, a sailboat on the waves, dolphins, a coral garden are suitable for decorating a bathroom without stylistic reference.

A decorative plaster pattern will look voluminous if the light is correctly directed at it

Another type of decorative drawings on the wall

Japanese style in the hallway will add variety

Next, prepare the surface – the base should not get wet or crumble under the layers of paint. Remove old wallpaper, peeling paint and crumbling putty. The surface is plastered under a plumb line and level so that the wall is perfectly flat. It must be painted in the color that will be the main background..

The easiest way to do your own decor is with stencils. This is a plate made of cardboard, plywood or plastic with a cut out image. It is easy to do it yourself – transfer the contour drawing and cut it along the lines. They use the outer and inner contours, so it is better to cut the curly hole very carefully.

The same template or stencil (maple leaf, for example) can be used in wall painting in different ways:

• apply a little paint to the wall and spray a little paint around the edges, getting an unpainted center and “foggy” outlines;
• outline the contours with a contrasting color or, applying in different places, outline with different colors typical for autumn;
• make a completely realistic image of a sheet with spray paint of similar shades, and then draw veins;
• apply 2-3 stencils each with an offset from the common point, using different techniques – spraying, contours and staining.

Stencil painting is not the only way to paint for those who do not consider themselves an artist. Drawings with wide and narrow strokes are also quite simple. For example, in the bedroom, you can schematically depict the outline of a swan flapping its wings, and the flying feathers can be done using the curl technique..

Such a drawing will go well with the interior.

Flowers will give a smile at any time

This will require flat brushes of different widths. The method of applying the image is very simple – a brush is drawn along the wall, slightly pressing, making a small turn, coming off the surface. The edge will be narrow or diffuse, depending on the width of the brush and the direction of the strokes..

Decor combining wall painting and volumetric elements. You can cut out a whole collection of butterflies from thick colored cardboard with a child, which are folded in half and glued to the wall in the middle so that they flutter over flowers or a blooming twig painted on the wall.

Another way is to draw a tree in the hallway, you can rather conditionally. From a solution of gypsum or thick plaster, mold voluminous branches, a trunk, leaves, fruits, or even biblical characters – the Tempter Snake, the silhouettes of Adam and Eve in the distance. When the volumetric decor is dry, the entire wall is painted in the same color with a soft roller..

Even more interesting ideas for decorating walls with drawings – in our photo gallery.

Video: Artistic wall painting – decorative drawing on the wall

50 photos of examples of decorative drawings on the wall: