If the owner of the house or apartment wants to make a decorative wall of stone in the room, but does not have building skills, then you can depict the masonry no less realistic. The work is difficult, because you have to apply acrylic paint and properly draw the surface of the wall. To paint a brick wall with professional paints will require experience. For a beginner, this business will take a lot of time, but the result is worth it.
Variety of options
The masonry drawings depict in different ways. You can make your own ideas or take advantage of ready-made work options. For example, a black background is created on the wall and red bricks are drawn with straight lines without rough edges.
You can draw brickwork on the old wall and with microcracks. Paints add a porous texture, outline slightly curved lines. The image looks good in the kitchen or in the hall. The roughness is created with a sponge.
Use any color. The masonry can be drawn on a black background with white bricks. Or make golden hues. Take into account the general interior of the room and make a sketch. For realism, chiaroscuro is added to such a large-scale picture, and the most advanced artists depict hand-drawn 3D masonry.
Inventory for work
Beginners do not need to immediately take up large-scale work. First, they learn to apply paint with a brush and accurately draw lines on a cardboard sheet. And after practice, you need to draw a brick wall. What tools will be required:
plastic bucket; N4 and N20 brushes;
Toothbrush;
to mix acrylic paints you will need a palette of plastic plates;
chalk or marker;
sponges with medium and large pores;
a piece of pure matter;
duct tape;
a stencil or long metal slats for fixing drywall;
acrylic emulsion (the amount depends on the wall area) - gas soot, red and light ocher, white with a touch of titanium, brown Mars, burnt and natural sienna, umber.
10 cans of paint are enough to apply the image to an area of 50 square meters. Beginner is able to colorize 30 sq. M. walls in 8-10 hours.
Stencil construction
Accessories will speed up brickwork. There is a sufficient variety of materials from which stencil is made. To draw brickwork on the wall with paints, like the masters, you need to choose the following options:
Chipboard sheets. Stripes are cut from the plate along the height of the brick, but 1-2 cm more, since there should be a seam between the stones. At the joints, they lay pieces of pressed plates and fasten the parts with a stapler and staples. On strips mark the shapes of red or silicate bricks. Unnecessary sections are cut with a clerical knife, applying a ruler or building level to the lines.
Styrofoam. Similarly, strips of the desired size are cut from foam plates. Elements stick together. Inside the knife, forms of stones are cut out. If the owner wants to draw a rough wall, this option is better suited.
Scotch. The adhesive tape is applied to the wall horizontally over the entire area. You can cut long pieces 1-2 cm wide, which will cover the seams. Glue such strips horizontally and vertically to form stones. This material is replaced with adhesive tape, which is sold in different widths.
It's easier to use a metal profile and create markup with a marker or chalk. In this work, without an assistant, one cannot cope with drawing.
Background creation
In the corners of the working area stick tape or newspapers so that the paint does not get on the adjoining walls, floor and ceiling. It is difficult to erase acrylic, so they try to draw carefully. How to draw a brick painting on the wall correctly:
Background color is prepared in plates. Stir umber, titanium white and black paint.
Made components are gradually added to a clean container and achieve the desired shade.
For applying paint use a large porous sponge. It is wetted in a liquid and the background is painted on top of the wall.
A small sponge overwrites the formed gaps to a uniform color.
Wait for the coating to dry. Check the work for roughness and gaps, if any, then they are covered with a new layer of acrylic. Before you draw a brick wall, the surface is wiped and treated with a primer.
Correct marking
Use a stencil or steel profile. In this case, a metal bar, tape measure and marker are used. We draw a brick wall according to the plan:
From the bottom of the wall, measure 1-2 cm - this is a seam. They retreat from the received mark to the height of the brick and draw a dash.
A profile is applied horizontally from the auxiliary points and dashed lines of 25 cm are drawn in 1 cm increments. Similarly, mark the wall to the ceiling.
Equally discontinuous vertical contours are also made - a length of 6-8 cm with an interval of 1 cm.
The lines marked with a marker or chalk should not cross the opposite lines. For example, a vertical path runs along the boundaries of horizontal lines. If an intersection occurs, then this is an asymmetry. Have to draw.
It is more convenient to draw with a marker than with chalk, but if the beginner made a mistake, then it is difficult to hide the defect. You will need to mix the paint with the right shade and paint over the lines on the background.
Masonry drawing
In order not to accidentally gloss over the primary layer of paint, adhesive tape is glued between the lines where the seam is located. Brushes and sponges are washed in buckets of water. How to draw a brick wall in stages:
The artist stirs sienna and ocher in a plastic bowl. Brings brown, yellow and red colors to these colors. Achieve brick imitation.
The edges of the stones are drawn smooth, marker or marked lines are also painted over.
Work with a wide brush. The base color is applied at the marking places under the brick.
They are waiting for partial drying and begin to re-apply the layer so that the background in the forms completely disappears.
Add shades in stages. Brown Mars is diluted with water so that the color is not saturated, and drawn from left to right and from bottom to top. This way of moving the tool carefully hides all the flaws.
Stirred burnt sienna and white. Similarly, dull shades are applied to the traced stones.
Depict the texture of the brick with a toothbrush. Mix ocher, white and burnt bone. Rarely spray rare liquid over the coating with a tool.
Acrylic does not crack, dries in a short time, it is convenient to apply even layers, a large selection of colors. Such paint after application may darken after a few days. Therefore, light colors are chosen.