Beautiful dachas are not only well-groomed beds and flowers, but also the absence of cluttered back streets or rusty water barrels that irritate the eye.
If you spend a lot of energy on arranging your summer cottage, then even such trifles as garden barrels should look attractive.
Take a look at your garden barrel, which looks like it's been serving you for years. You have no desire to hide it in a dark corner so that it rarely catches your eye? And let's better try to give the barrel an attractive look, so that it becomes an interesting element of our beautiful garden.
We will paint the barrel with acrylic paints. Whoever wants can put a simple funny drawing on it, who can make a complex painting. Well, and who does not know how to draw at all can use stencil painting.
To begin with, the barrel must be cleaned of rust and old paint. We do this with a special brush for metal and it is very desirable with the help of an appropriate power tool. this work is hard, dusty and dirty. After cleaning, cover the barrel with a primer for metal. To be honest, modern primers do not require pre-cleaning of rust. So why did we try so hard, you ask? A cleaned barrel will have a smoother surface and the final result will be much better.
We paint the barrel in the main color with a roller. When the paint dries, apply the drawing with chalk. It is important that the pattern is large enough - in proportion to the size of the barrel. It is better that small parts do not fall on the bulges on the surface of the barrel.
Another useful trick when painting barrels is to trace the outlines of the finished drawing with a thin brush with dark paint. Do not forget to add small details to a larger drawing with the same brush.
Since the tastes of all summer residents are different, someone will be pleased with a bolder and brighter drawing, and for someone it will be enough just to re-paint the barrel in an inconspicuous green color. But if you add even a couple simple elements on your garden barrel, then it will become clearly more fun.
Beautiful dachas delight us not only with luxurious country houses and amazingly beautiful landscape design, but also with masterful attention to all the little things, such as simple garden barrels.
Even the most durable materials fade and crumble over time. Plus, they tend to get rusty. The same is true with barrels. As a result, such containers become ugly and spoil the whole appearance vegetable garden. You can, of course, throw away the old tank and get a new one. However, this requires a lot of money. That is why it is better to go the other way - paint the existing container in beautiful colors. Together with and, they will look good on the site.
This type of activity will have a double benefit: and the barrels will be given new life and children can take part in this exciting activity.
To hide rust from barrels, you can use one of the following methods:
When choosing a camouflage method, you can use the following tools:
- Cover with vegetation.
- Cover with moss.
- Create small containers from willow twigs.
- Paint in protective colors.
If you like covering the tank with vegetation, then you can plant small trees or bushes, and attach a tank behind them. You can simply leave it on the ground or bury up to half in the ground. In this case, it is necessary to wrap the bottom with oilcloth to prevent rust on the walls.
In the case of lining with moss, you should purchase a twine rope and, applying pieces of moss, tie it all with a rope. This is done to the very top of the barrel.
When choosing to create containers, the following work is carried out:
- All natural material is prepared in advance: twigs and branches.
in the photo: how to beautifully paint a barrel in the country
- Dried willow branches must be soaked.
- The ends of the branches should be pointed and placed in the ground at a distance sufficient to place the barrel inside.
- The weaving process itself begins from the side invisible to prying eyes.
- Weaving is carried out by a “snake”: the twig, as it were, slips from different sides under the supporting branches.
If you can’t make friends with the weaving technique, you can use the coloring of the tank in khaki color, which will successfully hide the tank among the thickets.
In the photo - how to color the barrels in the garden:
When choosing a coloring, you need to know about its features:
- Only clean tanks should be used.
- Before starting work, cleaning is done with a special brush and emery paper.
- Only paints that can withstand natural phenomena can be used.
- A solvent is required to correct the image.
- You need to use brushes: wide - for tinting and narrow - for drawing a picture.
- A graphite pencil will allow you to make preliminary markings.
Barrels to paint, best of all, with acrylic paints. They:
When painting containers with these tools, you must use the following sequence of actions:
This scheme applies to metal barrels. In the case of using wood, it must first be washed from dampness, and then varnished. And only then paint and drawings are applied.
The main types of drawings will be the following elements:
- Bright images of fairy-tale characters.
- Dropout use.
- Plastic bottles.
- Leaf patterns.
- Foam for mounting.
As fairy-tale characters, you can use those that children like or those that you like. The installation of such barrels can be carried out near the children's area or in an open area. 
When using screenings, it is necessary to have an adhesive applied to the tank, and the natural material itself. It turns out quite original design. Plastic bottles should be cut into different shapes and glued to the tank.
The leaves can be used as a stencil. They are carefully glued, and sprayed from above with an aerosol. The sheet is then removed and the image remains.
Foam can be used both in the form of patterns and the basis for drawing a picture from above.
Using stencils
Stencils are a great solution for those who can't draw or can't come up with anything original. Their use is extremely simple, and the effect is excellent. You can create them yourself, using ideas from the Internet, or purchase ready-made ones in a special store.
Types of stencils
There are the following types of stencils:
Multi-layer stencils allow you to use them for a large amount of time. Their main advantages include the creation of voluminous and large drawings. The disadvantages are such items as high cost and the need to use glue.
Single-layer stencils are designed for one-time use. The advantages include a minimum of time spent, a low price and the ability to create any pattern. But they cannot be used on plastered surfaces.
Dense and flexible stencils are used to create any image. They can be various kinds: in the form of plants, flowers, stars and other things. In their advantages, one can note the non-standard design and low cost, and in the minuses - a short duration of use.
Stencils using glue are used as follows: first, the adhesive base is peeled off, and then it is applied to the surface of the barrel and gently smoothed out. Those that do not have glue are lubricated with the composition and glued.
On the video - do-it-yourself stencil:
How to make them
When painting a barrel with stencils, you can use the easiest way - the use of natural material. To do this, the following procedure is performed:
- All unique shapes and sizes of leaves, branches and other things are prepared.
- A barrel or tank is installed on a hill and against the wind.
- First, the container is painted with light green paint. From above, the diagonals are drawn with a white tint.
- Natural material is applied and sprayed from a can.
- This is how all work is done.
In case you want to create something more beautiful and unusual, you can make your own stencils.
On the video - how to use the stencil:
To create them, you can use one of the options.
Option one
Using templates: For this you can download already finished types offered on many sites. Then the stencil is strengthened with paper.
Option two
Pattern Thickness: You can choose how many layers the stencil will contain. After that, the following is done:
- The design of the drawing is being considered.
- It is being created.
- Copying takes place either on one tracing paper or on multiple ones.
Option three
The choice of material. If you want to create a paper-based stencil, then:
- Selects the type of paper.
- The template is sealed with paper or packing tape.
- The drawing is drawn and carefully cut out.
If it is made from a plastic base:
- The image is applied to a plastic surface.
- The sample is cut out.
- All sharp corners are rounded off.
Thus, absolutely any stencil can be made.
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How to use
After creating a suitable sample, you need to use it to decorate the barrel. The following work needs to be done:
- The stencil is fixed on the surface with paint or tape.
- The paint is applied using improvised means.
- It should be as small as possible so that the picture does not blur.
- The brush is stuffed or rotated according to the stencil.
The simplest type of stencil is ready. For a more complex and voluminous drawing, you can use the following steps:
- According to the already painted stencil, different shades of paint should be added - from lighter to darkest.
- You should produce the same sequence - from the center to the edge.
- In the case of using round patterns, another sequence can be produced - from the edge to the center.
Thus, using different technologies when drawing the same stencil, you can create real masterpieces on the walls of barrels.
Stencil drawing will help you feel like designers and creators of an unusual design. Consider that making samples is not very difficult, then anyone can perform this action. The only difficulty is the correct calculation of the amount of paint and the drawing of elements.
Beautiful dachas are not only well-groomed beds and flowers, but also the absence of cluttered back streets or rusty water barrels that irritate the eye. If you spend a lot of energy on arranging your summer cottage, then even such trifles as garden barrels should look attractive.
Take a look at your garden barrel, which looks like it's been serving you for years. You have no desire to hide it in a dark corner so that it rarely catches your eye?
Let's try to give the barrel an attractive look so that it becomes an interesting element of our beautiful garden.We will paint the barrel with acrylic paints. Whoever wants can put a simple funny drawing on it, who can make a complex painting. Well, and who does not know how to draw at all can use stencil painting.
To begin with, the barrel must be cleaned of rust and old paint. We do this with a special brush for metal and it is very desirable with the help of an appropriate power tool. this work is hard, dusty and dirty.
After cleaning, cover the barrel with a primer for metal. To be honest, modern primers do not require pre-cleaning of rust. So why did we try so hard, you ask? A cleaned barrel will have a smoother surface and the final result will be much better.
We paint the barrel in the main color with a roller. When the paint dries, apply the drawing with chalk. It is important that the pattern is large enough - in proportion to the size of the barrel. It is better that small parts do not fall on the bulges on the surface of the barrel.
Good on the barrels are obtained such simple and funny faces. The owner of this beautiful garden offers a detailed master class on painting garden barrels.
Another useful trick when painting barrels is to trace the outlines of the finished drawing with a thin brush with dark paint. Do not forget to add small details to a larger drawing with the same brush.
Because the tastes of all summer residents are different, then someone will be pleased with a bolder and brighter drawing, someone will just need to re-paint the barrel in an inconspicuous green color.
But if you add even a couple of simple elements to your garden barrel, then it will become clearly more fun.
Beautiful dachas delight us not only with luxurious country houses and amazingly beautiful landscape design, but also with masterful attention to all the little things, such as simple garden barrels.
Surely every summer resident in a suburban area has a couple of unusable barrels into which water was previously poured. As a rule, they are used to irrigate vegetation or stock up on water in case of interruption of water supply, which often happens in places outside the city.
Such a beautiful barrel will look great both in vegetable beds and on the lawn, at the entrance to the house near the porch or in the garden.
Such a plan is very popular, as it does not involve much effort and special monetary costs.
Initially, you should choose containers suitable for decoration. In general, barrels that hold 200 liters of water look more attractive, because they can be painted with any patterns, both simple and complex.
To work with barrels you will need:
Empty and clean barrel;
Special brush designed for metal surfaces, sandpaper;
Paints that are able to repel water of different shades;
Solvent brush and pencil.
A plastic barrel is the easiest to work with. Before you paint it, you just need to wash and dry the container well.
The rusty coating should be completely removed from the iron barrel with sandpaper or a metal brush. Next, the surface must be wiped with a cloth previously moistened with alcohol to degrease the iron.
After preparatory work for coloring, you can choose the desired image that will be placed on the barrel. It can be heroes of fairy tales, flowers, people or animals.
First, create a sketch on a piece of paper, then move it to the surface. Paint the barrel in one tone, wait. While it dries, then apply the outlines of the image with a brush, which will later need to be painted with suitable paints.
Paints of various colors can be used to decorate the barrel with handprints of all family members. It will be creative and will be remembered for a long time.
The decorated barrel should dry well, after which it can be placed in the summer cottage.
As an addition, the barrel is decorated with flower arrangements. Chernozem is poured into the middle of the container and vegetation is planted.
How to decorate a barrel in the country, photo selection
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