Simple techniques for painting Easter eggs. Painting of a wooden egg "Golden patterns
Very beautiful Easter eggs can be obtained by painting with hot wax. Under definition hot wax refers to ordinary wax crayons, which can be purchased at an office supply store. To paint Easter eggs, wax crayons (can be replaced with beeswax or paraffin candles tinted with food coloring) are melted, placed in a small metal container, which is heated to a temperature of 65 ° C. Wax painting is used mainly for already pre-painted eggs, which looks more and very impressive.
Before you start painting an Easter egg, you need to paint it in any traditional way you know, of which there are a lot. They paint eggs in onion skins, food coloring, beets and so on. In order for the egg to color well and evenly, it must first be washed well and degreased. Vinegar is usually used for degreasing, eggs are rubbed with a piece of gauze or a cloth dipped in vinegar - when stained with food coloring. When staining with a decoction of onion peels, you can add vinegar while boiling eggs - 1-2 tablespoons of vinegar and a pinch of salt per liter of water.
For painting Easter eggs with wax, copper wire is used (in the absence of copper wire, you can use a long needle, a crochet hook, an awl). You can take a round wooden stick and insert a copper wire into it, leaving a copper tip about 2 cm long. The thinner the tip, the finer the lines you can draw on the egg. It is copper that is used for painting with hot wax, since by its properties it retains temperature for a long time, wax on copper wire does not quickly harden and quite long lines can be drawn.
Work process
Wax or wax crayons (you can also use ordinary colorless paraffin candles) are melted in a small metal container (you can take a tablespoon) over a flame (above a burning candle, burner or in a water bath on a stove), heat to a temperature of 65 ° C (do not bring until the wax boils), we maintain the temperature of a certain wax color all the time while painting.
We catch a small amount of wax with a copper tip and paint the egg, putting dots or drawing lines. The combination of lines and dots makes it possible to create a variety of patterns.
An egg, chicken or goose, during painting should be at least at room temperature, not cold!, Since our wax is hot and can harden immediately after it hits the egg. As for wax, it should not be too hot or cold during painting. For a satisfactory result, use one test egg to see what wax temperature is best for painting a particular pattern. If you want to paint an egg with different colors of wax, then do not paint it with all the colors of the rainbow at once. First paint the whole egg in one color, then wipe the egg with a dry cloth, which will remove any excess wax, if any. Then you can already move on to using a different color of wax.
Upon completion of painting with hot wax, for the best effect, Easter eggs are smeared with fat or sunflower oil, which makes them shine.
To paint an Easter egg, you can use the templates below, or you can come up with something of your own. Experiment and you will succeed! See more.
If everything described above is not entirely clear, I suggest watching this video clip, in which a Czech craftswoman paints an Easter egg with hot wax. Video clip without comments, which are not needed at all. The main thing is to see once and everything will immediately become clear)
And now I propose to look at beautiful ideas for painting Easter eggs that can inspire creativity,
Why are eggs painted for Easter?
1:581One explanation, quite logical and practical, interprets it this way- during the 40-day fast, when eggs cannot be eaten, the hens did not stop laying eggs, and the owners boiled the eggs so that they would not deteriorate. Boiled eggs were dyed to make them easier to distinguish from fresh ones.
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Another, more poetic version of why eggs are dyed tells this story.. The first Easter egg was presented by Mary Magdalene to Emperor Tiberius. After the miraculous resurrection of Jesus Christ, she came to the Roman emperor with the words: "Christ is Risen!" In those days it was impossible to come empty-handed, so she brought him a testicle as a gift. However, Tiberius did not believe her words, arguing that no one can be resurrected, just as a white egg cannot become red. As soon as the last word left his lips, the egg really took on a scarlet color.
2:1059 2:1069Since then, there has been a tradition of dyeing eggs.
2:1154 2:1164Initially, the color was only red, symbolizing the blood of Christ, while the egg itself was a symbol of rebirth. However, later they began to be painted in other colors and to replace chicken eggs with wooden, chocolate or made of precious metals and stones.
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What are the types of egg painting?
There are several different ways to paint Easter eggs. Each type of Easter egg painting has its own name.
3:811 3:821Pysanky
- These are eggs painted with beeswax and paints that are given to each other for Easter.
3:1018 3:1028Easter eggs are one of the most difficult ways to color eggs. On a raw cold egg, patterns are drawn with hot wax using a steel feather. Having made a pattern, the egg is dipped in diluted cold paint, starting with the lightest, wiped and a new pattern is made with wax and again dipped in another paint. When all the patterns are drawn, it is necessary to carefully “sink” the wax from the egg over the flame of a gas burner or over a candle. As the wax melts, it must be wiped off with a soft paper or cloth.
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Krashenka
- a hard-boiled egg, painted in one color without patterns.
7:673 7:683Basically, they make krashenka for Easter, they also play games with them. Among the Slavs, rolling dyes on the first grass is a magical act that calls mother earth to fertility.
7:1016Krashenki - from the word to paint. You can color eggs in different ways.
Some housewives boil hard-boiled eggs, and then immerse them in a solution of warm water for 10-15 minutes. with food coloring which can be purchased at the store.
Other housewives love to paint eggs in a decoction of onion peel. To do this, raw eggs are placed in a pot of water, onion husks are added and boiled for 15-20 minutes until the eggs get the desired color.
And before the eggs were dyed in a special way:
7:78wrapped them with dry leaves of oak, birch, nettle, tied with thread and boiled. It turned out beautiful "marble" eggs.
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Krapanka
- an egg with a plain background, on which spots, stripes, specks are applied with hot wax.
11:724 11:734Ancient speckles could be based on no more than three color combinations.
11:871Krapanki - from the Ukrainian word "scribble", that is, to cover with drops. First, the egg is painted with one color, then, when it dries and cools, drops of hot wax are applied to it. As soon as the wax has cooled, the egg is placed in a solution of a different color. After the paint has dried, the egg is dipped in hot water. The wax melts and a very funny egg comes out. Wax can be gently scraped off.
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Dryapanka (shkrabanka)
- a single-colored egg, on which the pattern is scratched with a metal tip.
15:739 15:749Usually shkryabanks are dyed with natural dyes, as food ones are very smeared when scratched.
15:973For drapanka, it is better to take brown eggs. The shell of such eggs is stronger than white ones.
15:1154 15:1164First, the eggs are boiled, then painted in some darker color, then dried. The pattern is applied to the shell with a sharp object - a knife, an awl, scissors, a thick needle, a clerical knife. But before scratching out the pattern, it must be applied to the egg with a sharp pencil.
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During operation, the egg is held in the left hand, and a sharp object in the right. The openwork pattern on the drape looks good on brown or other dark paint.
15:303The pattern on the drapanka can be anything, unlike the pysanka, with its strictly traditional geometric patterns.
15:516 15:526With the tip of a clerical knife, we scratch the contours of the picture. To create shades inside the contours, we scratch the pattern not with the tip, but with the entire surface of the knife blade. Erase the pencil sketch with an eraser. The drawing is ready. For shine, you can wipe the egg with a cotton swab with a drop of oil.
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Malevanka
- an egg painted with an invented pattern.
18:1159 18:1169They do not carry a symbolic meaning, they can be signed with paint (and not with wax). On malevankas, in addition to patterns, they often draw plot pictures, landscapes.
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yaychata
- eggs carved from wood and stone, made from porcelain and clay, were made in Rus' as early as the 13th century.
23:751 23:761Later, eggs began to be decorated with beads, lace, knitting, etc. The most famous "eggs" in the world were made by the imperial jeweler Carl Faberge.
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Now I will introduce you to a list of natural dyes for eggs that allow you to achieve different colors and shades.
30:225 30:2371. Yellow-brown "Onion"
30:318This method of coloring eggs with improvised means is perhaps the most common. To use it in practice, you need to get husks from at least 10 bulbs(for coloring a dozen eggs).
30:709Many vegetable departments in stores come to help housewives in finding the “cherished ingredient” on Easter Eve, offering to buy husks packaged in small plastic bags.
30:1077- Grind the onion “clothes” you have stored up and fill them with a liter of water.
- The resulting mixture should be boiled for 30-40 minutes, after which the colored boiling water must be filtered from the husk.
- Immerse the boiled eggs in the boiling strained composition and cook them for about 5-7 minutes. The time will depend on what color you want to achieve.
2. Red, festive
30:58To give the eggs a particularly elegant red hue, you will need ordinary beets. Grate the root vegetable on a fine grater. You don’t have to cook anything: just squeeze the juice from the resulting slurry and hold the boiled eggs in it.
30:479 30:4913. Yellow, sunny
Boiled turmeric (saffron) will help you color the shell of the main symbol of Easter in a cheerful yellow color in just a few minutes. Prepare a decoction of this oriental seasoning, strain it and boil the eggs in the remaining water for 5-8 minutes.
30:999 30:10114. Green means life
30:1083To give boiled eggs a life-affirming green hue, you will need a brilliant green solution familiar to everyone since childhood.
30:1343The excellent coloring abilities of brilliant green hardly need additional advertising. Dilute the required amount of the drug in boiled, but not boiling (40-50 ° C) water and place boiled eggs there for a few minutes.
30:1751 30:115. Sky blue
30:57Surprisingly, the blue hue of the eggshell has long been given with the help of red cabbage. Place finely chopped cabbage in an enameled or glass bowl. Pour the impromptu "salad" with a mixture of water and vinegar (2 tablespoons per 200 g of water), let the resulting composition brew for 5-8 minutes and strain. Place already boiled eggs in the resulting liquid and hold until the desired shade is achieved.
30:835 30:8456. Purple or orange
30:912These colors can be obtained by mixing red dye with blue or yellow.
30:1071 30:1081Now you know how environmentally friendly and completely harmless natural dyes can help color Easter eggs. Take care of your health and enjoy the pre-holiday chores with your family.
30:1468 30:1480In the old days, eggs Easter not only painted, hence the name krashenka, but also skillfully painted with wax (pysanky). To spell correctly Easter eggs There are some secrets that we will talk about.
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Blown eggs are used for decorations. This means that with the tip of a needle or awl, it is necessary to very carefully pierce a raw egg, making two small holes one opposite the other. Through one of the holes, you need to blow the contents into a plate, and both yolks and proteins are quite suitable for preparing Easter dishes.
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For painting, you can use a variety of materials, including acrylic paints, gouache, multi-colored markers. You can apply the tone with a cotton swab or a piece of sponge, and the pattern with a semi-dry brush.
3. Eggs can also be decorated with beads and beads, this is quite easy to do if you use tweezers and PVA glue.
At the same time, there are certain rules for painting eggs, which should not be violated. On the egg, all drawings should be placed in the most clear pattern. This is due to the fact that the structure of the Universe is laid in the egg, therefore the drawing cannot be modified.
The pine tree painted on Easter eggs is a symbol of health.
Black color is a symbol of grief. A very bright pattern was necessarily applied to the black testicles, which symbolized the diversity of life. Easter eggs were painted for children on a cherry background.
The dove on the Easter egg is a symbol of the soul.
Mesh - symbolizes fate.
White color is the beginning of all beginnings, that is, fate, which is being built in heaven.
Yellow net - symbolizes the sun and the destiny that is being built here.
Oak is a symbol of strength.
Dots - symbolize fertility.
Cream is a symbol of love.
Hops are a symbol of fertility.
Any berry - also symbolizes fertility; mother.
Flowers are a symbol of girlhood.
Krashenki - from the word to paint.
Paint Easter eggs can be different. You can boil hard-boiled eggs, then for 10-15 minutes, immerse in a solution of warm water, where food coloring is added. It is sold in any store. And you can paint the eggs in a decoction with onion peel. To do this, you need to take raw eggs, place them in a pot of water, add onion peel and cook for about 15-20 minutes until the eggs are the desired color.
Previously, eggs were dyed in a special way, they were wrapped with dry leaves of birch, oak, nettle, tied with strings and boiled. It turned out very beautiful, unusual "marble" eggs.
Drapanki
To create a drapanka, it is better to use eggs with a brown tint, as their shells are stronger than those of white eggs. First, the eggs must be boiled, then painted in the desired color, and dried. The pattern is applied to the shell with a sharp object, for example, an awl, a knife, a thick needle. But before scratching out a beautiful pattern, it is applied to the egg with a pencil. The openwork pattern on the drape looks great on dark brown or other dark paint.
Krapanki
Krapanki - from the Ukrainian word "krapat", means to cover with drops. First you need color the egg, and when it dries and cools, apply droplets of hot wax on it. When the wax has cooled, the eggs must be put in a solution of a different color. When the paint dries, the egg must be dipped in hot water. The wax will melt, and you will get very funny eggs.
Pysanky
Pysanky is the whole art of painting Easter eggs. To paint Easter eggs, elements of animal and floral ornaments, as well as geometric shapes are used. Pysanka write on a raw chicken egg. Moreover, there are laws here - every line is an arc that forms ovals and circles. Crossing, they seem to divide the surface of the egg into fields, which are called the baptismal shirt of Easter eggs. An interesting fact is that in the old days it was possible to paint Easter eggs with the first strike of the bell.
Each color of the pattern was necessarily protected with wax. By the end of the work, the eggs resembled gloomy black koloboks, but as soon as they were dipped into hot water or brought to the fire, the wax began to melt, and a PYSANKA how the sun is born from the blackness of the night.
In our time, the art of painting Easter eggs is being revived - new artists appear, forgotten techniques are being restored.
Happy and Happy Easter to you!!!
Eggs painted in one color are called eggs, and those painted with ornaments or plot patterns are called Easter eggs. Classic pysanka is a complex way of painting Easter eggs, where wax, steel feathers or hooks are used, as well as special paints. But along with the traditional methods of coloring, there are a large number of simpler and more original methods for painting an egg. Even kids can paint Easter eggs with watercolors, gouache or markers. You can also use watercolor pencils, corrector, felt-tip pens, gel pens and other standard writing instruments. Dyeing and painting eggs for the main Christian holiday, Easter, is a long tradition. One of the legends says that when Saint Mary Magdalene came to the emperor Tiberius and told about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the emperor did not believe and said that it was just as impossible as the fact that a chicken egg would turn red. At the same moment, the hen's egg, which he held in his hands, turned red in confirmation of the news of Mary Magdalene. Other versions refer the origin of the tradition to pre-Christian times.
Painting Easter eggs in watercolor
An easy way to make unique and colorful Easter eggs with your own hands is to paint Easter eggs with watercolors, combined with watercolor pencils. Keep in mind that this is not a permanent dye, but it is an easy, affordable and fun decorating method, and you can also create a real watercolor effect right on the shell.
The saturation of the pattern depends on the degree of dilution of the paint with water. You can first cover the entire surface of the egg with a light layer of watercolor, and then, while the paint is still wet, add more concentrated and saturated spots.
The core of watercolor pencils consists of pressed watercolor, which allows them to dissolve with water. In other words, we draw as if with colored pencils, and then we pass over the image with a wet brush or cotton wool and get a watercolor drawing. In this case, you can draw with a watercolor pencil on the still wet surface of the egg. It turns out the effect, as if the pencil is melting. As a result, soft and slightly blurred lines perfectly draw details.
Painting Easter eggs with gouache
But such a wonderful painting of Easter eggs can be done with gouache, acrylic paint and permanent markers!
Painting Easter eggs with a marker
Stylish black and white Easter eggs - forget about paints and different materials! Only black permanent marker and your imagination!
Painting Easter eggs with a gel pen
Fine gel pen drawing:
Painting Easter eggs with fingers and sticks
Doodles, dots, specks, stains made by the fingers of children's hands!
Easter eggs from Kinder Surprise
With markers and felt-tip pens, you can paint plastic eggs from Kinder Surprise. Interestingly, the child can then combine the halves of the egg himself, creating a new egg each time.
Easter has its own customs and traditions, one of which is the painting of eggs. The article will be useful for both adults and children. Easter eggs are a symbol of a great holiday. Mistresses are in awe of painting eggs, and many tend to come up with new patterns.
The tradition of painting eggs for Easter
There are several versions of the origin of this tradition.
Version 1.
When Jesus was resurrected, Mary Magdalene came to the emperor with the news. Since a gift was needed for such a trip, she took a white egg with her. She said to the emperor, "Christ is risen." The emperor did not believe such news and said that it was as implausible as the fact that the egg turned red. And miraculously, the egg immediately turned red.
Version 2.
Hens in Lent lay eggs non-stop. The owners were afraid that they would spoil. Therefore, we decided to dye fresh eggs red.
Version 3.
When Jesus was a baby, painted eggs were a form of entertainment for him.
What eggs to paint for Easter?
At Easter it is customary to paint chicken eggs: no matter the color or size.
IMPORTANT: For even coloring, wash the eggs thoroughly with vinegar and soap. Otherwise, the paint will take unevenly.
What colors are used to paint eggs for Easter?
Previously, eggs were dyed only red.
Now for the Easter holiday you can find a wide variety of options for painting eggs:
- painting in one color: yellow, green, blue, orange. In fact, the color can be whatever is closer to your soul.
- painting in several colors: many patterns, drawings
How to dye eggs red?
Color eggs traditionally Red color will help:
- Food colorings
- onion peel
- Beet. Boil an egg along with a whole beetroot. Boil until you get the desired color. You can simply grate a boiled egg with beetroot broth or beetroot, grated
How to dye eggs with onion skins?
- Take a pot filled to the top with onion skins
- Fill with water not to the very edge
- Put to boil for 45 minutes. Boiling time depends on the desired paint color
- Let the potion cool down
- Put the eggs in the husk and cook for 10-15 minutes after boiling
- Boil until you see the desired color
IMPORTANT: Eggs must be completely submerged in water. Turn them over for even coloring.
Food coloring for Easter eggs
Eggs can be dyed with natural and non-natural food coloring.
WITH non-natural dyes everything is clear: go to the store, buy the food coloring of the desired color, dilute the dye in water, put the egg in the water with the dye until the desired color is obtained.
IMPORTANT: Staining with these dyes usually produces a more uniform color. But from this there is a feeling of unnaturalness.
WITH natural the dye issue is more complex. Many natural dyes can be used depending on the desired color of the final egg.
Yellow.
Turmeric will help color the egg yellow. Painting technique:
- In 0.5 liters of water, add 2 tbsp. turmeric, 1 tbsp. table vinegar
- Put the eggs in the water
- Cook until ready
Pink color.
The pink color of the eggs will be given by cranberry juice, in which the boiled eggs lie down until the desired color is obtained.
Dark brown color.
Boil eggs in strong black tea.
Blue color.
Blue color will help to get red cabbage:
- Finely chop 2 cabbages
- Pour 0.5 liters of water into a saucepan
- Add 6 tablespoons to the water. table vinegar
- Pour in the cabbage
- Leave overnight to infuse, after mixing
- In the morning, put boiled eggs into the infusion until the desired color is obtained.
Easter egg painting
Egg painting will look equally good on both pre-dyed eggs and natural colored eggs.
Painting with a permanent marker.
An easy way to paint Easter eggs for those who can draw.
Painting with paints.
For painting, you only need paints and brush thin. Paints can be used the most simple acrylic.
IMPORTANT: With this method, you can decorate the egg with your child and make a painting that you like.
Painting with powdered sugar.
- Prepare the powdered sugar
- Add as much water to it as needed until a thick homogeneous mass is obtained.
- Apply the pattern with a confectionery syringe with a sugar mixture
- Let the egg dry
Wax painting.
- For painting with wax, you will need wax pencils or wax paints.
- Choose the tool you will use to paint: knitting needle, needle, awl, copper wire
IMPORTANT: The copper wire will keep the wax hot for a long time, allowing you to draw more lines at a time.
- Heat the wax up to 65 C
- Dip the tool in wax and apply the pattern
If you do not have the makings of an artist or cannot come up with the desired pattern, use stencils.
- Print a stencil
- Pick up paints and apply them with a sponge or brush
- Attach the stencil to the egg
- Blot with a sponge or brush over the stencil
- Remove the stencil and dry the egg
How else can you paint eggs for Easter?
Colored floss threads.
Wrap the egg completely with different colored floss threads and boil the egg hard.
Beautiful napkins.
- Buy beautiful napkins with a pattern suitable for the holiday
- Cut out the elements you want to transfer to the egg
- Prepare gelatin according to package instructions.
- Dissolve the gelatin granules by heating it
- Apply the cut out pattern to the boiled egg
- Brush over the prepared gelatin
- Align the pattern from the center to the edges
Paper.
- From paper, cut out figures, stripes, patterns
- Attach paper of your choice to the egg
- Wrap the egg tightly with nylon or gauze
- Dip in the desired dye. If necessary, cook in dye.
- Waiting for the egg to dry completely
- Removing paper
Silk.
- Cut a piece of silk in your desired color
- Wrap an egg in it
- Wrap over with gauze or nylon and secure
- Pour water into a saucepan and 3 tbsp. vinegar
- Boil wrapped eggs in water with vinegar for 20 minutes after boiling
- Roll wet egg in rice
- Wrap with gauze
- Dip in dye
- After staining, open the gauze and let dry.
marble effect.
First way.
- Choose two dyes that match in color (preferably light and dark)
- Paint an egg in one of them
- Pour the second into a bowl and pour a few tbsp. vegetable oil (depending on the volume of water)
- Mix water with oil
- Dip the egg completely once into the water so that it catches as many fat bubbles on the water as possible.
- Blot with a tissue
- Let dry
