
This course is for the people who wants to start Wagara Decorative Painting. Let's watch through the movie first, get the necessary tools and start the project. Please watch the how-to movie many times. You can make your own rocking sheep!
Wagara means Japanese designs or patterns, which were originally used for Japanese classic clothes, kimono. Old Japanese people admired plants, flowers, birds, and all the natures. They express them on the surface of kimono. They are sometimes gorgeous and sometimes chic. Sakura, cherry blossom is one of the popular wagara items. Besides sakura, there are a lot of wagara items which old Japanese used to love.
Please watch all the movies first, and go shopping to buy necessary tools. If you don't have any craft shop around your house, now you can buy all the necessary things at a net shop.
This movie shows how to stencil. The stencil sponge should be dry when you load paint. You should wash and dry well before you load another color.
Side-loading is the most essential technique for decorative painting. In order to shade or highlight, you should side-load paint with your flat brush. I like to use a mop brush to soften or erase the brush steak.
Experienced decorative painters can make a project if they have a packet of photo, direction and line drawing of the project. Here you download the packet and proceed the project, watching the following how-to movies.
This is the introduction course to WAGARA decorative painting. WAGARA is Japanese design patterns which were originally used for Japanese classic clothes, kimono. My original method is the combination of decorative painting and stencil.
Besides the movies, you can download the patterns and directions to make the projects. They will guide you and help you to make the projects. You can also apply the designs to your house interior or accessories.
The goal of this course is to master the techniques of Wagara decorative painting and complete the project of 'Rocking Sheep'.
Course summary :
・Welcome
・What is Wagara?
・Stencil Technique
・Necessary tools and paints
・Side-loading technique of decorative painting
・Making project 'Rocking Sheep' Part 1 & 2
This course includes 5 movies and 2 pdf files.