Decorative Furniture Painting
A course by LUCAS RISE , Painter and graphic designer
Learn how to create, transfer, and paint designs on furniture using calligraphy brushes
Learn how to create, transfer, and paint designs on furniture using calligraphy brushes
Imagine being able to turn an everyday piece of furniture, such as a closet, into an artistic piece that fills the rooms of your home with joy. That is what Lucas Rise does, combining his two specialties, design, and painting, to create wonderful decorative pieces full of personality and powerful graphic designs.
In this course, Lucas teaches you how to apply a digital decorative design to a piece of furniture, which you can then paint by hand. Learn the tools and materials necessary to carry out the task: the different types of brushes and paints, and also learn how to adapt the digital design to the chosen piece and paint it by hand with calligraphy brushes.
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 25 downloads
- 98% positive reviews (154)
- 4,229 students
- 17 lessons (2h 14m)
- 25 additional resources (24 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
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- Level: Beginner
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Recommended software for this course
Adobe IllustratorWhat is this course's project?
Transfer a decorative design—provided by Lucas—to scale for application on a cabinet. Learn the necessary steps to paint it by hand with calligraphy brushes.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for all those people who identify themselves with the technique or the project, who want to develop their concentration and precision. Also for all those who want to contribute a colorful, design-oriented work to a space, with personality and functionality.
Requirements and materials
This course requires a basic knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, basic manual skills and some experience with paint and brushes.
You will need a piece of furniture (120 cm high x 80 cm wide x 40 cm deep). If you do not have the possibility of building a cabinet, you will be able to work with just panels. In addition, you will need synthetic enamel paints, calligraphic brushes, solvents, access to a design printing center, and a medium-sized, well-ventilated workspace.
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A course by LUCAS RISE
Lucas Rise was born and raised in Argentina, where he started at an early age as a lettering artist, in Lito Carmone's workshop. He studied Graphic Design at FADU UBA (Buenos Aires). He then spent 12 years traveling, exploring, and working with design in different countries. He ended up living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where he currently has his home and workshop.
He specializes in hand-painted cabinets with his own designs, unifying his two specialties. Generally, he sells them to private collectors.
Content
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U1
Presentation
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Who I am
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Influences
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What will we do in the course?
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U2
Materials and Tools
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Materials and work station
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Types of Furniture
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Analysis of decorative designs
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Colour
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U3
Design
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Taking measurements and proportions of the furniture
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Design creation
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Design adaptation
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U4
Before the brush strokes
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Surface Preparation
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Design printing and transfer
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Armed with colors
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U5
Painting
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Stroke practice
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Painting 1
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Painting 2
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Furniture care and maintenance
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FP
Final project
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Decorative Furniture Painting
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ambre_mat
Cours très intéressants montrant en détail la méthode complète et nombreuses astuces.
Un bémol pour la traduction, vraiment très approximative, il faut parfois deviner, mais les images sont parlantes!
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gonzalez_su
Fantástico curso! y gran profesor! Me ha encantado ver cómo de un mueble aburrido puedes llegar a convertirlo en una pieza espectacular.
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wenmelcla
Me encantó!! un tema nuevo para mí, ofrece recomendaciones precisas y muy útiles para que se pueda trabajar por cuenta propia.
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paulinanonima
Esta bien el curso, pero me parece que falta ofrecer mas opciones de materiales para el desarrollo del proyecto, es muy especifico.
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miroslawswieca
Kurs oferuje praktyczne wskazówki dotyczące technik malarskich, kreatywne inspiracje oraz możliwości zdobycia nowych umiejętności w dekorowaniu mebli.
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