How to draw a Gzhel bird step by step. Gzhel painting elements of step-by-step pattern drawing

This lesson will look at how to draw the Eiffel Tower with a pencil step by step. At first glance, the drawing may seem complicated, but even a beginner can do it.

The Eiffel Tower is a symbol of Paris, and perhaps the whole of France. The frame of the tower looks openwork, lace - it’s hard to even imagine how much work was invested in this extraordinary architectural structure at the end of the nineteenth century.

Stage 1

The Eiffel Tower has a regular, symmetrical shape. Thanks to this, you can use a ruler while working, which will greatly facilitate the construction of the structure’s frame. First you need to draw a horizon line, and build an elongated isosceles triangle above it. It is necessary to draw a median in the middle of the triangle.

Stage 2

Using six lines drawn horizontally, the triangle is divided into four parts. The first two lines separate about a fifth of the bottom. The second pair of lines should be in the center. The third pair of lines separates a small part at the top. A trapezoid is created inside the image, and on top is a figure similar to a triangle, only with a rounded upper corner.

Stage 3

For convenience, it is worth mentally dividing the image into three pyramids, installed one on top of the other. In the two lower ones, thick double lines are drawn, which will be the bases, and inside the largest pyramid - a triangle. Then the auxiliary lines, which are the sides of the main, largest, triangle, are removed. An arch is drawn at the base, and above it is a horizontal beam. There is a balcony in the central part. Afterwards, you need to carefully examine the drawing, checking whether all parts of the tower are shown with a thick double line. At the bottom of the picture you can draw trees and bushes.

Stage 4

Now about how to draw the Eiffel Tower step by step. First, a steel structure is created. Using a ruler, parallel horizontal lines are drawn along the entire height of the tower. The example also shows short vertical lines. You need to add greenery to the surface of the earth.

Stage 5

After this, “X” crosses are drawn in all cells of the structure, with double lines. Be sure to compare the resulting drawing with the example in this lesson. The missing lines are completed, and the unsuccessful and unnecessary ones are erased with an eraser.

This completes the drawing. The work is quite simple even for beginners, although it will require a lot of time.

Other drawing options

Additional option

This lesson fell into the category of easy ones, which means that in theory it can be repeated by Small child. Naturally, parents can help young children draw the Eiffel Tower. And if you consider yourself a more advanced artist, then I can recommend the “” lesson - it will require more perseverance from you, although it will be no less interesting.

What you will need

In order to draw the Eiffel Tower we may need:

• Paper. It is better to take medium-grain special paper: beginning artists will find it much more pleasant to draw on this kind of paper.
• Sharpened pencils. I advise you to take several degrees of hardness, each should be used for different purposes.
• Eraser.
• Stick for rubbing hatching. You can use plain paper rolled into a cone. It will be easy for her to rub the shading, turning it into a monotonous color.
• A little patience.
• Good mood.

Step by step lesson

It is best to depict any objects by looking at them in person. So it will be much easier to draw the Eiffel Tower if you draw from life. Also, I advise you to thoroughly study the subject of drawing before starting to draw. This can get rid of many design errors. Look in Yandex.Pictures what it looks like and imagine how it should work to bring maximum benefit.

By the way, in addition to this lesson, I advise you to pay attention to the lesson “”. It will help improve your skill or just give you a little fun.

Simple drawings are created using contours. It will be enough for you to repeat what, and only what is shown in the lesson, to get an acceptable result, but if you want to achieve something more, then try to present that. What do you draw in the form of simple geometric bodies? Try making a sketch not with outlines, but with rectangles, triangles and circles. After some time, with constant use of this technology, you will see that drawing becomes easier.

Tip: create a sketch with as thin strokes as possible. The thicker the sketch strokes are, the more difficult it will be to erase them later.

The first step, or rather the zero step, is always to mark a sheet of paper. This will let you know where exactly the drawing will be located. If you place the drawing on half of the sheet, you can use the other half for another drawing. Here is an example of marking a sheet in the center:

To get started, draw guide lines for the base on the Eiffel

Now detail your tower as shown in the picture.

Now detail the second level of the tower.

And at the end of the lesson you need to complete the details of the upper part of the tower.

It's that simple. This is the end of the lesson, I hope you liked it.

Now you know how to draw the Elven Tower. If you put in the effort, I believe you will achieve everything you set your mind to. Now you can pay attention to the lesson “” - it is just as interesting and exciting. Well, the buttons social networks It's not just like that =)

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Gzhel painting Completed by: Dyachkova Svetlana Aleksandrovna, 541 gr., PMDO Chelyabinsk 2010

Plan History of the fishery Technology of ceramics production Dictionary Distinctive features Gzhel painting Crossword Lesson summary for children in the preparatory group

1. History of the fishery. The oldest mention of Gzhel was found in the will of Ivan Kalita dated 1328. Gzhel was later mentioned in the spiritual letters of other princes and in the will of Ivan the Terrible in 1572-1578. It all started with clay. Nature itself has endowed this area: here is the Gzhel-Kudinovskoe deposit of fatty refractory clays. It is underground, and on its surface there are small hamlets and villages. But how much do our handy people need - there is clay, there are hands - that’s great! Wide Prey different varieties Clay production was carried out in Gzhel from the middle of the 17th century. In 1663, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich issued a decree “to send clay to the Gzhel volost for apothecary and alchemical vessels, which clay is suitable for apothecary vessels.” In 1770, the Gzhel volost was entirely assigned to the Apothecary Order "for alchemical utensils."

In the 18th century, Mikhailo Lomonosov, who was looking for the secret of porcelain and who appreciated Gzhel clays, wrote such sublime words about them: “There is hardly any earth in the world that is the purest and without any admixture, which chemists call virginity, except among the clays used for porcelain, This is our Gzhel, which I have never seen anywhere with a more beautiful whiteness.” Until the middle of the 18th century, Gzhel made pottery that was common for that time, made bricks, pottery pipes, tiles, as well as primitive children's toys, supplying Moscow with them.

By 1812, there were 25 factories producing tableware in Gzhel. In addition to dishes, toys in the form of birds and animals and decorative figurines on themes from Russian life were made in Gzhel. Shiny white horses, riders, birds, dolls, and miniature dishes were painted with purple, yellow, blue and brown paints in a unique folk, Gzhel style. The paints were applied with a brush. The motives for this painting were decorative flowers, leaves, and herbs.

After 1802, when light gray clay was found near the village of Minino, the production of semi-faience arose in Gzhel, from which kvass, kumgans and jugs were made in large numbers. Since the second half of the 20s of the 19th century, many products were painted only with blue paint. Semi-faience was distinguished by its rough structure and low strength. Around 1800, in the village of Volodino, Bronnitsy district, peasants, the Kulikov brothers, found a composition of white earthenware. The first porcelain factory was founded there around 1800-1804. Pavel Kulikov, its founder, learned the technique of making porcelain. Wanting to keep the secret of porcelain production, Kulikov did everything himself, having only one worker, but, according to legend, G. N. Khrapunov and E. G. Gusyatnikov secretly entered Kulikov’s workshop, copied the forge (oven for firing products) and took possession of clay samples , after which they opened their own factories. The Kulikov factory is remarkable in that it originated the Gzhel porcelain production.

The second quarter of the 19th century is the period of the highest artistic achievements of Gzhel ceramic art in all its branches. In an effort to produce fine earthenware and porcelain, production owners constantly improved the composition of the white mass. Since the middle of the 19th century, many Gzhel factories have fallen into disrepair, and ceramic production is concentrated in the hands of the Kuznetsovs, who once came from Gzhel. After the revolution, the Kuznetsov factories were nationalized.

Only in the middle of the 20th century did the restoration of the fishery begin in Gzhel, which recently celebrated its 650th anniversary. In the 1930s and 1940s, almost half of all porcelain and earthenware enterprises in Russia were concentrated here. In 1912 on Kazan railway On the Moscow-Cherusti branch, a station was opened, named after the area "Gzhel". The urban-type settlement that grew up near the station is also called “Gzhel”.

All pottery craft in Russia has deep historical traditions. Many crafts remain famous today. One of the first places is occupied by Gzhel - the largest ceramic industry in terms of production scale. Gzhel is an ancient village on the banks of the Gzhelka River, located in the Ramensky district of the Moscow region, 60 km from Moscow. The richest clay deposits are located here today. The village got its name from the word “zhgel”, i.e. “burn” or “burn” - all these are words from the vocabulary of ancient potters.

2.Ceramic production technology. Now the technological chain is built like this: Molding (casting in plaster molds) – Drying – Manual inspection – Control for cracks – Firing (electric oven) – Painting workshop. Behind these “production” words lies the secret of the creation of Gzhel products and the work of many people: incl. technology masters, sculptors, foundry workers, ceramic artists! Gzhel clay has special qualities: high plasticity and refractoriness. She's fat, that is. there is little sand in it. The accumulated clay undergoes thorough primary processing: freezing, elutriation, kneading. Clay is a living material!

3. Dictionary: Porcelain is a product of fine ceramics, impermeable to water, usually white, ringing, translucent in a thin layer. Porcelain raw materials: kaolin, plastic clay, quartz and feldspar. And the proportion of components is a secret! Porcelain is usually produced by high-temperature firing. Faience is a product of fine ceramics, dense and finely porous. It differs from porcelain in its greater porosity and water absorption, so everything earthenware products covered with a thin continuous layer of glaze. Earthenware raw materials: 60-65% plastic materials (kaolin, clay); 30-36% quartz; 3-5% feldspar. Faience is produced by three-stage firing: biscuit (t-1250˚), glaze (t-1100˚) and pattern-fixing (t-700-900˚). Ceramics are products made from baked clay. Majolica is artistic ceramics, i.e. covered with opaque glaze. Kvasnik is a jug with a hole in the center. Kumgan is a vessel in which in ancient times drinks were served on the festive table. Kumgans are jugs that look like a bird with a rounded body, a flat, curved nose and a tail handle.

4 . Distinctive features of Gzhel painting. Any Gzhel painting is pleasant to look at; Gzhel motifs can be seen not only on porcelain, but also on paintings, embroidered and painted, and on clothes, on bed linen, and even in the interior, for example, painted fireplaces.

How is it different from other paintings? The signature color of Gzhel painting is juicy blue, bright blue, cornflower blue, the color of sky and water. Just one paint – blue on a white background, and the picture comes to life, and blue tints appear from dark to blue, depending on the pressure of the artist’s brush. The artist has only one cobald paint, which turns it blue. It is diluted with water and the work is covered with strokes and lines.

The most favorite pattern is the Gzhel rose. Sometimes it is depicted large, with broad strokes. And sometimes it is written with a thin brush. Then we see a bouquet of several roses. The flowers are scattered all over the surface. It also happens: there is no rose itself, there are only its petals. They also decorate porcelain with strange birds and scenes from people’s lives.

Many works of Gzhel are unique and the plot depends on the master and his skill, and of course they are done by hand, so you won’t find exactly the same one. But of course there are characteristic elements, and these are the ones that are taught in every school in art class.

Gzhel painting is divided into three types: 1. Main - plant painting - grass, cereals, berries, twigs, leaves, bouquets and garlands of flowers. In addition to roses, poppies, dahlias, lilies, peonies, asters, carnations, and daisies are depicted. Their form is a little conventional. 2. Ornamental. First of all, these are checkerboards - several rows of blue and white squares along the side and a tie-down belt also along the side. Artists also painted the famous Gzhel nets - “combs” (in the form of a spruce), “droplets”, “pearls”, “antennae”. Using a brush with hard bristles, a marbled pattern is applied. It fills the space inside, for example, wavy lines, or circles at the bottom of a plate.

3. Plots. This is nature and the seasons. These are scenes of city life, rural landscapes and everyday life, etc. These are characters from Russian fairy tales: Blue Birds, Polkans, Sirin's Birds, various Mermaids, Bayun Cats, etc.

The main secret is the strokes. A smear is a generic sign of Gzhel. The main technique is the correct ratio of blue and white or the combination of “the whiteness of the snow-covered fields of the Moscow region and the transparent blue of the clear sky.”

Another rule is that each subsequent stroke is different from the previous one. First, paint is applied thickly to the brush. Next, with different pressure, lay out the flower with a brush. The first strokes are the most juicy, but as they decrease they become lighter. The round petals of the flower are either clear or softly “blurry”. This is how multi-petaled flowers are drawn. After firing, the flower becomes cornflower blue.

"Brushstroke with shadows." The paint is drawn onto one side of the brush and applied with a light circular turn, i.e. turns around the handle. In the thicker part of the brush there is more paint - the stroke is dark, towards the middle of the paint there is a little less - the stroke is lightened, and the thin tip leaves a very light trace. This creates a multi-colored three-dimensional rose or leaf.

And painting with “one brush” is achieved when a cornflower or a twig is painted with one set of paint on a brush - then the first petals will be dark, and the rest will gradually become lighter.

The “ABC of Strokes” is supplemented with other elements. The thin tip of the brush is used to paint the stem, tendril-curls, veins on the leaves or shading. Sometimes the blue color is painted with thin golden lines and strokes, which seem to indicate contours. But this is a matter of taste. You can't edit!

To paint a rose, you need a medium-wide brush. We turn it around the cutting, then from the middle of the flower we apply wide strokes of blue and light blue paint, i.e. as if we were building up the petals with broad strokes. To comprehend the “ABC of Strokes,” artists need about ~5 liters.

The sequence of painting a fairytale bird.

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Crossword

1. Painting on walls, ceilings, household items. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

2. Big market of a wide variety of goods, usually with entertainment, held regularly in one place and at one time. 1 rus p s 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

3. The most common Gzhel pattern. 1st russian 2nd mark 3 4 5 6 7 8

4. A specialist who has achieved perfection in his field. 1st rose 2nd stamp 3rd rose 4 5 6 7 8

5. What is the name of painting clay toys? 1st rose 2nd mark 3rd rose 4th master 5 6 7 8

6. The main color of Gzhel painting. 1 m a s t e r 2 nd m a r k 3 ros e 4 m a s t e r 5 D ymkovskaya 6 7 8

7. Continue the proverb “If you have patience, there will be ……….” 1 painting 2nd mark 3 rose 4 master 5 Dymkovskaya 6 blue 7 8

8. Type of folk decorative painting (on wooden products there are subtle floral patterns - gold, black and red on a golden background) 1 painting 2 nd m a r k 3 ros e 4 m a s t e r 5 DYMKOVSKAYA 6 BLUE 7 SKILL 8

What is “fishery”? This is getting something. Small handicraft production. Opportunity to earn money. 1 r o p i s 2 nd m a r k 3 r o s e 4 m a s t e r 5 d ymkovskaya 6 blue 7 m e n t e 8 Khokhlomskaya

The center of one of the most famous artistic crafts in Russia. It is located in the Ramensky district of the Moscow region. The “Gzhel Bush” is spread over a vast territory and consists of 27 villages, whose residents are engaged in the manufacture and painting of products from white earthenware and porcelain. The history of the emergence of Gzhel art craft goes back to the 14th century AD, when the Kudinovskoye clay deposit was discovered in the Moscow region. In the upper layers lay "shirevka" - a simple red material, below were layers of yellow "fur" - clay of average quality, and, finally, in the very depths lay the most delicate "soap" - thin white clay, an indispensable material for the production of high-quality earthenware and porcelain.

Pharmaceutical needs

White clay was used to make dishes and other kitchen utensils until the Tsar's pharmaceutical decree appeared, which obligated all extracted Gzhel clay to be delivered to Moscow for the needs of the pharmaceutical order. However, after some time, several more deposits were discovered underground, and there was enough white material for all the needs of the Russian capital and its environs. In addition to pharmaceutical vessels and tea sets, craftsmen began making artistic products. This is how Gzhel appeared folk craft, known today throughout the world.

World fame

This is a drawing made with bright blue cobalt paint on a snow-white background, traditionally simple geometric and floral patterns applied by hand. The images on the products can also be of a plot nature, for example, a woman with buckets or an accordion player surrounded by dancing fellow villagers. - These are, as a rule, floral motifs repeated many times on the convex or concave surface of the product.

A sign of the artist’s high skill is his use of halftones, when the center of the picture is filled with pale blue strokes, and closer to the periphery the image becomes brighter and brighter. The flowers of the Gzhel design are a special form of interpretation; they necessarily follow the contours of a real plant. In the image you can see petals, pistils, stamens, stems and even tendrils with which the flower clings to its neighbors.

Technologies

The patterns of Gzhel painting are subject to a specific system of drawing. They may alternate or be placed chaotically, but in any case the image is maintained within the framework of the intended plot. In factories producing dishes and art products from earthenware and porcelain, the patterns of Gzhel painting are systematized. There is a library that contains numerous drawings used by technologists in production. The subjects of the images are very diverse: from simple pictures from village life to fairy-tale scenes with several characters.

Modern patterns of Gzhel painting are complex and diverse. Although, it would seem, monochromatic drawings are themselves monotonous, and this means that you cannot expect beautiful color combinations. However, the professionalism of artists who master the art of layering paints with the finest shades works wonders. The products of Gzhel masters are not only beautiful, but also unique, because handmade requires only one unique copy.

Varieties

Applying Gzhel painting patterns is a delicate and responsible art. The main task The master's goal is to distribute colors and shades evenly so that the drawing turns out balanced and harmonious. Each product represents the conventional center of the composition, from which the components of the plot or elements diverge evenly. In some cases, cobalt blue paints are complemented by decorative lines of gold color.

Typically, this coloring is applied to so-called bone china. This is a special type of white ceramic with a subtle creamy tint, reminiscent of the color of baked milk. Bone china is slightly translucent, and artists use this property when painting. The drawing is positioned in such a way that there is space free from paint. Then the clean, light areas of the surface of the product begin to interact with the color pattern.

Elements of Gzhel painting

The design on white and blue products is always stylized. This may be a grotesque image of the wonderful fairy tale characters or winter landscape in rural areas. And not because it is impossible to paint any real picture on earthenware or porcelain, but because this type folk crafts are subject to their own laws of stylistics, according to which products are distinguished. Russian crafts, with all their diversity, are classified quite strictly. It is almost impossible to confuse one type of folk art with another.

Famous Gzhel masters are constantly improving their creativity; their individual products are classics of the genre. These works of art are in museums and private collections and are priceless. Gzhel painting, whether it be tableware or other artistic products, is always interesting and unique. The range of products produced daily by factories and small workshops is limitless.

Master class "Gzhel painting"

Art painting training is carried out regularly in clubs open everywhere. However, it is impossible to master drawing without becoming familiar with the history of this ancient folk craft.

At the initial stage, students try to reproduce simple images in the Gzhel style on paper. For this purpose, ordinary Whatman paper or thick drawing sheets are suitable. To begin with, you should take watercolor paint. If the Gzhel drawing on paper is successful, you can move on to the original base - a ceramic blank. At this stage they will no longer work; you will need real cobalt blue.

Services

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Gzhel dishes were especially in demand. A lot of products went abroad. Europeans bought earthenware and porcelain Russian production with Gzhel painting in huge quantities. This continued until the Russian imperial court became the main customer for all factories producing blue and white sets.

The famous Guryevsky service for 150 people for large feasts and feasts was in particular demand among the tsar and his entourage. Then came “Monomakh” and “Tsar Father” for 12 people each. The services consisted of 84 items, starting with a huge tureen and ending with saucers for jam. Popular were the small sets “Tete-a-tete” for two and “Egoist”, designed for one lover of beautiful tableware.

Decline

In the 20s of the last century, there was a decline in Gzhel production. The first to sound the alarm were the potters themselves, who began to warn that if the matter was not corrected, pots and bowls would soon have to be bought abroad. Fortunately, they were heard, the factories started working with renewed vigor, and in 1933 especially large enterprises the state took over its balance sheet and thus earthenware, porcelain and other products of the Gzhel Bush again flowed into Russian market and then abroad.

Famous masters

Gzhel can be different, it is impossible to take your eyes off one product, while another does not arouse interest. Why does this happen? The main criterion that determines the quality of Gzhel ceramics is the detailed elaboration of the design. The more detailed the image is, the more valuable the painting. Gzhel connoisseurs are well acquainted with the work of all the outstanding masters of our time. Collectors buy only their works; museums and exhibition complexes also try to get their hands on exclusive works of art.

Among the most famous masters are Denisov, Dunashova, Okulova, Azarova, Rozanov and Tsaregorodtseva. Highly artistic works of N.I. Bessarabova are kept in the Russian Museum of St. Petersburg and in Historical Museum in Moscow. Countless masterpieces are scattered around the world, all of them in private collections and galleries.

It has become a good tradition to open shops selling Gzhel art products at factories that produce these works of art. The demand for white and blue beauty is still high, and there is no downward trend. Gzhel will flourish as long as there are deposits of white clay underground, and its reserves today seem inexhaustible.

Gzhel turns ordinary dishes into works of art

What constitutes the true wealth of a people? Of course, these are not material values ​​at all, but traditions, history and folk crafts. One of the main types of real applied folk art of the Russian people is Gzhel - a special technique that traditionally represents filigree painting on clay products. Like many Slavic crafts, such art gives rise to associations with good fairy tale. Today Gzhel is not only a historical heritage of the people, but also the largest center for the production of ceramics.

History of Gzhel art

The characteristic painting in the Gzhel style has a long and interesting story. In fact, Gzhel is the name given to a picturesque and ancient region near Moscow. Art originated in these lands. The thing is that for a long time the land in this region was completely unfertile. No matter how much the plowmen worked, no matter how hard they put in, they did not receive a generous harvest. The whole point is that instead of productive black soil, in these places there was a layer of high-quality white clay. The discoverers of the richest clay deposit were pharmacists. It was for alchemical experiments and the preparation of medicinal potions that dishes made of virgin white Gzhel clay were used.

Making dishes from Gzhel clay

A little later, large-scale pottery production which dates back more than four hundred years.

The name “Gzhel” comes from the word “to burn”. There is a version that initially the art was called “zhgel”, and then, as a result of rearranging the letters for their own pleasure, people began to call it Gzhel.

In fact, according to archaeological excavations, at the beginning of the fourteenth century in the area of ​​the Gzhelka River, craftsmen mastered the craft of pottery. It was not yet the world famous Gzhel porcelain, but very practical and of decent quality pottery, whose fame spread throughout the area. The first mention of the region dates back to 1320.

Some of the products of ancient Gzhel masters have now become museum exhibits

Picturesque nature, rich forests, ornate ribbons of rivers, smooth fields inspired the people living in the area to be creative. The area has long been famous for its craftsmen, as they say, jack-of-all-trades. In the Gzhel region, not only pots and bowls were made, but also tiles, various tiles and even children's toys.

Modern masters create such original figurine toys

By the beginning of the eighteenth century, people started talking about ceramic products of incredible beauty, painted in a special way, hitherto unprecedented. This is how the first mentions of Gzhel - an original and distinctive artistic art - appeared. Gradually, small artisanal artels for the production of ceramic products in the Russian folk style were transformed into large enterprises. The main rule remains unchanged: the work is done only by hand.

The appearance of exquisite Gzhel painting caused a real sensation
Dishes painted with Gzhel began to appear in rich houses

Characteristic features of the painting

Many people believe that Russian visual arts not endowed with conciseness and ease. If you think so too, then you know nothing about Gzhel! Today these are not only folk ornaments and patterns, but a whole stylistic trend that is used not only in the production of ceramics, but also in interior design and even in clothing.

The characteristic features of the painting are as follows:

• surface glazing;
• snow white background;
• pattern made in blue or light blue tones;
• complex floral ornament or pattern in Russian folk style;
• always handmade.

Products decorated with Gzhel are easily recognizable

Today Gzhel is an intricate painting in cobalt blue tones on a pure white background. This is precisely the main difference between Gzhel art and other folk techniques.

Figurine decorated with classical Gzhel

It is handmade work that elevates each product made using this technique to the rank of a folk masterpiece. It is believed that it is simply impossible to find exactly the same Gzhel, so the product is always exclusive!

Even a relatively simple drawing looks simply gorgeous

How Gzhel is painted

The technique of drawing is quite complex and requires a certain skill. The artist begins painting the ceramic product immediately after firing. Old Russian crafts have many faces and to this day there are many mysteries and secrets. The first painting in the Gzhel style was called majolica. She painted with “five colors”: the base was snow-white enamel, onto which a design was applied.

Souvenir turtle decorated with Russian majolica
This type of painting was also used in the interior.

The remaining colors for Old Russian painting were obtained from salts: greens were obtained from copper salts, yellow tints were obtained from antimony salts, cherry blossoms were obtained from manganese, and blues were obtained from cobalt. Later, this technique was abandoned and replaced by a cobalt-blue pattern on a white background, which is still familiar today.

Even two colors were enough to create works of folk art

IN modern production The unique pattern is first thought out, and then transferred to the product itself. In ancient times, folk craftsmen painted, as they say, from the heart, coming up with an ornament right as they worked, every minute supplementing it with new motifs and details. For painting you will need a little: a spatula, brushes and a jar of cobalt oxide, which gives that unique blue tint.

When creating such a complex composition, you cannot do without preliminary drawing.

Interesting fact: the paint itself is black, which changes to blue only during subsequent firing.

Before heat treatment products with Gzhel look completely nondescript

The technology is as follows: first, painting is done, after which the product is dipped into the prepared glaze, then fired again in the oven. Why then does each drawing play with all shades of blue? This unique effect is achieved using special techniques of Gzhel writing. Not a single master of Gzhel painting is looking for easy way, mastering and inventing new elements, ornamental details, motifs in folk style. That is why each pattern is unique in its essence, since it contains a piece of the artist’s creative soul.

History and technology of creating Gzhel

Subject of the drawing

In ancient times, the theme of a drawing in the Gzhel style was an illustration of the artist’s true feelings, imagination, thoughts and desires. The craftsmen were creative people, but illiterate. It was in the drawing that they involuntarily tried to reflect their worldview, understanding of what was happening, observations of city or village life, inexplicable natural phenomena and, finally, convey their own thoughts to others.

Each product is unique and carries a piece of the master’s soul.

Based on this, the theme of the drawing in the Gzhel style is divided into three main areas:

Ornamental painting can be combined with floral

• Subject painting. Such a drawing represents the most ancient folk crafts, since it was the plot that clearly illustrated scenes from the life of the people. It could be winter sleigh rides, fairs, depictions of natural phenomena or seasons.

Knowing some secrets, without which Russian crafts could not exist, you can paint walls, dishes and even clothes with your own hands, using the technique of transferring a design onto fabric (batik).

Gzhel allows you to create truly beautiful ceramic tiles Gzhel looks no less impressive on fabric.

Gzhel and modern fashion

But Gzhel lives not only with dishes or souvenirs. modern world. Increasingly, famous designers are using folk motives in creating fashion collections. Thanks to its genuine artistry, Gzhel is one of the most original and popular motifs in modern fashion.

Clothes with Gzhel will appeal not only to connoisseurs of ethno style
Even children's outfits with this colorful painting are becoming fashionable.

Why, after so many years, does such an ornament not lose its relevance? Firstly, Gzhel is performed in a stylish color scheme. All shades of azure, sky blue and rich blue on an elegant white background are always solemn and stylish. Such a simultaneously simple, strict and bright combination invariably sets the mood for positivity. Secondly, the ornament is in the original Russian style in Lately is generating increasing interest in the West, fueled by domestic masters recognized in fashion.

Now Gzhel can be found even on such an accessory, uncharacteristic for Russian attire, as a corset

A real sensation was the fact that the Valentino master himself created an incredible collection of dresses stylized as Gzhel. Such a dress with an original and distinctive print will not only add notes of fragile femininity and magical grace to your image. Complementing it with exclusive accessories self made in ethno-style, the outfit will give you a real Russian fairy tale.

Without exception, all Old Russian crafts are distinguished by high artistry, symbolism and genuine ethnic philosophy. That is why Gzhel does not lose its relevance today, but is a precious symbol of Russian culture all over the world.