Decorative painting Tulips

I was lucky to find this wooden oval plaque at a big craft store chain and decided to paint a Welcome sign or plaque. Along with this I also bought a few more wooden boxes and circular plaques to be used for one stroke decorative painting projects.
Since I am learning decorative painting on my own I have to select different subjects to paint and practise. This time I have selected a basket of tulips , and also added a ribbon!

The message is missing as I have to learn how to write 'WELCOME' neatly on board!

Fruits- One Stroke Painting

This is my first attempt at painting One Stroke fruits with Acrylics.There are peaches, grapes, strawberries, and a solitary apple. Strawberry flowers have been painted to provide contrast and fill up empty spaces.
I had fun painting grapes , strawberries were a bit tricky, the apple turned out quite easy. Peaches turned reddish and yellowish at my whim!
Most of my free time is spent looking up One Stroke painting sites and picking up painting tips. This genre of painting is for people like me who dabble in painting for the love of it.
I had never expected to paint fruits so easily sitting at home without any formal art lessons, if I can do it so can you!!

Decorative Painting Roses

One Stroke painting is really exciting as one can achieve outstanding results with a bit of practice and of course patience. But the good part is that Acrylics are a real blessing in this venture as mistakes can be easily rectified as they dry fast.
There is no pattern as such , these are my practice roses , I have tried to make them in different positions so that I get a hang of painting them. Similarly plenty of leaves are a good learning experience!
I find that Decorative painting works best on wood , these roses have been painted on hardboard with Acrylics and now I have two rose wall plates to decorate my home and show off my new skills !
This painting is not by design :)

Decorative Painting

Decorative or Tole Painting is for everybody, its easy and fun. It can be picked up from the various decorative painting blogs,videos ,books and now there are classes for the same.Both Tole and One Stroke Painting are forms of decorative painting.
Tole Painting is an old folk art of Norway mostly done on wood and metal. We can see beautiful colorful tole art on furniture, boxes and wall plates.I have tried to do Tole Painting with the 3 different colored roses.
Nowadays One Stroke Painting has become very popular and the 3 pink roses are done with this technique.
I find Acrylics work best with Decorative Painting as they dry quickly and are best suited for One Stroke Painting as well as Tole.