Illustration Nordic-How to Hang Decorative Paintings

A critic, a Nordic illustrator who perfectly interprets Andersen's fairy tales, once said that Danish illustrator KayNielsen is the best interpreter of Andersen's fairy tales, and he, ArthurRackham and EdmundDulac are also called the three giants of picture books in the early 20th century. Among them, Kay's style is the most avant-garde and his experience is the most bumpy. His four classic novels are 12 The Dancing Princess, The East of the Sun and the West of the Moon-Nordic Fairy Tales, The Adventures of the Candy House-Grimm's Fairy Tales and Andersen's Fairy Tales Picture Book.

His illustrations have a strong personal style, gorgeous and slender, which can be recognized at a glance. There are both Japanese printing styles, such as large areas of blank space, exaggerated deformation and bright colors; It also implies many Biazley elements, such as evil Gherardini face, ferocious and touching corners of the mouth, hidden and irregular commotion, weak posture and neutral character modeling, exotic flowers and plants and scaly decoration; The Art Nouveau movement at the turn of the century is the third factor that affects him. Beautiful, smooth, exciting and enthusiastic curves can be seen everywhere in Kay's illustrations.

How to hang decorative paintings First of all, is there any "law" in the layout of "good-looking" decorative paintings? This feeling is very subtle. Because "good-looking" is a very subjective feeling and an intuitive aesthetic product; But "law" is objective and has the attribute of rational thinking.

Therefore, we should look at this problem from a metaphysical point of view ~ Today, I will share some very practical decorative painting layout skills, and recommend some of my favorite hanging paintings on the basis of methodology, hoping to help you go further and further on the road of mounting.

Let's talk about the four golden points for hanging decorative paintings at home:

1. Behind the sofa

There are three walls in the living room: a window and a TV. Usually, the wall behind the sofa is relatively open, which is very suitable for arranging a wall with pictures in the form of combination, and it is easy to become the visual focus of the living room.

2. Behind the bed

Many Chinese-decorated families especially like to hang a huge wedding photo behind the bed in the bedroom. In fact, according to Feng Shui, the bedside is not suitable for hanging pictures. Of course, there is also a scientific explanation. Huge and heavy paintings will give people a sense of psychological oppression, which is not conducive to sleep. What if they fall?

Anyway, we certainly don't have to stick to such details. Choosing a light 1-2 hanging picture (the weight is the same as the painting style) can solve this problem.

Step 3: At the dinner table

This is basically an area where everything can be forgiven.

4. On the cupboard (low cupboard)

Although the function of the cabinet is to store things, there is a lot of space in the long and narrow plane space above. Here, hanging pictures usually appear in combination with green plants, desk lamps, books and artistic ornaments.

Before hanging our decorative paintings, we need to consider the following three questions:

The height of decorative painting-many times we will make a mistake, that is, it is easy to hang decorative painting too high. In fact, the best hanging center line is at the height of the apparent horizon.

Width of decorative painting-The width of decorative painting is better to be slightly narrower than that of sofa, which can avoid the illusion of top-heaviness.

Area proportion-when choosing decorative painting, we should consider the placement position and the proportional relationship with the decorated object, such as whether the decorative painting area on the sofa is too large, resulting in top-heaviness.

So how exactly do you hang the painting? Here are some ways to hang decorative paintings:

Elementary edition:

Tip 1- balanced suspension method:

The overall width of the decorative painting is slightly narrower than the decorative object, and it is evenly distributed. It is recommended to select the same tone or series of content in the picture.

Tip 3-Repeated Hanging Method:

When repeatedly hanging decorative paintings of the same size, the spacing between paintings should not exceed 1/5 of the painting, so as to play the role of overall decoration and not be scattered.

However, it should be noted here that the repeated hanging of multiple paintings will have a strong visual impact and is not suitable for rooms with insufficient room height.

Advanced edition:

Prompt 1- bottom alignment suspension method:

The practice of aligning the bottom surface not only has a smart decorative feeling, but also does not appear messy. If the color contrast of photos is large, it is best to use a photo frame with uniform style and color to coordinate.

There is also a more brainless technique, which is to use partitions! Don't worry, the photos will hang high and low. Use a shelf to set off the photos, and you can change them at any time. The color of the shelf for TV wall can refer to the color of furniture.

Multi-layer shelves can fill the blank wall between windows, which can be used not only for decorative painting, but also as light decorations. The 9 cm deep shelf has a front block, which is most suitable for putting photos. Very safe, can prevent photos from slipping.

Tip 2- Border Hanging Method:

Mix and match is not only used in textiles, but also in decorative paintings. Decorations of different materials and styles form a box, which is casual without losing the sense of integrity. Mix and match techniques are especially suitable for country-style homes!

Choosing a picture frame according to the material and color of indoor furniture is the easiest way to grasp the overall effect!

Ultimate edition:

Skills 1- radial hanging method:

Choose a favorite picture as the center, and then arrange some small picture frames around it and spread them out. If the photos have the same tone, you can change the choice of border color.

Of course, it takes a lot of time to assemble the photo wall. Here are some general combination techniques:

Letter series:

Joker, no mistake, just hang it and it will be effective. If you are not sure about your choice, you won't be disappointed if you start with this series.

Gposter

Keywords: Nordic alphabet decorative painting

Many people are curious about why the letter is only G. This big G is indeed one of the signature posters of e-types from Denmark. Almost countless legends can be found on this poster.

Of course, there are other letters:

Welcome post

Keywords: Nordic alphabet decorative painting

This is also a design from Denmark. Such a big slogan poster is unique whether it is hung alone or with other combinations, and it is a versatile model.

Poetry under a magnifying glass

Yoko Ono Lennon's poems are too high!

Have you summarized the main points? If you want to express tall temperament with letter elements, please use black! Color! Word! And ensure a certain area to stay! White! Hang pictures.

Portrait series

Many people dare not try to hang portraits at home, and hanging them badly will be a disaster. Generally speaking, there are two kinds of portraits: master illustrations and star posters. Here are two recommended:

Sophia Bonati

Keywords: Nordic decorative painting figures

This example has two levels. People who like it love it, but people who don't like it are afraid to hang it at home. So I suggest that if you choose such a vivid illustration, you can combine it with other plain decorative paintings.

Starlite Johnson

Keywords: Scarlett poster

Pure smuggled goods, the only goddess in my heart! In fact, this poster is very neutral, and hanging one at home is not sensual, which is quite good ~

In fact, besides Master's illustrations and celebrity posters, isn't it great to hang your beautiful photos at home? But ordinary photos can't easily show the sense of Nordic design.

The key to hanging portraits is that the saturation must be low, so as not to appear abrupt in the simple furnishings around. Remember, black, white and gray are never wrong.

Natural series

Hanging a landscape painting at home is probably the most common thing in traditional home design.

pinecone

Keywords: Songta poster

Eternal truth: reduce saturation, black, white and gray primary colors. This design depicts some extreme scenes in nature with the size of 1: 1. For example, the world's largest pine cone and hail the size of a football.

harmonious

Keywords: Eucalyptus decorative painting

spray paint

Keywords: Nordic cactus decorative painting

Extract a part of a plant and abstract it.

pineapple

Ten thousand kinds of pineapples sweeping the market circle are a perfect match with the thin gold frame!

Therefore, the key to hanging landscape paintings at home in northern Europe is to keep the color unity with the surrounding utensils as much as possible. Abstraction processing, reducing saturation, and finally adding art filters.

Sexual apathy series

Sexual apathy in Nordic families refers to contempt for any grandiose behavior and material achievements. This concept is embodied in the fact that the design works are a kind of moderate presentation inhibition, attracting the necessary attention.

Sexual apathy is such an existence, a simple aesthetic feeling that almost disappears, and the aesthetic feeling practiced within the scope of restraint is more elegant and concise.

forest

Keywords: Nordic forest posters

Leaf line

Keywords: blue leaf line decorative painting

Very thin picture frame, concise to only silhouette content, large area of blank space-to achieve the ultimate simplicity, is the essence of sexual indifference style.

In fact, beautiful decorative paintings are absolutely not recommended. In addition to the above decorative paintings with Nordic style, carefully select several paintings, oil paintings, watercolors and even sketches.

All the suggestions boil down to one sentence: read more books and look for them after reading. What you have spent time and thought to choose must be the best.

Of course, remember to select the thin box!

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