Venetian masks with their own hands

Venetian masks have long gone beyond the limits of the Venice carnival, today they can become an attribute of a New Year party in the Venetian style or decorate the celebration of the birthday. A real sensation will produce Venetian masks made by themselves, so do not be lazy and show enthusiasm. This will help master class "Venetian mask".

Venetian Gypsum Mask

  1. First, let's look at how to make a Venetian mask from plaster - you'll need a plaster bandage, water, rubber gloves and a helper. Gypsum bandage will be applied directly to the face. Lubricate the skin, eyebrows and eyelashes with petroleum jelly, moisten the bandage in water and cover the face in several layers, repeating all the bends. So you have to lie down and breathe with your mouth for about 20 minutes, until the bandage hardens.
  2. After removing the mask, let it dry a little more and continue the work. To begin with, schematically outlines the contours and cuts off the extra edges. Now we draw a clear cut line.
  3. After making sure that the mask is symmetrical, we cut it out. You can use a knife with teeth or a machine for cutting a tree. Holes for the eyes are made with a drill, the corners are neatly cut with a knife.
  4. To make the surface smooth, you can first paste the mask with a band-aid, then use the putty. Now we paint the mask with several layers of white glossy paint, at this stage it is still possible to grind the irregularities.
  5. The basis for the Venetian mask is ready, you can go on decorating. First we paint the mask in silver color, including inside, after drying, we partially glue the oracle, creating a picture. Fragments that are not closed, we paint with black paint.
  6. It remains to think how to decorate the Venetian mask. In this case, we take the black finishing tape and glue it along the contour. It not only beautifies the work, but also conceals errors if necessary. Attach the satin ribbons as ties and you can go to the masquerade!

Venetian mask made of plastic

  1. Carnival Venetian masks can be made from plastic - a mass that becomes firm after baking. Cut out the cardboard template of the future mask, roll out the plastic layer a few millimeters, apply a pattern and carefully cut with a knife. After that, the mask should be given a natural shape. For this task, another mask, prepared from cardboard skeleton or your face, is suitable. Also we make holes for the strings and send the mask to the oven.
  2. Well solidified mask, we paint, add interesting details - beads, rhinestones, sequins. It is possible from the mass for molding, which hardens without heat treatment, to make lace ornaments. The decoration of Venetian masks is often accompanied by feathers, so their presence will never be superfluous.

Decoupage of the Venetian mask

Variants how to paint a Venetian mask can be a lot - strict geometry or ornate patterns, black and white motifs or bright colors and gold, abstraction or symbolic pictures. If you are not sure of your talents, you can do a decoupage of the Venetian mask. To do this, you need a blank, for example, such as described above, napkins with a suitable pattern, varnish, paints, glue.

  1. We clean the mask, tear off or cut out pieces of napkins. Adhesive for decoupage, suitable for hard surfaces, smeared mask area, apply a napkin and over again apply glue, so that the napkin is well soaked.
  2. After the drawing has developed, we supplement the mask with details. Where necessary, draw a pattern with outline paints. Cover the mask with varnish.

Beautiful masks can be done in other ways .