What really sets decorative painting apart from other painting techniques is how easy it is to learn. Many decorative painters can’t draw! Decorative artists start with tracing a pattern on to the desired surface. The patterns are created by designers who provide the pattern contained in a packet.  With some experience and learning how colours work together decorative artists will also create their own designs from photographs they’ve taken. 

Originally decorative painting was done on objects that were useful. For example furniture, pottery, floor mats and clothing. This is still the case but has now expanded to include items that are simply decorative and beautiful to look at. Today decorative painting is done on just about any surface you can imagine including the above plus canvas, wood panels, paper, etc.