Watercolor- simple and affordable material for children's creativity, and watercolor games with preschool children is a great way to develop creative thinking. You can read the first part of the article, and today - new watercolor games for children from one and a half years old "Seasons". We not only collected interesting ways to work with watercolor for children, but also chose the most suitable for each season.
For games with watercolor we need: watercolor paints, brushes, white paper, water container + water, straws for juice, ballpoint pens, wax crayons. Before you start working with watercolors, it is better to cover the table with oilcloth, and put on a special protective apron for the child.
Watercolor games for kids
1. Winter. Draw something with a white wax pencil, and then invite your child to make a beautiful watercolor background. When the baby begins to draw, your drawing will appear. Here is such a simple trick, and it brings a lot of joy to little artists. It is very cool to draw winter with white wax pencils in combination with watercolors: snowflakes, snowmen, snowdrifts, etc.
2. Autumn. If you dried beautiful leaves in the summer, then they can also be used in watercolor games. Smear the leaf with thicker paint (the less water, the better) and make a print. It turns out very decorative, with such prints you can decorate or make a panel to decorate a child's room. You will have the most beautiful autumn.
3. Summer. Invite the child to draw a few multi-colored spots, then circle them with a pen with black paste or a felt-tip pen. Draw paws, tails, beaks. And now the funny birds are ready. In the same way, you can draw mice, pigs or hares, in a word, all those birds and animals that we meet on summer walks. This exercise is good for the development of fantasy, you can offer children over two years old. 
4. Spring. Wet a sheet of white paper with water, and then immediately apply the paints, you get a beautiful background, as the paints mix very well. Let the background dry and move on to the second step. If the child gets tired quickly, then you can draw through a straw on a clean sheet, it also works out well.
We drip paint and start blowing on a drop of paint through a straw. The straw must be held close to the paint, and the sheet of paper must be rotated. The paint will flow weirdly. By turning the straw and blowing in different directions, you can get very interesting drawings. The easiest way is to draw the sun or grass, and then you can move on to the trees.
When the child is trained, this technique can be used to draw wonderful spring landscapes. For children over three years old.
We hope you enjoyed the watercolor games for kids "Seasons". We will be glad if you take a picture of the resulting masterpieces and send it to us, we will publish the most beautiful ones! How do you play with watercolor? Share in the comments.
Drawing lesson "Storm at sea"
The lesson on the topic "The sea is worried" is designed for 3 training hours (1 hour of theory and 2 hours of practice).
Age: 7-8 years old.
THEORY (1 academic hour).
Target: to acquaint children with the concepts of "warm-coldness", "contrast", based on tables on color science and reproductions of paintings by I. Aivazovsky.
Tasks:
- introduce the work of the Russian artist I. Aivazovsky;
- to acquaint with the basics of color science, based on the heat-coldness tables;
- learn to identify contrasting combinations of warm and cold colors.
materials: reproductions of paintings by I. Aivazovsky, tables of warmth and coldness and a contrasting combination of warm and cold colors.
PRACTICE (2 training hours).
Target: create a plot composition using a contrasting combination of colors.
Tasks:
- to teach: 1) using the teacher's demonstration, gradually build the composition of the drawing and work it out in color;
2) mix watercolor paints, getting shades of colors and use them in the drawing;
Materials and tools: watercolor sheet (A4), watercolor paints (24 colors), brushes (Squirrel No. 3 and No. 5), a jar of water, a napkin (paper or cotton), a watercolor palette.
Today we will talk with you about color, its characteristics, what contrast is, why and how it is used in painting. Let's get acquainted with reproductions of paintings by the great Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky.
We have already said in previous lessons that all colors are divided into cold and warm. As we know, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, indigo and violet make up the spectrum.
Warm colors: reds, yellows, oranges, and all others that contain at least a fraction of these colors.
Cool colors: blues, cyan, greens, blue-violet, blue-greens and colors that can be obtained by mixing with these colors.
Knowledge of the basics of color, the system of color constructions is necessary for the successful creative work of any novice artist.
It is important to know that each color has three main properties: hue (the color itself), saturation and lightness.
In color science, there are concepts of "lightness" and "color" contrast.
The phenomenon of color contrast lies in the fact that the color changes under the influence of other colors surrounding it, or under the influence of colors previously observed.
Complementary (or secondary) colors next to each other become brighter and more saturated. For example, a red tomato looks brighter next to parsley, and a purple eggplant next to a yellow turnip.
The contrast of blue and red is a prototype of the contrast of cold and warm colors.
We can say that contrast is one of the main techniques of artistic creativity.
Border contrast occurs at the borders of contact of adjacent colors.
- Guys, today in the lesson we will also get acquainted with the rules and techniques of composition, so that in the next lesson you can independently build the compositions of your paintings.
The methods of composition include: the transfer of rhythm, symmetry and asymmetry, the balance of the parts of the composition and the allocation of the plot-compositional center.
Rhythm is the alternation of any elements in a certain sequence.
Consider the example of I. Aivazovsky's painting "Among the Waves".
Here we see a vivid example of the rhythmic arrangement of sea waves. The artist arranged the waves in such a way that we get the impression of movement. And the center of the composition is a beam breaking through the clouds, illuminating the wave in the center of the picture. And we'll notice. What a contrast it makes with the dark waves in the background.
In the picture of the same author, The Ninth Wave, we again see a series, a rhythm of huge blue-green and yellow-green waves. The green of the waves creates a contrast with the dawn red-yellow sky.
In the center of the composition is the sun, which, as it were, breaks the veil of clouds. At the edge of the picture are people who managed to survive after the storm. They, in alliance with the sun, create a contrast with the raging sea. Victory over the elements is the plot of this composition. But how unusually the artist conveys the structure of the crest of the ninth wave - that same destructive ninth wave.
In general, in the work of I. Aivazovsky there are a number of paintings that personify the riot of the elements. Among them is the famous painting "Storm at Sea".
In the center of the composition are two boats. The rowers in the boats row against the waves. In the background is a shipwrecked ship. The dark gray coloring of the picture is flawless. The background and sky contrast with the blue waves in the foreground. Due to the contrast ratio, the foreground pulls forward, and the background goes even deeper.
I. Aivazovsky has paintings dedicated to our Black Sea. Among them are "Storm on the Black Sea" (or "Storm over Evpatoria") and "Storm on the Sea at Night".
In these paintings, you can observe the contrast of complementary colors (or the contrast of warm and cold).
PRACTICE
- Today, this knowledge will help us complete the plot composition on the theme "Storm at Sea". But first, I'll show you an example. Any work, whether pictorial or graphic, is carried out in several stages.
Stage 1 - composition in thin lines.
We outline the horizon line, the background is the mountains and the sun. We draw the horizon line above the middle so that the plane of the sea takes up more space. We draw the sun low above the horizon - sunset.
Stage 2 - the rhythm of the waves.
Since we need to depict a storm on the sea, the waves must be high and rhythmically located along the entire plane of the sea. The closer to us, the larger the waves, and the closer to the horizon, the smaller. This is the phenomenon of linear perspective.
Stage 3 - filling the sky plane.
For the sky, we choose shades of yellow (but not lemon), ocher and orange, available in our palette of colors. Remember that before we start filling, we need to mix the desired colors on the palette. Filling "by pouring color into color" is made from the top edge of the sheet from left to right to the horizon line. Alternately picking up the colors prepared on the palette with a brush - yellow, yellow with ocher and yellow with orange. After we fill to the horizon line, we collect the resulting drop with a dry brush.
Sun.
To fill the sun, we use the orange and red colors available in the palette of colors.
The background is mountains.
According to the law of aerial perspective, we use cold colors for the background - shades of purple and blue.
The sky is clouds.
During a storm, rain clouds form in the sky, which, thanks to air currents, can draw water from the sea into themselves, forming tornadoes. For clouds, we will use black, dark blue and dark blue paint. We prepare the paint on the palette and apply strokes of different colors.
Stage 4 - the plane of the sea.
For the waves we use blue, ultramarine, dark blue (blue + black) colors of watercolor and white gouache.
Let's start with the closest waves in the foreground. Alternately apply the colors pre-mixed on the palette (turquoise + blue, blue + ultramarine, ultramarine + black).
First we apply light, then penumbra and shadow of the wave.
Next, let the paint dry and, using white gouache, apply paint with the tip of the brush along the upper edge of the wave crest and along the lower edge, depicting splashes.
To depict the texture of the water of the raging sea, we draw longitudinal lines with white gouache with a thin brush.
Watercolor can be classified according to the following criteria:
- The number of colors in the set;
- Manufacturer;
- Packaging design;
- Type of paint (hard, soft, honey, etc.);
- The presence in the set of brushes and other additional tools.
Children's watercolors are sold in fun-designed boxes featuring favorite cartoon and book characters. It is better for kids to buy watercolors in small sets that include only the main colors. This will be the first step towards learning to draw and an additional lesson in consolidating knowledge about the color palette. Professional artists also use a minimum of colors, obtaining the necessary shades by mixing paints.
It is worth paying attention to the following points:
- Compliance with GOST;
- Preservation of color when exposed to sunlight;
- The paint is well taken with a wet brush and is easily washed out;
- It does not penetrate paper and does not form lumps.
Buying watercolors in Moscow today is not difficult, but by contacting trusted stores and purchasing goods from trusted manufacturers, you can protect yourself from low-quality products. Artistic watercolor helps the creative development of the child, the formation of beautiful handwriting, and also allows you to discover new talents in your son or daughter. Thanks to paints, kids can transfer their emotions to paper and show their imagination.
The minimum price for watercolor paints is about 29 rubles, so the opportunity to engage a child in an interesting and useful activity that will give him pleasure, and free time for parents, does not require special financial costs.
Drawing a landscape in watercolor step by step for children from 5 years old. Master class with step by step photo
Master class in watercolor painting from 5 years old "Landscape". Introduction to watercolors
Author: Natalya Alexandrovna Ermakova, teacher, Municipal Budgetary Educational Institution of Additional Education for Children "Children's Art School named after A. A. Bolshakov", Velikiye Luki, Pskov Region.Description: the master class is intended for children from 5 years old and their parents, educators, teachers of additional education.
Purpose: interior decoration, gift, drawing for exhibitions and competitions.
Target: creating a landscape in watercolor.
Tasks:
- to introduce children to the profession of an artist, to give an idea of the fine arts and painting;
- teach how to work with watercolor: wetting paints before painting, diluting with water to obtain different shades of the same color, thoroughly washing the brush.
- to teach how to work with color when creating a landscape using watercolor technique;
- exercise in working with different numbers of brushes;
- Raise interest in the visual arts.
I have a pencil
colorful gouache,
watercolor, palette, brush
And a thick sheet of paper
And also - an easel-tripod,
Because I ... (artist)
Hello dear guests! Wonderful profession of an artist. He should take paper, brushes, paints. There was nothing on paper, but the first lines appeared: one, the other - the picture is ready.
An artist can draw everything: a house, a forest, people, animals. And the artist paints pictures. And writes according to his plan, like a writer
An artist is a person who knows how to see beauty in the ordinary, remembers his impressions and knows how to express his thoughts and fantasies on paper, stone or other material.
The artist knows how to create new worlds in his paintings and drawings, unprecedented beauties and outlandish animals, and sometimes something completely new, the colors on the drawings turn into fireworks of colors and shades, they cause incredible joyful emotions.
The first artists appeared in the Stone Age. The role of canvas or paper was then played by the walls of stone caves and various household items of ancient people, and charcoal and mineral dyes served as paints for artists. The work of the artist was closely connected with the manufacture of paints, and people considered this to be a magical act. Much later, people began to paint icons, portraits, still lifes, landscapes, and they began to call all this the world of fine arts (the art of capturing images).
So, artists are people involved in fine arts, there are many different directions in this profession:
-Artist-artist in the broad sense of the word (he can do everything)
-A person who makes visual arts
-Graphic artist-engaged in graphics (pencil drawings, charcoal, felt-tip pens)
-Photo artist-does photo art
-Artist-animator
-Illustrator
- Painter - painting.
Painting is the art of representing objects with colors. One of the types of fine arts associated with the transmission of visual images by applying paint to a rigid or flexible surface. The name came from the two words "live" (live) and "write" (draw) - that's how it turns out to write like a living thing, and artists involved in painting began to be called painters.
In the art gallery
There are very, very many of them.
On this sea we see
And over there on that road.
Oil, watercolor
Creation artists. (Paintings)
There are many different directions (themes for drawing) in painting, consider some of them:
If you see what's in the picture
Someone looks at us
Or a prince in an old cloak,
Or a climber in a robe,
Pilot or ballerina
Or Kolya, your neighbor,
Be sure to picture
It's called a portrait.
If you see in the picture
A cup of coffee on the table
Or juice in a large decanter,
Or a rose in crystal
Or a bronze vase
Or a pear, or a cake,
Or all items at once,
Know that this is a still life.
If you see in the picture
The river is drawn
Or spruce and white frost,
Or a garden and clouds
Or a snowfield
Or a field and a hut,
Be sure to picture
It's called landscape
The artist writes his paintings and drawings with the help of various paints - gouache, watercolor and many other paints. A real artist first of all always gets acquainted with his paints, studies their properties, colors and shades. Conducts experiments on mixing paints and obtaining new colors, dilutes them with water or draws thickly, saturated. Today we will get acquainted with watercolor, what kind of paints are they?
Their name is associated with water because "Aqua" means "water". When you dissolve them with water and start drawing, the effect of lightness, airiness, subtle color transitions is created. Before painting, paints must be moistened with water. We dip the brush in clean water and shake off the drops on the paints, without touching them with the bristle of the brush.
Before you start drawing, you need to try the colors. Each color is tried on paper, we pick up paint on a brush and draw small specks of the color of each paint. And you can immediately see which paint is transparent, and which is strong-saturated. A very important feature of watercolors is that the more you dilute them with water, the more transparent they will appear, well, if you add less water, the colors will be more saturated. After trying each color, you need to wash the brush so as not to stain the paints. Watercolor paint is sonorous, transparent, loves cleanliness. After we got acquainted with all the colors, we can conduct experiments on mixing different colors, two, or even three. Remember which paint is friends with which, or vice versa, their friendship ends badly and it turns out a dirty puddle.
Three colors, three colors, three colors
Guys, isn't that enough?
And where can we get green, orange?
And if we mix paints in pairs?
From blue and red (this one)
We will get the color ... (purple).
And we mix blue with yellow.
What color do we get? (green)
And red plus yellow, it's not a secret for everyone,
They will give us of course ... (orange color).
This exercise to get acquainted with paints is carried out before the main task, the children respond with joy and experiment with color. Such an exercise can be carried out on a separate piece of paper, but it is better to start an album "cheat sheet", where the children will do exercises to get acquainted with color and learn various painting techniques each time.
Materials and tools:
-a sheet of paper A3 (for landscape)
- A4 sheet for color testing (or an album)
-watercolor
-brushes of three numbers (large, medium, thin)
- a simple pencil, an eraser (for the youngest children, they can draw a horizon line)
- glass for water
-cloth for brushes
Master class progress:
I see a land hitherto unknown.
Around the land is well-groomed.beautiful...
But to me, my soul, it is so charming here!
So wide is the beauty of my Russia!
Today we will draw a landscape, for kids a good role is played by showing the future drawing and examining it, what is depicted on it.
The landscape begins at the border of heaven and earth - this is the horizon line, where they meet each other. We draw the horizon line with the tip of the brush, then we begin to paint over the sky from the very top of the sheet in a horizontal direction. I always draw with the kids, a new technique, a new detail of the work and the children repeat this in their drawing.
Brush strokes should be large, smooth, use the largest brush. The paint must be well diluted with water, and try to create an even, uniform background.
Then, from the horizon line, draw the earth, the field (green). Brush after each color must be thoroughly rinsed. We paint over the surface in a horizontal direction, with a large brush, with green color with a large addition of water.
Now we take a brush of medium size, draw it with the tip. Emerald paint color - draw hills, the paint is bright and saturated.
Using a clean brush and water, blur the emerald lines of the hills, from emerald to basic green. So that you get a smooth transition from color to color. The work takes place with the addition of a large amount of water, almost on a damp background (therefore, the work shines). Excess water can be removed by dabbing with a cloth.
We leave the field to dry and return to work on the sky. We collect red paint on the brush and draw a rich stripe above the horizon line.
My brush, with a clean brush with water, draw a line along the lower edge of the red stripe, blur it.
Similarly, add orange and yellow colors.
Now with vertical small strokes we draw blades of grass, the farther they are from us, the smaller.
Then wash the brush, wring it out and lightly smear the blades of grass, as if rubbing them with a brush. We draw a red sun.
Clapping a brush on a sheet, draw shrubs.
On the horizon line, draw a saturated blue line - a forest in the distance. And with a thin brush of a blade of grass in the foreground of the picture.
With a thin brush we make vertical blue lines, where there is a forest, these are trees.
Select the forest in the distance with a thin black line (thin brush), and draw branches on the bushes.
Watercolor is a wonderful paint for children's creativity.
Its main advantage is that this paint is perfectly washed off children's hands.
and with clothes accidentally soiled in a fit of creativity.
We have selected for you 20+ MK with watercolors
1. Watercolor and coffee filters
You can make beautiful flowers from coffee filters painted with watercolors.
2. Watercolor on canvas
Try to draw a picture on canvas with your child
3. Watercolor, glue and salt
See what original paintings you can create with your own hands,
if you study this material to create a watercolor salt painting
4. Painting eggs
Paint eggs for Easter with watercolors
5. Drawing with cling film
Try this entertaining watercolor painting technique
6. Wet watercolor
By painting watercolor on very wet paper, you can get beautiful abstract patterns.
7. Watercolor and stamps
Use watercolor and salt to make a beautiful background, then add patterns using different stamps
8. Watercolor and soap bubbles
Imagine, it turns out that you can draw with the help of soap bubbles !!!
9. Drawing on shells
With the help of watercolor, ordinary shells can be turned into fantastic ones.
10. Silhouettes
Interesting pictures are obtained from the silhouettes of animals
11. Watercolor and cookie cutters
Use cookie cutters as templates
12. Watercolor and flowers
Use fresh flowers as stamps
13. Watercolor and napkins
Paint your cake napkins with watercolors and make a pretty garland out of them.
14. Watercolor and cones
Paint the bumps with watercolor
15. Filling equipment
With the help of watercolor smudges, you can create abstract paintings.
16. Watercolor Ribbon
Paint ribbons with watercolor and use them later to wrap gifts or create cards.
17. Watercolor splatter
With the help of this technique, you can create funny stories.
18. Wrapping paper
Use watercolor to create unique handmade wrapping paper
