Drawing with a secret in three pairs of hands
When your child is 4 years old, we strongly advise you to resort to this method. It consists in the following. A rectangular sheet of paper is taken, 3 pencils. Adults and a child are distributed: who will draw the first, who will be the second, who will be the third. The first one starts drawing, and then closes his drawing, bending the leaflet on top and leaving a little bit, some part, to continue (the neck, for example). The second, not seeing anything but the neck, naturally continues the torso, leaving only part of the legs visible. The third one finishes. Then the whole sheet is opened - and almost always it turns out funny: from the mismatch of proportions, color schemes.
Blotography
It consists in teaching children how to make blots (black and multi-colored). Then a 3-year-old child can look at them and see images, objects or individual details. “What does your or my inkblot look like?”, “Whom or what does it remind you of?” - these questions are very useful, because develop thinking and imagination. After that, without forcing the child, but showing, we recommend moving on to the next step - tracing or drawing the blot. The result can be a whole story.
Drawing together on a long strip of paper
By the way, it is useful to change the paper format (that is, to give not only a standard). In this case, a long strip will help you draw together without interfering with each other. You can draw isolated objects or plots, i.e. work nearby. And even in this case, the child is warmer from the elbow of mom or dad. And then it is desirable to move on to collective drawing. Adults and the child agree on who will draw what to get one plot.
Drawing yourself or drawing from nature of your favorite toys
Drawing from nature develops observation, the ability to no longer create, but to depict according to the rules, i.e. draw so that it looks like the original in proportions, shapes, and colors. Suggest that you draw yourself first, looking in the mirror. And be sure to look in the mirror many times. Better yet, show how you adults will draw yourself, by all means looking in the mirror many times. Then let the child choose an object for himself. It can be a favorite doll, bear or car. It is important to learn to observe for a long time, comparing parts of the subject. And further. If a child moves away from nature, introduces something of his own, as a result of which a completely different object or toy appears, do not be upset. Praise your toddler: “You drew a new car today! Perhaps you want this?” But at the end of such a drawing, it is important to ask: “How does the drawn car differ from this one?”
"I draw my mother"
It would be good to continue drawing from life or drawing from memory (family members, relatives and friends can become objects for such an image). As supporting material, there may be photographs or conversations about the characteristic features of the appearance of absent relatives ... Photographs are taken and examined. A conversation is held: “Which grandmother Valya? What kind of hair does she have? Hairstyle? Favorite dress? Smile?" And the creative process begins. After a while, you can offer to draw girlfriends from memory. When there are enough drawings depicting relatives and friends, we advise you to organize a mini-exhibition “My relatives and friends”, where the first portraits of a preschooler are appreciated.
bitmap
Children love anything non-traditional. Drawing with dots refers to unusual, in this case, techniques. For implementation, you can take a felt-tip pen, a pencil, put it perpendicular to a white sheet of paper and start drawing. But here's the best way to get bitmaps with paints. Here's how it's done. A match, cleaned of sulfur, is tightly wrapped with a small piece of cotton wool and dipped in thick paint. And then the principle of drawing points is the same. The main thing is to immediately interest the child.
foam drawings
For some reason, we all tend to think that if we paint with paints, then we must also use a brush. Far from always, say Trizovites. Foam rubber can come to the rescue. We advise you to make a variety of various small geometric figures out of it, and then attach them with a thin wire to a stick or pencil (not sharpened). The tool is ready. Now you can dip it in paint and use the stamp method to draw red triangles, yellow circles, green squares (all foam rubber, unlike cotton wool, is well washed). At first, children will randomly draw geometric shapes. And then offer to make the simplest ornaments out of them - first from one type of figure, then from two, three.
Mysterious drawings
Mysterious drawings can be obtained as follows. A cardboard about 20x20 cm in size is taken. And it folds in half. Then a semi-woolen or woolen thread about 30 cm long is selected, its end is dipped in thick paint for 8-10 cm and clamped inside the cardboard. You should then move this thread inside the cardboard, and then take it out and open the cardboard. It turns out a chaotic image, which is examined, outlined and completed by adults with children. It is extremely useful to give names to the resulting images. This complex mental and speech work, combined with visual work, will contribute to the intellectual development of preschool children.
Drawing with crayons
Preschoolers love variety. These opportunities provide us with ordinary crayons, sanguine, coal. Smooth asphalt, porcelain, ceramic tiles, stones - this is the base on which chalk and coal fit well. So, asphalt disposes to a capacious image of plots. They (if there is no rain) can be developed the next day. And then make up stories according to the plots. And on ceramic tiles (which are sometimes stored in the remains somewhere in the pantry), we recommend depicting patterns, small objects with crayons or charcoal. Large stones (such as boulders) are asked to decorate them under the image of an animal's head or under a stump. It depends on what or whom the stone resembles in shape.
magic drawing method
This method is implemented like this. An image is drawn on white paper with the corner of a wax candle (a Christmas tree, a house, or maybe a whole plot). Then with a brush, and preferably with cotton wool or foam rubber, the paint is applied on top of the entire image. Due to the fact that the paint does not fall on the bold image with a candle, the drawing seems to appear suddenly before the eyes of the children, manifesting itself. You can get the same effect by first drawing with stationery glue or a piece of laundry soap. In this case, the selection of the background to the subject plays an important role. For example, it is better to paint over a snowman painted with a candle with blue paint, and a boat with green paint. No need to worry if candles or soap start to crumble while painting. It depends on their quality.
Drawing small pebbles
Of course, most often the child depicts on a plane, on paper, less often on asphalt, tiles of large stones. A flat image of a house, trees, cars, animals on paper is not as attractive as creating volumetric own creations. In this regard, sea pebbles are ideally used. They are smooth, small and have a different shape. The very shape of the pebble will sometimes tell the child what image to create in this case (and sometimes adults will help the kids). It is better to paint one pebble under a frog, another under a bug, and a wonderful fungus will come out of the third. Bright thick paint is applied to the pebble - and the image is ready. And it’s better to finish it like this: after the pebble dries, cover it with a colorless varnish. In this case, a voluminous beetle or a frog made by children's hands shines, brightly shimmers. This toy will participate in independent children's games more than once and bring considerable benefits to its owner.
Finger painting method
Here is another way to depict the world around you: with your fingers, palm, feet, and maybe with your chin, nose. Not everyone will take such a statement seriously. Where is the line between prank and drawing? And why should we draw only with a brush or felt-tip pen? After all, a hand or individual fingers is such a help. Moreover, the index finger of the right hand obeys the child better than a pencil. Well, if the pencil is broken, the brush is wiped off, the felt-tip pens are over - but you want to draw. There is another reason: sometimes the theme just asks for a child's hand or finger. For example, a child will better draw a tree with his hands than with other tools. With his finger, he will bring out the trunk and branches, then (if) he will apply yellow, green, orange paints to the inside of the hand and draw a crimson-mahogany tree on top. Well, if we teach children to use their fingers rationally: not just one index finger, but all.
Thread method
There is this method mainly for girls. But this does not mean that it is not suitable for children of the opposite sex. And it consists in the following. First, a screen 25x25 cm in size is made of cardboard. Either velvet paper or plain flannel is glued onto the cardboard. It would be nice to prepare a nice bag with a set of woolen or semi-woolen threads of various colors for the screen. This method is based on the following feature: threads with a certain percentage of wool are attracted to flannel or velvet paper. You just need to attach them with light movements of the index finger. From such threads you can prepare interesting stories. Develops imagination, sense of taste. Especially girls learn to skillfully select colors. Some thread colors are suitable for light flannel, and completely different colors for dark flannel. Thus begins the gradual path to the women's craft, needlework, which is very necessary for them.
Monotype method
Two words about this, unfortunately rarely used method. And in vain. Because he is fraught with a lot of tempting for preschoolers. In short, this is an image on cellophane, which is then transferred to paper. On smooth cellophane, I paint with paint using a brush, or a match with cotton wool, or a finger (no uniformity is needed). The paint should be thick and bright. And immediately, until the paint has dried, turn the cellophane over with the image down on white thick paper and, as it were, wet the drawing, and then lift it up. It turns out two drawings. Sometimes the image remains on cellophane, sometimes on paper.
Drawing on wet paper
Until recently, it was believed that you can only draw on dry paper, because the paint is sufficiently diluted with water. But there are a number of objects, plots, images that are better to draw on wet paper. We need ambiguity, vagueness, for example, if the child wants to depict the following topics: “City in the fog”, “I had dreams”, “It's raining”, “Night city”, “Flowers behind the curtain”, etc. You need to teach a preschooler to make the paper a little wet. If the paper is too wet, the drawing may not work. Therefore, it is recommended to soak a ball of cotton wool in clean water, wring it out and draw it either over the entire sheet of paper, or (if required) only over a separate part. And the paper is ready to produce vague images.
tissue images
We collect the remnants of fabrics of various patterns and different qualities in a bag. Useful, as they say, and chintz, and brocade. It is very important to show with concrete examples how the drawing on the fabric, as well as its dressing, can help to depict something very brightly and at the same time easily in the plot. Let's give some examples. So, on one of the fabrics flowers are depicted. They are cut out along the contour, glued (only with a paste or other good glue), and then they paint on a table or a vase. It turns out a capacious colorful image. There are fabrics that can serve well as a house or the body of an animal, or a beautiful umbrella, or a hat for a doll, or a handbag.
Volume application
Obviously, children love to do appliqué: cut something and stick it on, getting a lot of pleasure from the process itself. And you need to create all the conditions for them. Along with a planar application, teach them how to make a three-dimensional one: a three-dimensional one is better perceived by a preschooler and more realistically reflects the world around them. In order to obtain such an image, it is necessary to wrinkle applicative colored paper in children's hands, then slightly straighten it and cut out the required shape. After that, just stick it on and, if necessary, finish the individual details with a pencil or felt-tip pen. Make, for example, a turtle beloved by children. Remember the brown paper, flatten it slightly, cut out an oval shape and stick it on, then paint on the head and legs.
Drawing with postcards
In fact, almost every house has a lot of old postcards. Go through old postcards with the children, teach them to cut out the necessary images and stick them to the place, into the plot. A bright factory image of objects and phenomena will give even the simplest unpretentious drawing a completely artistic design. It is sometimes difficult for a three-, four- and even five-year-old child to draw a dog and a beetle. You can take them ready-made, and let him add the sun, rain to the dog and the bug and he will be very happy. Or if, together with the children, cut out from a postcard and stick on a fairy-tale house with a grandmother in the window, then a preschooler, guided by his imagination, knowledge of fairy tales and visual skills, will undoubtedly draw something for him.
Learning to make a background
Usually children draw on white paper. So you can see it more clearly. So faster. But some scenes require a background. And, I must say, all children's work looks better against a background made in advance. Many children make the background with a brush, moreover, an ordinary, small one. Although there is a simple and reliable way: make the background with cotton wool or a piece of foam rubber soaked in water and paint.
Collage
The concept itself explains the meaning of this method: several of the above are collected in it. In general, ideally, the following seems important to us: it is good when a preschooler is not only familiar with various image techniques, but also does not forget about them, but uses them appropriately, fulfilling a given goal. For example, one of the children of 5-6 years old decided to draw, and for this he uses a bitmap (flowers), and the child will draw the sun with his finger, he will cut fruits and vegetables from postcards, depict the sky and clouds with fabrics, etc. There is no limit to improvement and creativity in visual activity. English teacher-researcher Anna Rogovin recommends using everything that is at hand for drawing exercises: draw with a cloth, paper napkin (folded many times); draw with dirty water, old tea leaves, coffee grounds, pomace from berries. It is also useful to paint cans and bottles, reels and boxes, etc.
There are artists who simply do not need brushes and paints for drawing, and in their experiments with materials they step further. I have compiled a selection of interesting authors who paint with unusual materials and methods. I hope it inspires you to new ideas!
Elisabetta Rogai
In her work, Elisabeth uses exclusively white, red and rosé wines, without attaching much importance to their bouquet or strength. The only other tool Elisabetta uses to create her paintings is charcoal, which she uses to sketch. The peculiarity of her works is that the color of the paints on the canvas changes over time, as the wine ages and acquires new shades. The result is canvases, each of which is completely unique.
Tarinan von Anhalt (Jet Art)
The American artist creates her abstract paintings using air currents from an aircraft jet engine. Tarinan's clients pay a lot of money for the opportunity to see how the artist creates, because this process in itself is a small show with a risk to life. For the creation of one abstract painting, a creative connoisseur will have to pay at least 50 thousand dollars. Jet Art also uses his technique to decorate clothes that he demonstrates at various fashion shows.
This very unusual direction of painting was invented by the Austrian prince Jürgen von Anhalt back in 1982. He called it "jet art" ("jet painting"). After his death, his business was continued by his wife Tarinan (real princess). She became the first woman to create her artistic canvases using such a physically demanding painting technique. Before watching the video, I advise you to mute the sound, otherwise there are jet engines)
Underwater paintings by Ukrainian artists
Ukrainian divers create their works at depths from 2 to 20 meters in the waters of the Black and Red Seas. The artists are so inspired by the beauty of the underwater world that they have come up with an unusual way to capture it using ordinary paint and canvas with waterproof glue. Under each picture, in addition to the title, the sea is indicated, the salt of which a certain work absorbed and the depth to which the artist had to plunge. The pictures look really unusual.
Natalie Irish
The artist paints with kisses, and uses ordinary lipstick as a material. On average, one picture takes about five tubes of lipstick. The first work of the artist was a portrait of Marilyn Monroe - it is with this actress that Natalie associates red lipstick. The artist admitted that the creation of her paintings is not an easy job, because she needs to methodically leave kisses on the canvas according to a certain pattern, constantly changing the focus of her eyes. One painting takes at least 3 hours.
Otman Tom
The Baghdad artist uses ice cream instead of the usual colors to create his works. His works are similar to watercolors and have a wide range. The artist always photographs his work with leftover ice cream and brushes on canvas, thus showing a small part of the process. Looks really like watercolor!
What to do at home with a baby when it's cold outside? Of course, creativity! And we made just a huge selection for you, in which we talked about all sorts of unusual ways of drawing. Let's get started!
Top 40 Unusual Drawing Ways!
If you have a pencil at home with an eraser on the other end, then this idea is for you! A little time for preparation, and you can create vivid pictures. You will appreciate the simplicity and accessibility of this type of creativity, and the baby will have a fun and useful time.
We draw with an eraser!
We have an entertaining idea for you and your little ones, which combines creativity and the study of the laws of physics! This activity will keep the whole family entertained!
Thanks to this idea, the crumbs will be able to better explore the colors and their combinations. And the method will surprise them for sure!
We make magical colored milk!
We have a great idea for you on how to entertain your baby while developing his creative abilities. It will not take you much time and money, but the idea will definitely cheer up the crumbs!
Spray Painting!
If it suddenly started raining outside, this is not a reason to be sad! We offer you and your kids entertainment in inclement weather. Just don't forget to wear raincoats!
What are machines for? Of course, arrange races, roll your favorite toys and give your parents a back massage in the morning) Have you tried using them as a drawing tool? We want to offer you and your fidgets a simple but very unusual idea.
All kids love to do something unusual and interesting, discovering a lot of new fun. Therefore, we try to find only the most curious and informative ideas for you and your crumbs! And this time we offer you to make bright ice paints! In the process of drawing, the baby will easily learn colors and their combinations.
Have you ever painted in 3D? We have found for you and your kids an unusual idea for creativity, which combines painting, paper sculpture and the study of nature! It is very simple to implement it, but how much joy and new discoveries this lesson will bring you!
After drawing with crayons, small “stubs” remain, which are no longer so convenient to use. We want to give you an idea of how you can use them. Keep drawing with them, just a little differently! Make them paint!
We will need: crayons, tight bags for food, a hammer.
Put the crayons of the same shades in a bag, close tightly. Tap the bag with a hammer to turn the crayons into powder. Be careful not to hit too hard or the bag may break. Pour the resulting powder into a bowl and add water. Paint is ready! It's that simple! Such paint will softly lay down on paper or any other surface. Draw with pleasure!
This time we again want to invite your kids to draw, only now with ice crayons in butter! It turns out very beautiful and cool, besides, in the process, the baby observes that the oil does not mix with water, and this can be used as an artistic technique.
In summer, nature appears before us in all its glory! Berries, fruits and vegetables ripen, there is a riot of greenery on the street, flowers bloom and give us their aroma. We offer you and your children to try one interesting summer fun - to make a natural watercolor! And if it's cold outside, you can buy flowers in the store. This paint will be completely natural and safe, plus so much fun to make! Try it yourself!
We want to tell you about one artist, whose name is Jackson Pollock, and about his drawing technique, which your children will certainly enjoy. The most remarkable thing about this technique is that you need to “splatter” the paint for your own pleasure! Jason Pollock's technique is that the canvas is placed on the floor, and the paint is sprayed from the brushes, without touching the brush to the canvas. In 2006, a painting called "Number 5, 1948" was sold at Sotheby's for $140 million!
We are sure that you have never painted with frozen paint! Today is the day to discover new horizons and try this fun type of drawing.
Is it still raining or has it already stopped and you didn't manage to see the rainbow?! No problem! Today we will make our rainbow from colored rice (we will also tell you how to color it), and at the same time we will repeat all the colors and learn a funny rhyme about the rainbow. With our rainbow, we can admire it at any moment, regardless of the weather and season!
Have you ever thought about how one becomes an artist? That's right, with practice and training. In general, drawing teachers have a lot of interesting and entertaining exercises, performing which you can’t say that you are being trained. That's how we treat them - as creative entertainment! Today we will share with you one of them - drawing circles.
Usually, balloons become obligatory guests at every holiday. But time passes, and the balls begin to deflate. You think they can no longer bring joy, but you are mistaken! Today we will show you how to create a wonderful portrait using a balloon. We guarantee fun! :)
We want to talk about another funny kind of art - painting with a film with pimples. So it's time to get the box from under the TV, mixer or juicer that has not yet been thrown out, the film from there will be very useful to us today in the creative process;)
Today we invite you to bring our hooligan idea to life. Let's connect water balloon tossing and art! What can we do? Of course, great fun for a warm summer day! Intrigued? ;)
Let's paint with watercolor pencils!
We decided to invite you and your children to master an unusual type of drawing, which will surely amuse the whole family with its slightly hooligan mood! Today we invite you to draw using old pieces of yarn or thick threads, which are sure to be found in every home!
We decided to show you a recipe on how to make body paint at home. The best part about this recipe is that the paint is absolutely safe for your baby's skin! If your children have grown up, then be sure to let them make paint themselves, imagine their pleasure when they get real body paint from different materials!
Everyone knows about drawing on asphalt with crayons! Today we will tell you about another interesting idea of asphalt art - painting with paints, and also give a recipe on how to make these paints from improvised materials! With this idea, you will always have in stock the answer to your child's question "What are we going to do today ?!"
Everyone knows about drawing with fingers, palms or a brush. Have you tried painting with a living flower?
Want to learn another unusual type of drawing? Then this idea is for you, because today we will draw on the stones. The idea is very simple, but, nevertheless, it can successfully occupy your child for a very long time. Such an unusual drawing develops the imagination and contributes to the formation of the creative self of your fidget.
Coloring is always a fun pastime for kids. After reading this article, you will learn how easy it is to make your own unique drawing templates and color them! Abstract coloring encourages kids to use their imagination and can keep them busy all day long. Also, drawing actively develops fine motor skills, which favorably affects the development of speech and mental abilities.
Let's be artists today, shall we? But we will create our creative masterpieces in a very unusual way - to put multi-colored stamps made from ordinary pepper. This simple way will allow even the smallest creators to create their first artwork, and for older artists to show their imagination and understand that there are practically no limits for creativity.
We invite you to show your child what miracles are in the world of science. Has your child ever seen colors grow before their eyes? If not, then try this unusual experiment. The child will be delighted when he sees that the picture has become three-dimensional!
For sure, every child loves to embody his flight of fantasy in drawings. But the usual paints and pencils have already had time to get bored? Try giving your little artist a new way to paint with salt and glue. You will be surprised how much delight and emotion this unusual way of drawing will cause. After all, it is so interesting to observe how the colors themselves "disperse" according to the drawing, and the picture turns out to be bright and voluminous.
For many, autumn is a time of inspiration, someone begins to write poems or entire poems, someone conveys what they see in stories, and for someone the creative process results in autumn paintings. It is on drawing that we want to stop and tell you about another unusual type - drawing on autumn leaves.
How wonderful it is when you can walk in the autumn park and enjoy the rustle of autumn leaves. But the weather is not always conducive to such a walk. Today we invite you, together with your fidgets, to create a unique autumn mood in your home - we will make leaves with unusual, creative colors.
To make your walks more vivid and colorful, we suggest you pour paint into spray bottles and paint a molded snowman or draw a whole picture in the snow.
Drawing, as you know, develops the creativity and imagination of the child, so we decided to offer you another unusual way of drawing, namely painting with soap bubbles. You will get an unusual picture in which you can search and represent animals, plants or even various cartoon characters.
The experiment is very interesting and magical. You will see how white flowers become colored. In addition, a wonderful holiday on March 8 is just around the corner and such a spring bouquet will be a great gift for mothers and grandmothers!
Where does this strange statement about myself “I can’t draw?” come from? Everyone knows how, only in their own way. So my child began to periodically get upset about something, that I don’t know how to draw it or it didn’t turn out beautifully. A friend of the artist suggested that I stop trying to draw according to the model, as they usually do at various drawing circles, and try not the standard ones. Suggested to try monotype. Further - more, I began to look for more options for similar techniques that reveal the individuality of the child. There was no end to them.
Some of it was familiar from childhood.
blots
Fold the sheet in half, open it and put colored spots on one of the halves with paint. then fold the sheet again and press firmly - iron it with your palm or attach a heavy book. We open it and consider what it turned out to be (the Rorschach test, it seems, was probably created)))) You can finish something if you want to add it.
Frottage
Remember? :)
A sheet of paper is placed on a flat embossed object and then, moving with an unsharpened colored pencil over the surface, you get an impression that imitates the main texture. You can rub the pencil crumbs in the same way, over the relief surface. Anyone who tried to draw on a table with a relief coating knows how this drawing technique can be included in a drawing completely uninvited :) Or you can create drawings by combining the relief of several objects. Here's the beauty:
Leaves are also imprinted in the same way.
It turns out drawing, and the disclosure of individuality, and the development of imagination, and confidence in one's ability to create, and many, many more useful moments for a child (and an adult) in such techniques. I love versatile things like
strollers 3 in 1 :)
imprints
Marble paper
- cream (foam) for shaving
- watercolors or food coloring
- flat dish for mixing shaving foam and paints
- paper
- scraper
Work plan:
- Apply shaving cream in an even, thick layer onto a plate.
- Mix different colors of paint or food coloring with a little water to make a rich solution.
- Using a brush or pipette, drop paint of different colors onto the surface of the foam in random order.
- Now, with the same brush or stick, beautifully smear the paint over the surface so that it forms fancy zigzags, wavy lines, etc. This is the most creative stage of the whole work, which will bring pleasure to children.
- Now take a sheet of paper and carefully place it on the surface of the resulting patterned foam.
- Put the sheet on the table. All you have to do is scrape off all the foam from the sheet of paper. For these purposes, you can use a piece of cardboard or a lid cut in half.
- Under a layer of shaving foam, you will find stunning marble patterns. The paint has soaked into the paper quickly, you just need to let it dry for a few hours.
Passepartout
This is when a child's doodles are inserted into a sheet with some form cut out. Here, for example, is a butterfly.
Monotype
Food film drawing
We apply spots of several colors of watercolor or gouache paint on the entire surface of the sheet. We put a film on top and draw, lightly pressing on the film, a variety of lines. Let the paint dry and remove the film. We bring the drawing to the end, with felt-tip pens or pencils.
soap painting
You can mix paints with soapy water and then apply patterns and shapes with a brush. When drawing, soap bubbles are formed, which create the texture of colorful strokes.
Wet surface painting
The technique is very simple: wet a paper sheet with water, let it dry for 30 seconds and start painting with watercolors. The paints spread in different directions and very interesting stains are obtained (dawn, clouds, trees, rainbow).
And further
1. Salt. Make a sketch on paper first. Moisten it with water with a brush, sprinkle with salt, wait until it absorbs water, sprinkle excess salt. When everything dries, draw the missing elements and color. Salt is good for drawing dragonflies, birds, jellyfish, butterflies, snow, smoke.
2. Wax. Prepare a sheet with animal silhouettes that you “draw” with a candle in advance. By painting over the drawing with paint, the child will unexpectedly “create” images of animals.
3. Foam rubber or sponge. Having dipped a sponge in thick gouache, a child can draw landscapes, bouquets of flowers, lilac branches, apple trees.
4. bunch of pencils. Tape a large sheet of paper securely. Gather colored pencils in a bundle so that the sharpened ends are at the same level. Have your child draw.
5. Crayons and starch. Pour a little starch onto a piece of paper and spread evenly over the surface with your hands. Invite your child to draw with crayons on a slippery surface. It's best to use the base colors of the crayons so they give you new colors.
6. colored glue. Pour the glue into empty bottles, add a few drops of a different color to each, and you are ready to create artworks. Draw with colored glue on dark paper using the "drip" technique.
7. gauze swab. Invite your child to dip a gauze swab into the paint and draw clouds, soap bubbles, snowdrifts, ducklings, butterflies. The missing details must be completed with a brush or felt-tip pen.
Corn cobs. Think of an image. Dip the cob in the paint and roll it over a sheet of clean paper. Make an imprint with the "tail" of the corncob.
8. Blotography. Let the kid drip paint on the sheet, tilt it in different directions, and then finish drawing the blot so that some kind of image is obtained. Or the child dips the brush into the paint, then puts an inkblot on a sheet of paper and folds the sheet in half so that the “blot” is printed on the second half of the sheet. Then he unfolds the sheet and tries to understand who or what the drawing looks like. You can blow on the paint from a straw - also a way to give the blot a place to turn around :)
9. Dot drawing. The kid, with a light pressure of the pencil, outlines the preliminary outline of the object, then fills the space inside it with a dot technique using felt-tip pens or pencils of different colors.
10. splash painting. The most important thing here is to master the technique of "spraying". On a dry toothbrush with fairly stiff bristles, apply gouache, a little less than you usually put toothpaste. The consistency of paint is slightly thicker than paste, so water is usually not needed here. Hold the brush in your left hand with the bristles down at a distance of 3-4 cm from the paper and scrape the bristles towards you with a stick. Very beautiful multi-colored "spray" (salute) and yellow-red (golden autumn) on a white sheet; white "splash" on a dark blue background (winter landscape).
11. foot drawing. Tape a sheet of paper to the floor. Put a pencil between your toes and ask your child to draw something. You can create simultaneously with two feet on one sheet of paper. Tape a large sheet of paper to the wall and ask your child to draw something on it while lying on their back.
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Every child is an artist at heart. Almost all preschool children love to draw. Someone likes pencils, someone likes crayons, someone likes paints. Fine art does not stand still, today there are many interesting and non-traditional drawing techniques for children.
Unusual ways of drawing help to create real masterpieces and are suitable even for children who have not yet succeeded in such activities. We will learn all about drawing techniques for kids, such as two-handed painting, stenciling, scratching and monotyping, stone painting and sand painting on light tables.
What is useful drawing for a child
First of all, any drawing, as well as, perfectly develops fine motor skills.
And this contributes to:
- training the muscles of the fingers and hands;
- preparation of the hand for writing;
- development of the speech apparatus;
- development of thinking.
Drawing is a creative activity. With the help of the image of objects familiar or invented by the baby, the following develops:
- creativity;
- logics;
- memory;
- fantasy.
Did you know? Children whose parents pay enough attention to fine arts very rarely need the help of a speech therapist, they quickly master simple geometric shapes and memorize colors.
In addition to pencils, felt-tip pens and paints that a child is used to, there are a lot of unusual drawing techniques that can help even an unlucky artist create real works of art.
Stencil drawing
There is nothing complicated in this technique, but the drawings always turn out beautiful. For drawing, schemes and stencils are used, selected especially for children.
You will need
- paper;
- stencils;
- air markers.
How to prepare
- Choose a "safe" place in the apartment - fine paint, thanks to the curiosity of the child, will fly in all directions.
- If necessary, cover it with oilcloth.
How to draw
- Lay a piece of paper on your work surface.
- Place the stencil on top.
- Take a felt-tip pen of the color you want and blow the paint onto the paper.
If your baby is completely tiny, you can try to draw without a stencil - let the child just learn how to blow paint. You can even decorate objects with such stencils.
Usually, stencils are already included with air felt-tip pens. We offer you a few more simple stencils:
Pattern drawing with two hands
This type of drawing is aimed at developing the intelligence of the child. When the baby repeats the movements with both handles, both hemispheres of the brain are involved. This well stimulates the development of thinking and coordination. Drawing with two hands at the same time is performed according to patterns selected for children according to age and skills.
What you need
- two identical pencils or felt-tip pens;
- symmetrical dot patterns.
Such drawing does not require special preparation. Just explain to the kid and show by personal example how you will draw:
- Position the template in front of you.
- Take two pencils or markers in hand.
- Place the pencil necks in the center of the image.
- Draw lines symmetrically by connecting dots.
- Then, for a little rest, invite the crumbs to decorate the resulting contour.
- Start such classes by drawing simple lines, you can use a notebook sheet in a cage:
- Then you can move on to simple drawings:
- Over time, you can invite the child to draw two identical pictures in parallel:
Grattage
Very interesting drawing technique. This is a way of creating a design by scratching on a prepared sheet of paper.
You will need
- thick sheet of paper;
- light colored paints (optional);
- dark gouache;
- wax or paraffin;
- a piece of soap;
- wide brush;
- skewer;
- newspaper.
Let's prepare the canvas
- Take paper. You can leave it white, or you can paint it in different colors with a wide brush - this way the drawing will be more interesting.
- When the paint is dry, rub a sheet of paper with wax or paraffin.
- Dip a wide brush into dark paint, lather a piece of soap with a brush and paint over the entire sheet.
- Wait for your canvas to dry properly.
How to draw
- Spread newspaper on the table - so it will be easy to clean the workplace.
- Take a skewer, with light pressure, scratch the outline of the pattern.
- Where you need a brighter outline - scratch more dark paint with paraffin.
For drawing, you can trace the contours of the object, or you can draw just like that. With this technique, you can draw anything:
Monotype
This type of drawing allows you to create a mirror image.
You will need
- a sheet of paper folded in half;
- paints and brushes;
- some water.
Prepare your workspace in the same way as you would for regular painting.
How to draw
- Unfold the folded piece of paper.
- On one of the halves, quickly draw half of the symmetrical pattern. The easiest way to start is with a butterfly.
- While the paint is not dry, lightly moisten the other half of the sheet with clean water using a brush.
- Close the sheet carefully. It is better to cover the painted part with the unpainted part - so the paint will not flow.
- Iron the folded sheet well with your palms and unfold.
- Now you can finish the details and contours on both halves of the picture.
Here's what the kids get: 
Drawing on stones
Painting on stones is a great way for kids to create real souvenirs from ordinary pebbles with your help. It is also convenient - if the drawing does not work out, the stone can always be washed, dried and started again.
What you need
- stones (ordinary river pebbles will do);
- a simple pencil with a soft neck;
- gouache and brushes;
- furniture polish or hairspray.
Training
- Pre-wash the stones, dry.
- Prepare a place for drawing.
- Separately prepare a place where you will open crafts with varnish. It is better to do this without a baby.
How to draw
- Draw the outline of the pattern on the stone. You can pre-prime the surface of the stone with white paint.
- Carefully color the outline. Draw the paint on the brush thickly, so the picture will not flow.
- Add decorative elements.
- When the drawing dries well, you can open it with varnish. If you want to fix the pattern with hairspray, it is better to process the craft in 3-4 layers.
In this technique, you can make a lot of souvenirs:
Sand painting on light tables
This is perhaps the most amazing direction in the visual arts. This technique is used to create real cartoons, show shows, draw real masterpieces, playing with light, shadows and midtones. Previously, this seemed like something inaccessible, but nowadays you can even go to courses for children, where they teach painting with sand on light tables. There is nothing difficult in this, such drawing can be organized at home.
What you need
- light table (you can instruct your dad to make it, or you can buy it);
- fine sand;
- hands and fantasy;
- skewer.
How to prepare
- River sand works well. But first you need to pick it up.
- When the sand is obtained, pour it into a bucket and fill it with water.
- Drain the water. Repeat the manipulation as many times as needed to make the water clear. So you remove debris and dust from the sand, only the fine sand we need will remain.
- Leave the sand to dry in a wide container.
How to draw
- Pour sand around the edges of the table.
- You can collect sand in a handful or a pinch and pour all kinds of lines, creating a pattern:
- To create a background, you can evenly spread the sand with your palm over the surface of the table. On such a background, you can create any drawings, removing excess sand with your fingers.
- With the help of the play of light and shadow, children manage to create all kinds of patterns and drawings, using their imagination and their pens.
Experiment with the thickness of the sand layer, draw with your palm, fingers, draw precise lines with a fingernail or skewer.
With the help of this technique, you can create real masterpieces.
- If you don't know one of these techniques, don't despair. To date, there are many circles and art studios in which real professionals will teach a child to create unusual works.
- Experiment more with different drawing techniques - this is a good warm-up for the hands and head. The more techniques the baby masters, the easier it will be for him to find his calling.
- Support any undertakings crumbs. After all, it’s not so important for him in what technique to draw, if only his mother was happy.
Drawing techniques for preschool children - video
This video demonstrates the technique of monotype, creating a landscape over the river.
This video shows a simplified version of the preparation of the canvas for scratching, demonstrates the very technique of drawing.
This video shows the basic techniques of sand painting on a light table for children.
Many mothers want their child to develop harmoniously. Today, there are a lot of unusual drawing techniques that develop not only creativity, but also imagination, logic, and coordination. Some of them even adopted kindergartens.
Do not be afraid to offer your baby new techniques in his favorite pastime, and support your baby in his creative search!
What unusual drawing techniques does your child know? Where did he first try to draw like this: at home, in the kindergarten or on a mug? If you know some other interesting drawing techniques, tell us about them in the comments!
