Tutorials on creating simple drawings with children's paints and what can be drawn
The tendency to create manifests itself in children at an early age. This is how the child expresses himself. The period when the baby begins to create his own drawings varies from six months to two years. This often happens because the child copies the behavior of adults. However, you should not immediately select a drawing: for children it is important to first learn how to hold the appropriate tools in their hands, how to use paints.
When to start drawing with your child
It is impossible to answer this question precisely, since the tendency to draw manifests itself at different ages. Some children start doodling in their first year of life, when their hands are strong enough to hold a pen or pencil. For others, these tendencies appear after two years.
Drawing is an important stage in the development of a child. This lesson helps develop memory, fine motor skills of the hands, and also teaches you to compare, analyze, think, measure objects, imagine and compose.
By the age of six months, babies are already able to manipulate various objects. At this age, a child can learn to draw by example.In particular, parents are encouraged to use chalk to draw lines on the board. In this case, a small piece should be used. Then the chalk can be given to the child so that he himself can try to draw a line. Over time (closer to a year), psychologists recommend switching to paints. Moreover, in this case we are talking about acquaintance with flowers, and not full-fledged drawing.
In front of the child, you can mix different colors, naming each shade. From nine months, parents are advised to switch to full-fledged drawing.
You should start with large sheets of paper. First you need to draw with a marker, gradually transferring the child to pencils and pens. During this period, children must learn to hold objects well. This skill is instilled very slowly. In the process of learning, psychologists advise to constantly praise the child.
To facilitate this process in the first year of life, you can use not paints, but liquid porridge, adding raspberry, beetroot and other colored juices. This approach allows you not to constantly monitor the actions of the baby, who during this period often pulls all objects into his mouth.
At the age of one and a half, it is recommended to use both hands. Thanks to this, preschoolers develop harmoniously. During this period, the paper size should be reduced to A4 size. At the age of two, you can move on to drawing small objects.
It is important to note that the specified frequency is advisory in nature. Psychologists do not insist that a child can hold a marker or pencil at one year and draw small objects at two.This skill develops in children in different ways.
Choosing paints for children's creativity
During the first years of life, the following types of paints are recommended:
- finger;
- watercolor;
- gouache;
- acrylic;
- oil.
For a child under one year old, finger paints are suitable. This material, harmless to the body, is based on water and food colorings. These contain salt or a bitter component that will prevent the baby from eating paint. These compositions are distinguished by the following features:
- have a gel consistency;
- do not spread;
- by turning them over, the cans do not spill out;
- mix well with each other.
Such compositions can be drawn both on paper, and on glass, polyethylene and other surfaces.
Watercolors are purchased for children over 1-2 years old. This material is made of environmentally friendly components. Unlike finger paints, watercolors can only be painted with a brush.
Acrylic paints are also suitable for budding artists. These formulations dry quickly and are not washed off with water. However, compared to gouache and watercolor, acrylic paints are more expensive. As a rule, these materials are purchased in six basic colors, which are then mixed to obtain the desired shade.
In connection with such a variety, when choosing paints, you can be guided by the following rules:
- Take into account the composition that the paints contain. The younger the child, the safer the components should be for the body.
- For young children, it is recommended to buy paint in jars.
- Babies should buy paints in shades close to natural.
- For one-year-old children, formulations that do not emit harsh, unpleasant odors are suitable.
- You should buy paints of the same brand.
Preschoolers over 5-7 years old who have been drawing for several years can purchase oil paints. Compositions of this type are premixed with solvents. Therefore, oil paints are suitable only for artists who have acquired the basic skills of working with watercolors and gouache.
What else is needed
For drawing lessons, you will need:
- brushes of different thickness;
- sip glass;
- easel.
These are three indispensable tools, without which it is impossible to paint. Later, as skills develop, you can expand the range of materials and accessories used.
Simple drawings for children
Drawing instruction (especially for preschoolers) is recommended to start with models. These images help you inculcate basic writing skills without difficulty.
For 2 years
In the early years, everyone mainly draws scribbles. It is therefore recommended to give babies over the age of two luminous templates:
- Chick;
- frog;
- Sun;
- Apple;
- tortoise;
- snail and others.
These patterns should contain straight lines and circles that the child can easily draw.
3-4 years old
For preschoolers 3-4 years old, you can use drawings in the following format:
- strokes and coloring;
- lines;
- dot drawing;
- splatter paint.
Drawing with stamps is also considered a good technique.
From 4 years old
Stylized (simplified) drawings are also recommended for children over four years of age.But from this age, the child can have the opportunity to experiment. Drawings at this stage of the development of writing techniques should be complex. That is, in addition to circles and lines, you can set tasks to create more original compositions with additional elements.
People over four years old are allowed to paint in stages. This means the following process: first, basic images (for example, the head and body of a future dog) are applied to the sheet. Then details are added (ears, eyes, tail, etc.). At the end, the finished drawing is colored.
From 10 years old
Teenagers over 10 years old are offered complex compositions on which several elements are present. The nature of the images in this case can be anything. If preschoolers are more often offered patterns of animals or plants, then teenagers - people, movie characters and other drawings.
Additional tips and tricks
The general recommendation for teaching drawing boils down to the following: you should start with the simple, gradually move to the complex. At first, it is recommended to limit yourself to a small number of colors. Then you can expand the palette of shades.
Second important advice, without which it is impossible to teach a child to draw: he must constantly hear praise from his parents. This approach encourages the little ones to continue their activity. The result will be a systematic improvement in drawing techniques.
You should switch to paints after 3-4 years, when the preschooler will learn to hold the brush well and stop putting various objects in his mouth.Despite what has been said before, it is not recommended to forbid drawing whatever you want. That is, if the baby often depicts people (and this is considered a complex writing technique), you cannot draw the baby's attention to simpler objects.