Master class on drawing “Watercolor craquelure”

Unconventional techniques for painting with watercolors on crumpled paper

The drawing master class is intended for classes with children in art studios and fine arts classes. Both junior schoolchildren and young middle school artists, teachers and parents can try their hand at this technique.

Purpose: performing a competitive work in fine art on the theme “Mirror of Nature”, which will subsequently become a wonderful decoration for the interior of the room

Target: Create an extraordinary drawing using watercolor technique on crumpled paper
Tasks:
introduce children to unconventional drawing techniques
improve your watercolor skills
develop creative abilities;

Hello!
In this master class I want to tell you about a simple, but, in my opinion, fascinating technique of painting with watercolors.

The watercolor technique on crumpled paper can be interesting and feasible not only for adults, but also for children. You can work in this technique both from life and from memory. Images of trees, leaves, vegetables, and flowers look advantageous.
For work we will need:
A3 paper (for the first time you can take A4). I advise you to try it on paper of different textures. To begin with, you can take a regular landscape sheet
Watercolor;
Palette;
Squirrel or kolinsky paints (set);
A jar of water.

For my work I chose the image of a lotus.
Snow-white, pink or blue lotus is the sacred royal flower of the East. The lotus symbolizes purity and powerful creative energy. The lotus is an emblem of perfection as its leaves, flowers and fruits form a circle. Lotus petals, reminiscent of the sun's rays, represent the divine source of life, and the seed capsule in the culture of Ancient Egypt, India, China and Japan is considered a symbol of fertility, birth and rebirth.

Progress

1. Using a simple pencil on smooth dry paper, you need to sketch the selected object. We must try to work with thin lines - cobwebs, and if there is such a need to use an eraser, do it carefully, without spoiling the texture of the paper.

2. The sheet with the finished pencil sketch must be crumpled, crumpled with the image inward, so as not to damage the surface of the drawing and not to stain it.

3. Gently straighten the crumpled sheet of paper on the table with your hands.

4. Start painting with light colors, gradually moving towards darker and more saturated ones. It is better to work on slightly dampened paper, so the colors will smoothly merge with each other according to your idea. You need to wet the fragment of the drawing that is to be made next.

5. If necessary, you can return to the elements of the picture already made in color to enhance the light and shade and add different shades. My lotus has shades of cool colors, but gently yellow reflections must appear on the petals. This comes from the rays of sunlight.

6. To create a bright, rich pattern, you need to highlight the center of the composition using contrasting colors. To draw lotus leaves, you can use all shades of green and some cool notes.

7. Paint over the lotus leaves one by one. You can use 2 techniques: drawing on pre-wetted paper, and part of the drawing on dry paper. I decided to make dew drops on lotus leaves. To do this, you need to leave these places unpainted.

8. During work, do not forget about chiaroscuro. Therefore, on the shadow side from future dew drops, we draw falling shadows.

9. While working in color, the paint interestingly flows into the created “cracks”, creating a beautiful craquelure.

10 . Now, using cool colors, we draw the surface of the water.

11. It's time to make water droplets in color. To do this, from the shadow side, using a gentle emerald color, draw a shadow on the drop itself. Attention! We leave the outlines of the drop unpainted.

12. From the illuminated side we show reflexes of purple and golden color. Leave the highlight untouched.

The drops at work look voluminous. After drying, some elements can be modified “dry”.

13.Now the drawing must be dried and ironed on the reverse side using an iron.

The work is ready. Many cracks allegedly formed on the surface; the picture is similar to the paintings of artists of the last century.

Since creating one work will take just over an hour, anyone can try it. The lesson can be done as a two-hour lesson.

Thank you for your attention! New creative victories to everyone!

Non-traditional drawing techniques for older preschoolers.

Technique of drawing with crumpled paper.

Alekseeva Anastasia Igorevna, social teacher MBDOU No. 20, Vladimir
Purpose:the drawing can be used as interior decoration. This master class is intended for kindergarten teachers, parents and children. Children's age is 5-7 years.

Target:introducing children to the technique of drawing with crumpled paper.
Tasks:
- Development of creative abilities in preschool children;
- Foster a caring attitude towards nature;
- Development of attention, thinking and taste;
- Education of accuracy.
Material:sheets of paper, gouache, brushes, jars of water.

Drawing with crumpled paper is a very entertaining drawing technique that gives room for imagination and freedom for little hands. Even the process of preparing for a lesson is exciting. Children can happily crush the paper lumps that will actually do the work themselves.

Stages of work:

1. Take several sheets of paper and crumple them into lumps.

2. Having first applied water to a sheet of paper, we begin to set the background.

3.Dip the lumps into plates with paint and press the lumps onto a sheet of paper, leaving imprints in the form of clouds and grass. You can draw the outlines of the desired image in advance and then print it.

Lessons on non-traditional drawing techniques: crumpled paper, polyethylene.

Drawing in unconventional ways is a simple and fun drawing technique. This is a great opportunity to teach your child to use well-known objects as art materials.
Ease of execution allows little hands to imagine freely, instilling confidence in the child in their abilities.

Techniques for drawing with crumpled paper and a plastic bag in kindergarten and school: master class

Drawing techniqueplastic bag

1 option

• We dilute the paint in a small saucer
• Wrinkle a piece of polyethylene well
• Dip in paint
• Making an imprint on a sheet
• Next, use a brush to complete the necessary details.

Option 2

We create an unusual, spectacular background using plastic film and watercolors:

• We paint a sheet of paper very boldly with watercolors. Mixing different colors of the same tone will create a more structured background.

Apply watercolor thickly

• We put polyethylene in paint diluted with water, make folds with our hands

Compressing the film

• Leave the film on the sheet for about 10 minutes. Do not remove it immediately - the watercolor will spread and the effect will be lost
• This method can be used not only for the background. Looks original: greenery of an exotic flower, crystals, veins in plant leaves

Unusual background using polyethylene

Drawing techniquecrumpled paper

As in any creative work, there are no established requirements or restrictions in this method.
Next, we will consider the main step-by-step steps. Over time, an understanding of the essence of the method will come, then rebuild it in any direction.
For example, the varied thickness of the paper material allows you to make sharp or smooth, thin or thick strokes. In your creativity you can use watercolor, gouache, ink, acrylic. And someone might want to make a natural dye from squeezed juice of fruits and berries. After all, the quality of the paint has a strong influence on the finished drawing.

Choose the method you like

Let's get started:

1. We start by preparing the paint. Selecting the necessary tones for the future drawing
2. Pour a small amount of water into each separate saucer
3. Using a brush, add some watercolor. We adjust the color level using density, but leave the gouache liquid
4. We tear any paper into shreds
5. Roll them into balls of a convenient size
6. We give each palette an individual piece of paper and prepare a few extra ones, just in case.
7. Dip the lumps into a saucer with diluted paint
8. We wait a little until the excess water goes away
9. We apply stamps to a blank sheet of paper, forming the intended pattern.
10. Using sliding movements we make strokes and stripes
11. By blotting lumps onto paper we create textures
12. Everything is simple and easy

How to draw flowers with crumpled paper?

• First, let's crumple up the paper. This is a very entertaining process for children, and also develops fine motor skills.

Preparatory stage

• Then we draw the branches of the flower
• Throw thicker branches
• Add thin branches and leaves

Forming the flower trunk

• Dip the paper balls in the color of the selected flower
• We form the petals, leaving marks on the paper
• The flower is ready

An unconventional way to paint flowers

How to draw lilacs with crumpled paper?

For work we prepare:

1. Paper - A4 format
2. Gouache - purple, white, yellow, blue, black, green
3. Brush - flat for sketching the background
4. Brush - thin for drawing details
5. Palette
6. Crumpled soft paper

Let's start the creative process:

• First draw the yellow background with horizontal stripes
• Add blue lines, blur the borders of the connection
• Drawing a vase

Sketches of a vase on the main background

• We put flower branches in a vase

Twigs in a pot

• Take crumpled paper and dip it in purple paint diluted on the palette
• We form lilac flowers with spots in the picture
• Then we lighten them with white
• Using a thin brush, make specks of white gouache in some places
• We look through the entire drawing, if necessary, add a little more white color

The bouquet is almost ready

• Revitalizing the bush with green leaves
• Draw white curves on the greenery, as shown in the picture
• A simple but beautiful bouquet is ready

Lilacs using crumpled paper

Video: Drawing with crumpled paper: lilac

How to draw a dandelion with crumpled paper?

There is nothing easier than drawing an airy flower in this way.

• Make the background with a wide brush: the sky is blue, the grass is green
• Painting bright green dandelion branches with a brush
• We crumple the scraps of paper
• Dip in yellow or white paint
• Apply to the branches
• We get cute flowers

spring primrose

• In the same way, we make delicate yellow flowers on the green background grass.

An easy way to draw dandelions

How to draw a landscape with crumpled paper?

It is very easy to draw a winter forest using crumpled paper.

• We begin to paint the sky with dark tones, gradually moving to lighter, almost white
• Let's move on to the image of snow. The principle of the approach is exactly the opposite: top is light, bottom is dark

Landscape background

• We crumple the pieces of paper thoroughly
• Dip in white watercolor
• Forming clouds by pressing paper to the sky
• The higher the clouds, the closer they are to us in the picture
• We make small clouds with small pieces of paper, large ones with voluminous ones.
• Draw a dark horizon line with a brush
• Using a narrow brush, apply Christmas tree strokes throughout the design.
• We don’t draw the details; they won’t be visible under the snow anyway.
• We draw nearby figures larger, and as we move away we make them smaller.
• We wrap the Christmas trees in snow using crumpled paper and white paint
• We do everything carefully, without rushing
• Adjusting paper size for large and small trees

We depict snowy fir trees

• We get such a beautiful winter forest

Snowy Christmas trees

How to draw spring with crumpled paper?

We prepare:

• Multi-colored paints
• Saucers with water
• Tassels
• paper

Let's get to work:

• Divide the sheet into three wide horizontal stripes of blue, yellow and green using a wide brush.

• We make prints of different densities so that the sky is varied. We get openwork clouds.
• The main color of spring is green. We depict the spring landscape in full bloom. The grass is rapidly turning green. We stamp it with lumps of paper soaked in green. Using the same color we sketch out the shape of the tree.
• Let's add a warm breeze by tilting the print towards the wind.

• Spring dresses nature in colorful clothes. We depict the first spring flowers: yellow dandelions, red poppies, blue bells.

Beautiful roses

Thinking

Observation skills

Aesthetic perception

Helps develop control and self-control skills.

This is not only an interesting and entertaining activity, but also very useful.

Video: Drawing with crumpled paper

Goal: to expand teachers’ knowledge about non-traditional methods of drawing, namely, drawing with crumpled paper. Objectives: - to introduce special knowledge and practical skills in the field of fine arts using non-traditional methods of drawing; - increase the level of teachers' skills.

Unconventional drawing attracts with its simplicity and accessibility, revealing the possibility of using well-known objects as artistic materials. And the main thing is that non-traditional drawing plays an important role in the overall mental development of children. After all, the main thing is not the final product - a drawing, but the development of personality: the formation of self-confidence, in one’s abilities, and purposefulness of activity. Non-traditional techniques allow you to express feelings and emotions in drawings, give the child freedom and instill confidence in their abilities. Mastering different techniques and ways of depicting objects or the world around him, the child gets the opportunity to choose.

Visual activities using non-traditional materials and techniques contribute to the development of the child: Fine motor skills and tactile perception; Spatial orientation on a sheet of paper, eye and visual perception; Attention and perseverance; Thinking; Fine skills and abilities, observation, aesthetic perception, emotional responsiveness; In addition, in the process of this activity, control and self-control skills are formed.

Drawing with crumpled paper The first method: crumple a sheet of paper, straighten it, draw the intended design with any colors. On the folds, the paper absorbs paint more strongly, resulting in an interesting mosaic effect. The second method: crumple a piece of paper, dip it in paint and paint using the “lure” method.

The method of drawing with crumpled paper is considered quite new and modern. With its help, absolutely any child can feel like a real artist, because this technique allows you to improve the quality of all work performed, and therefore raise self-esteem.

Technique for drawing with crumpled paper on a sheet in kindergarten

Drawing with crumpled paper in kindergarten is a new, interesting, unusual activity that can maximize the child’s creative abilities. It also perfectly develops fine motor skills. These are wonderful exercises for children's fingers. Drawing with crumpled paper also helps develop imagination in children.

Landscape with crumpled paper in a preschool educational institution

What is it, the advantages of the method

It is believed that drawing with crumpled paper is a new, modern method, but this is partly not true. This technique already existed several centuries ago, but was later forgotten, perhaps only to be revived again in the 21st century. This technique is used not only by small children, but also by experienced artists who paint in retro style.

The method has quite a lot of advantages:

• Even a student in the junior group can make the paper ball needed for the work. But children love to do everything on their own; they enjoy the process of crumpling paper;
• The child can independently prepare colored water for drawing. Senior pupils of preschool educational institutions fully cope with this task; children need the help of a teacher;
• the prints turn out blurry, sometimes even unexpected, which contributes to the development of fantasy and imagination;
• the ability to make smooth transitions from one color to another to get a more interesting picture.

Lumps of crumpled paper

Note! Thanks to drawing with crumpled paper, the drawing becomes unusual and textured. This type of drawing helps children better remember and distinguish colors, and create their own original images.

Why drawing with crumpled paper?

Children love this method very much because it does not require any clear boundaries or lines, and you can draw the way you like and what you like. After becoming familiar with this type of drawing in kindergarten, children continue to use it at home with pleasure.

This technique perfectly helps children develop their creative abilities; it opens up scope for imagination and encourages new experiments. All kids love to try something new, to see how it will be if they “do it this way” and “if they do it differently.” Their whole life consists of experiments, and this is one of them.

Paintings made using this technique can become a real masterpiece and decorate the interior of any children's room. After all, at the beginning no one knows what exactly will happen.

What tools and materials will be needed for the job?

To draw with crumpled paper you will need:

• sketchbook;
• gouache or watercolor (the latter is preferable because it dissolves better in water and creates softer color transitions);
• small vessels for drawing. You need as many of them as the colors you plan to use. Disposable tableware and even toy sets are also suitable;
• soft paper or napkins.

Important! There is no need to use newspapers for drawing, since printing ink, when wet, can leave unwanted marks on the drawing.

Since the set of tools needed to complete the process is very small, the technique can be used not only by kindergarteners, but also by primary school students, as well as by all those who want to use something new and unusual in their creative process.

Stages of work execution

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Take several sheets of paper and crumple them into lumps.
2. On slightly damp paper, mark the main color (this will be the background).
3. Dip the crumpled paper into containers of paint of the desired color and press them briefly onto the sheet.
4. Continue working until the image turns out the way it was originally intended.
5. With the help of paints and a brush, you can define clearer contours or complement the drawing.

Examples of work performed

Such activities will be interesting not only for children, but also for adults. Therefore, preschool teachers can conduct a joint activity between children and parents - drawing with crumpled paper.

Note! In such lessons, you should not offer to complete complex paintings; something simple is enough, which everyone can definitely handle.

Flowers

Everything is quite elementary:

1. First of all, you need to crumple the paper until you get medium-sized lumps.
2. Using a brush or pencil/felt-tip pen, draw the stems of the future flower.
3. Complete the design with thin twigs and leaves.
4. Dip the lumps into a container with the chosen color.
5. Form the petals and flower core by pressing the lumps onto a sheet of paper.

Bouquet of flowers

Lilac

And here, too, everything is simple:

1. Prepare paper. A4 format is best suited for children 5-6 years old.
2. Prepare paints of purple, blue, white, yellow, green and black. It's better if it's gouache.
3. Prepare a flat, hard brush to paint the background.
4. Prepare a thin brush for decorating small details of the design.
5. Prepare a palette, water and soft crumpled paper.
6. Paint the background with a brush, using more water to achieve a blurred effect and to avoid sharp transitions.
7. Draw the vase.
8. Using a thin brush, draw black branches on which the inflorescences will be located.
9. Blot lumps of soft paper with purple paint and form lilac flowers.
10. Add some white (again using crumpled paper).
11. If desired, add additional details to the drawing, for example, green leaves. This can be done either with crumpled paper or with a thin brush.

Bouquet of lilacs

Dandelion

This is the simplest drawing that even the youngest pupils, who just came to kindergarten for the first time this year, can handle.

1. Use a wide brush to draw the background - blue sky and green grass. You can add white clouds.
2. Use a brush to paint green plant stems.
3. Prepare crumpled paper and yellow and/or white paints.
4. Dip the paper into paint.
5. Attach to the drawn stems. Fluffy dandelions are ready.

Dandelions

Scenery

For children aged five years and older, drawing a landscape using crumpled paper can be an easy and fun activity. Thanks to this technique, the children will be able to depict spring, autumn, and summer. But the simplest and most beautiful will be the winter landscape.

1. Using a wide, hard brush, paint the sky, making a gradual transition from the darkest tones to light, white shades.
2. Paint snow on top of the first layer. Here everything is the other way around - the bottom part of the picture will become the lightest.
3. Dip crumpled pieces of paper into white paint and use them to form clouds.
4. Draw a horizon line with a brush.
5. Using a thin brush, draw the outlines of the Christmas trees.
6. Use crumpled paper to carefully create snowy silhouettes of fir trees. This is the most painstaking process and must be approached very carefully.
7. To draw small Christmas trees use small lumps, for large ones - large ones.

Winter landscape

Notes on drawing with crumpled paper in the preparatory group of kindergarten

Title: Snowdrop.

Goal: development of fine motor skills in children of the preparatory group of a preschool educational institution.

• contribute to the development in children of the ability to classify painting by genre;
• introduce students to the new technique of drawing with crumpled paper;
• promote the development of fine motor skills of the fingers in the process of crumpling paper;
• teach children to draw a snowdrop based on the proposed template;
• to cultivate a caring attitude and love for nature.

Snowdrop

Required material: reproductions of landscapes by famous masters, illustrations for the fairy tale “The Twelve Months”, examples of children’s work (presentation slides), a diagram of drawing a snowdrop in stages, brushes, watercolors, sketchbooks.

Progress of the lesson:

Educator: Hello guys! Today we will take a trip to an amazing place. Can you guess where on your own? I'll give you a hint:

This place is so wonderful!

Everything is very interesting there,

There are pictures in a row there,

They tell you to look at them.

What is that place called?

We have one answer! This is... (painting exhibition, museum, gallery).

Q: Do you want to visit a real art gallery? (Yes!) Then let's first remember how to behave there (be quiet, don't touch the paintings on display). Let's go to a real gallery (the presentation turns on, the children carefully examine the paintings).

Note! All the paintings presented are landscapes, with the exception of one. It shows a portrait.

V.: So, here you and I found ourselves in an art gallery. Today I will give you a tour of it. Just look how many paintings there are! Where do they come from in this exhibition hall, do you think? (Children express their guesses).

V.: Look carefully at the paintings. What do they have in common? (they depict nature)

V.: Correct! What are these paintings called in one word? What genre do they belong to? (scenery)

V.: That's right! Is there an extra one among these paintings? (Yes) How is it different from the others? (it depicts a person).

Q: What genre does this painting belong to? (Portrait)

V.: Well done!

A new image appears on the screen - a fragment from a famous cartoon.

Cartoon frame

Q: Guys, what fairy tale do you think this picture is from? ("Twelve months").

V.: Yes! You are right again. Let's remember what this fairy tale is about. (The children, with the help of the teacher, remember the plot of the work; the teacher draws attention to the flowers, for which the evil stepmother sent her stepdaughter).

Q: What do you think could have happened next when the girl returned home? Did she like the snowdrops? (Yes!) She liked them so much that as soon as her stepmother fell asleep, she took some paint, a white sheet, a few pieces of paper and began to draw these beautiful flowers. Since she had no brushes, she painted with crumpled scraps of old paper. And today we will try to draw snowdrops in the same way! And as soon as the drawings are dry, we will set up a real art gallery in the classroom, displaying your works.

Next, the teacher distributes the materials necessary for drawing, a template for step-by-step execution of the drawing appears on the slide, the teacher comments in detail on each part, and the children carry out the work under his strict guidance.

Note! Before work, finger exercises are performed.

The teacher suggests taking a pencil in your palms and rolling it out with both hands. Then touch the pencil with each finger in turn, pressing either weaker or stronger.

Stages of work:

1. Use a brush to paint a blue background. The teacher reminds that to get a blue tint you need to mix blue and white.
2. Draw thin stems and leaves of future snowdrops.
3. Crumple the pieces of paper.
4. Dip them in white paint.
5. Draw white snowdrop flowers.
6. If desired, you can use smaller lumps of paper to depict falling snowflakes (in the fairy tale, this happened in winter).

V.: Thank you all very much for your work! Now we will display the finished drawings in the office and admire them.

The lesson is over.

Important! In older groups, the drawings gradually become more complex. The teacher suggests drawing other images using this technique. The most common are drawings of animals: cows, bears, etc.

Example of work

Drawing with crumpled paper helps develop fine motor skills and a child's imagination, starting from early kindergarten age. This kind of work will not leave any child indifferent. Thanks to this technique, children can develop an interest in painting in general and develop themselves in this direction.