Teaching children to draw a person: simple diagrams and recommendations. How to teach a child to draw. Basics of step-by-step drawing How to build an image of a person using geometric shapes

It's been a while since I wrote anything on the blog. And there are reasons for this, of course. Firstly, we began to be very active in our workshop: we make wooden Toys, children's decor, sometimes furniture, and of course, we take care of all organizational matters. It takes a lot of energy and almost all the inspiration. Secondly, our girls have grown up and don’t really fit into the format anymore theme weeks, because the most During the day they are in kindergarten, where they study, play and interact with children a lot. After gardening, you want to play with indoor toys, draw, take a walk, read fairy tales, watch movies with the whole family, or bake cookies. Thirdly, we are going to school soon, but not a regular one, but a small and private one, which we organize ourselves;) We open in a month. If you are interested, you can read about our school using the link (text in Ukrainian). And this school takes away the remaining inspiration and strength.

So, lesson 1. Aerial perspective.

If you are not an artist at all, don’t be scared :) In fact, all this is very simple, interesting and fascinating, but like everything in the world, it has its own terminology, but the terms almost always sound scary (at least for me).

So what is “aerial perspective”?

This is when you look into the distance and what is closer to the horizon seems lighter, and what is closer to you has more saturated colors.

From the dictionary:

Aerial perspective – Blurring or loss of clarity of distant objects caused by the atmosphere. The effect occurs due to the disappearance of color and brightness contrast between distant objects and the background.

Here are examples of aerial perspective:

To explain to a child what aerial perspective is, it is enough to show examples and draw his attention to those objects that are far away and those that are close - the difference is very noticeable.

Now let's start drawing!

We will need:

• paint (gouache, acrylic, in principle, watercolor is also possible) three colors– white, yellow and blue,
• brush,
• our blank for drawing,
• jar of water,
• palette or white plate,
• paper napkins to wipe something off or blot your brush if necessary.

Drawing order:

1. Mix white and blue paint on the palette to get a very light shade. This will be the color of the sky.
2. We invite the child to color only the sky.
3. Then you need to paint the clouds white and the sun yellow.
4. Mix white and blue again (or add more blue paint to the previous batch) to get a light shade that is a little richer than the color of the sky.
5. We color the row of mountains that are closest to the sky.
6. We repeat the batches, adding more blue and coloring the next row of mountains.
7. We paint the very front row - hills and trees - with pure blue or add very little to it white at your discretion.
8. All! Drawing mountains using the principle aerial perspective ready!

And here's how our mountains turned out:

Psychologists have long proven that drawing not only has a beneficial effect on the development of fantasy and imagination in a child, but also helps to learn to think, develops speech, fine motor skills, coordination of movements. And those parents who have ever turned to a psychologist with their baby have probably noticed that the specialist first of all asks him to draw a picture - of his family, friends or himself. Based on this figure, you can learn a lot about inner world the child, about what kind of relationships he has with other family members and with the children's team.

When starting to draw with their child, parents usually only hope that the child will be busy with creativity and learn to draw on paper. various items or stories. But the sooner you start creative activities, the more developed the child will be by the time he enters school. And in preschool age results creative development become clearly visible. For children 6-7 years old, drawing is not only fun, but also a way to improve their creative and intellectual skills.

A preschooler thinks figuratively, therefore, the more he draws and creates new images, the better he develops intellectually and psychologically. In progress creative activity the child develops creativity, learns to create many new images, change details at will, and associate his masterpieces with objects, animals, and people. By the way, such an association game perfectly trains imagination, intelligence, thinking and replaces even the most modern techniques development of a preschooler.

What skills does drawing develop in children?

Fantasy and imagination

Drawing for children 6 years and older is an excellent opportunity to develop imagination, that is, the ability to create images in their minds and transfer them to paper. And the more time a little artist devotes to drawing, the better his imagination will be developed.

Of course, an image invented and transferred to paper cannot convey everything that the child saw in his mind, so he begins to fantasize, invent his own story based on the resulting image. The parents' task is to listen carefully to his story about the drawing, fantasize with him and stimulate his imagination.

Subsequently, this will help him make plans for the future, imagine his life in a few years, invent and design something new.

Speech development

Most often, a young artist, even before he begins to draw, talks about what he wants to depict on a piece of paper and reveals the plot of the future painting. And while drawing, he often pronounces his actions out loud, talks about what he depicts in this moment. All this contributes to the development of his speech, replenishment vocabulary. Parents should maintain communication with their child, be interested in the plot of his picture, ask him to tell in more detail about what he wanted to draw, ask leading questions, and discuss the finished work.

Perception of the surrounding world

The perception of the surrounding world in a 5-7 year old child is not yet as perfect as in an adult. Drawing stimulates the development of perception, forces you to study new objects to depict in a picture, to discover some new qualities in them that previously remained invisible.

The difficulty of drawing for a child 6 years old and older can be very diverse, depending on his skills. A preschooler can be asked to portray characters from a familiar fairy tale, cartoon characters, or, for example, undersea world or space - the way a child imagines it. In the process of creative activity, the artist is unobtrusively transferred new knowledge related to the theme of the drawing.

Drawing techniques for a child 5-7 years old

Drawing is not just about creating an image using paints or colored pencils. A young artist can master other drawing techniques using:

It is not necessary to apply paint to the paper with a brush; your own fingers, foam sponges, cotton buds and many other tools. Each drawing technique teaches certain skills, some are more difficult for the child, and some are easier.

Parents must understand: preschoolers love to draw when they can do it. You can discourage a novice artist from creating for a long time if you constantly criticize him or force him to use a drawing technique he doesn’t like. Failures cause disappointment and grief in a preschooler.

When choosing a technique for creating drawings for children 6-7 years old, it is necessary to take into account that the use of paints, crayons, and pencils requires possession of certain skills, so in the first stages of creativity it is better to choose what will be easier for the child.

For example, when drawing with pencils, felt-tip pens or crayons, a small artist must make some effort, and the resulting drawing may differ significantly from what was originally conceived.

Developing a child's drawing talent

Having noticed a child’s craving for drawing, parents should think about developing his abilities: write down art school, to the appropriate club, or even contact a private teacher who offers individual training.

But experts recommend enrolling a preschooler in specialized institutions only if he himself enjoys attending classes. And if a child does not want to go to art school, or parents prefer to temporarily postpone education, it is quite possible to develop the talent of a preschooler independently.

Step-by-step drawing for children from 6 years old

• How to draw a dragon with a pencil.
• How to draw a pear with paints.
• Step by step drawing of animals.

When children learn to draw or improve their skills, adults should adhere to the following rules:

1. Try not to skimp on materials, purchasing everything your artist needs for creativity: albums, sheets, brushes, paints, pencils different hardness. The quality of materials and tools must also be good - there is nothing worse than drawing with pencils that scratch the paper or felt-tip pens that dry out at the very beginning creative process. Show your child brushes of different thicknesses and softness, as each of them is able to transfer the image to the sheet in a completely different way.
2. Create a comfortable corner for your child, to which he will have unhindered access at any time and where he can sit down for creativity. For children 7 years old, drawing is already a fairly serious activity that may require solitude and concentration. Explain to them how to store paints, care for brushes, tell them about what and where they can paint.
3. Never, under any circumstances, criticize work young artist . You can discuss certain flaws without speaking negatively about the drawing as a whole.
4. Do not try to correct anything in your child’s work yourself., it is better to give him advice, which he will use if desired.

Every parent can develop the drawing talent of a 6-7 year old child!

Master class “My furry friend” unconventional drawing with kids preparatory group preschool educational institution

Sokolova Svetlana Sergeevna, teacher additional education, MBOU DO Center for Children's Creativity in the village of Syava, Nizhny Novgorod region.
Master Class for children 6-7 years old, parents and teachers.
Appointment of a master class. This master class will be useful for educators, additional education teachers, and after-school teachers when teaching children non-traditional techniques drawing. It can also be used by parents who teach their children independently.
Children's work can be used for exhibition creative works, room decoration, gift.
Target: Learn to draw furry animals unconventional technology: drawing with a broom and printing with a sponge.
Tasks:
familiarization with the concept of “animal artist”;
develop a sense of texture; develop creativity and interest in fine arts; cultivate a love for animals and observation skills.
Material:
A4 paper (colored or white),
kitten stencil (you can take any from the Internet)
gouache,
tassels,
sponge,
whisk,
jar of water.

Kitten templates:

Live on earth
Creatures of unearthly beauty.
I think you guessed it
What is this - to..... (you).
We will devote our master class to these cute, charming, graceful and mysterious animals. Let's draw a tailed furry friend. And unusual objects for drawing will help us portray it as fluffy - a small broom and a foam sponge.
If there is a pet in the house, then, as a rule, there is peace and quiet in it. There is a lot of love, warmth and kindness in this house. And next to a pet, kind and kind people most often grow up. good people capable of love, compassion, and coming to the aid of those who need it.

Man domesticated the cat about 4,000 years ago. And while watching a domestic cat, I discovered many signs.
The cat washes itself - to the guests.

Hiding his nose means cold.

There are artists whose animals and birds are the main characters in their drawings and paintings. They are called animalists. The word "animalist" comes from the Latin word "animal", which means "animal". But drawing animals is not so easy. Because animals don't know how to pose. The animalist has to diligently observe and study their habits and character. The artist begins his work by making sketches, sketches and sketches from nature of living animals, birds, fish, and long-term works are usually carried out from stuffed animals or from photographs.
Animal artists try not only to achieve external resemblance, but also reflect in the drawings the character inherent in the depicted animal or bird, they try to convey the individuality of the animal.

One of these artists folk artist Russia Viktor Chizhikov - author of the Olympic bear cub Mishka, the mascot of the XXII summer olympic games, which took place in Moscow in 1980.

He designed books by Marshak and Barto, Chukovsky and Volkov, Mikhalkov and Nosov. For half a century, his illustrations appeared in magazines Funny pictures", "Murzilka". His drawings are full sunlight, humor and joy, more than one generation of readers has grown up. One of the artist’s favorite themes is the image of cats.
Wonderful illustrations were drawn by Viktor Chizhikov for Andrei Usachev’s book “Planet of Cats”. The artist gave his animal characters traits characteristic of humans.

There is a cat planet somewhere.
There cats live like people:
Reading newspapers in bed
And they drink coffee with cream.
They have apartments and dachas,
Cars and other comforts.
They love to fish
And they take the children to the resort.
They fly to overseas countries.
They find diamonds the size of a fist.
Tulips planted in flower beds
They even breed dogs.
Luxurious life on the planet
In cats, cats and kittens!
But these strange inhabitants
They are always sad about something...
So many good toys!
So many records and books!..
It's just that cats don't have cats.
Oh, how sad we are without them.
(Andrey Usachev)

And we have no time to be bored, we start drawing a fluffy kitten.

Practical work.

We apply a stencil of the cat figure to the middle of the album sheet.

Dip a dry sponge into yellow paint and use typing movements to fill the silhouette with color. We start with the head, then the body, then the tail.

The result is a spot - the figure of a kitten.

Using a small broom in orange, draw small strokes along the contour of the figure in the direction of growth of the kitten’s fur.

Select the face, paws, chest and cheeks.

We draw stripes on the tail, sides and head of the kitten.

With a brush we draw the eyes, nose and mouth of the kitten, draw on the mustache and eyebrows.

You can draw the background yourself. You can depict a kitten on a summer lawn. We will also draw grass with a broom, flowers with a brush, and clouds with a sponge.

The drawing is ready.

Drawings by students of the creative association.

Alina 7 years old

Nastya 6 years old

Vika 6 years old

Natasha 6 years old
Using the technique of drawing with a broom, you can draw furry and prickly animals and trees with children.
Christmas tree

Sex and children's drawings

Children's drawing and color

Recommendations for parents

Sometimes it happens that parents, having received kindergarten conclusion of a psychologist, they fall into bewilderment: anxiety, aggression, rejection... and is this all from cute children's scribbles? “All psychologists are charlatans!” - parents decide, and do not pay attention to their conclusions.

Let's find out what exactly psychologists see in children's drawings?

At what age can children analyze drawings?

Up to three years young painters are at the “cephalopod” stage - they draw “bubbly” people with protruding lines symbolizing arms and legs. Drawing details is not yet available to them; moreover, often first a “masterpiece” is born, and only then its proud author begins to think about what exactly he depicted.

Starting from 3.5-4 years Children first plan the drawing (its concept appears) and only then begin to execute it. By the age of four, the child is already quite good at using a pencil, and the “cephalopods” evolve into “cucumber people” - two ovals with stick-like limbs.

Five years the artist was already skilled enough to draw large details (arms, legs, eyes, mouth), and by the age of six, more small parts: nose, fingers. Children often draw in the manner of Picasso - the character's head in profile, but with two eyes.

Finally, by the age of seven the drawn people turn out to be dressed, and in accordance with their gender and age, they have hats and hairstyles and even necks!

” Drawings of children from 4 to 7 years old the best way suitable for analyzing their psychological state.

Analyzing the family drawing

The most popular topic is drawing own family. To an experienced psychologist he can say a lot, but ordinary moms and dads can learn a lot from the drawing useful information. First, look out for warning signs.

Location of figures in the figure

The location of family members in the picture very accurately indicates their relationship. Often children “remove” an unwanted character from their work, explaining that “dad is at work” and sister is “in the next room.” This does not mean that the relationship is completely destroyed; often the brother or sister is sent “to another room” in the picture after a heated quarrel.

Conversely, beloved relatives may appear in the picture even if they live far away, as is often the case with grandparents.

The child depicts his closest and most beloved relative next to him. If one of the characters turns out to be separated from the others, then, most likely, the child mentally excludes him from the family circle. This could be a working dad, a brother or sister who is much older in age.

” A bad sign - if this “outcast” turns out to be the child himself, this is a really alarming situation!

Self image

The child, as a rule, depicts himself either in the center of the picture (this is a common situation for a family with an only child), or next to central figure. By depicting himself on the edge of the composition, separately from his parents, the child shows that he feels isolated from his family. Sometimes he gives a plot explanation for this that confirms the observer's fears: “Everyone is celebrating, but I am punished (having to sleep, read, play alone).”

The pose of a happy and self-confident child is as open as possible: arms and legs spread apart. If a child takes the trouble to draw himself with his arms pressed to his body, this symbolizes his lack of self-confidence. Too much short arms or their absence - fears of one’s own ineptitude. Maybe you criticize your baby too often?

Usually the child depicts the sizes of the figures proportionally real characters: more parents, less yourself, younger brother and sister - very small. Minimizing the picture of oneself speaks of insecurity, a need for care, and perhaps fear.

Another situation that speaks of uncertainty is the “lifting” of a child from the ground, when all the characters are drawn in the correct proportions, but the child seems to be hanging between the parents: his head is at the same level as the adult, and his legs do not reach the floor. Often parents of such little artist They don’t even realize that he is experiencing discomfort: after all, they communicate with him as equals!

Fear and aggression in children's drawings

Psychologists know about signs of fear and aggression in children's drawings, which often remain invisible to parents.

Large, simply huge rake hands appear in that family member who is different aggressive behavior. If a child portrays himself this way, then he probably constantly has to suppress his anger.

Clearly drawn bright pupils are a sign of a child’s anxiety, as is hard shading with pressure.

Finally, hypertrophied fists, teeth, sharp nails are the clearest evidence of aggression. If a child portrays himself this way, then most likely he feels a constant need for protection that the family cannot provide him with.

Sex and children's drawings

Contrary to popular fears, the depiction of genitals in the drawings of 3-4 year old children does not at all indicate that someone is corrupting the child, but rather about his interest in his own body and the difference between the sexes, which he has just learned about.

But if a 6-7 year old child portrays himself with the physiological attributes of an adult: a girl with a clearly defined bust, a boy with a beard and mustache - this can be alarming. However, most often such drawings indicate the child’s need for attention, the desire to embellish himself by any means. That is why children, when depicting a family, pay special attention to their figure: they carefully draw clothes, accessories, and jewelry (babies often add crowns to themselves). This picture screams: “Hey, everyone, finally look at me! I’m a prince (princess)!”

However, you should still pay attention to your child's environment again. Is it true that no one is showing suspicious attention to him, has the child been exposed to information that is inappropriate for his age (for example, a porn film, a porn magazine), which could frighten him?

Children's drawing and color

A child's drawing is usually multi-colored and variegated - usually children use 5-6 colors, this is considered the norm. The more confident the child feels, the brighter the colors he uses. Of course, not everything is so simple: a child can shade dad black, because dad really has a favorite sweater of that color, but if some pencil is among the favorites and one or two colors clearly predominate in the drawing, then it’s worth paying attention to this factor.

Most experts rely on the interpretation of colors by Max Lüscher, a psychologist and color researcher. He concluded that the choice of color reflects psychological state a person and even indicates his physical health.

Here's how to determine the meaning of color in a child's drawing.

Navy blue- focus on internal problems, need for peace;

green- balance, independence, perseverance, desire for security;

red- willpower, aggression, increased activity, excitability;

yellow- positive emotions, spontaneity, curiosity, optimism;

violet- fantasy, intuition, emotional and intellectual immaturity (children often prefer this color);

brown- sensory support of sensations, slowness, physical discomfort, often negative emotions;

black- depression, protest, destruction, urgent need for change;

if the child prefers a simple pencil and does not color the drawing- indifference, detachment, desire to close down.

Experimenting with independent analysis children's drawing, try to ensure that the child fulfills it with desire, in a calm environment, without distractions.

Please note the following factors.

Composition drawing. Are the characters placed in the center of the picture or in the corner, is there enough space for everyone in the picture, in what order are the family members drawn.

Which colors used by a child.

What details he pays extra attention. How the arms, legs, faces of the characters are drawn, is the pressure of the pencil always the same?

Which unusual elements is in the picture. Is there something extra (for example, sun in the room, a non-existent pet or family members), or, on the contrary, is something missing (someone from the family).

Like a child portrays himself what details he pays special attention to, where he sees himself in the family hierarchy.

We hope this little experiment will help you achieve mutual understanding with your child!

Children's drawings for illustration are taken from free sources

Master class “Drawing for the little ones.”

Shatokhina Rita Vyacheslavovna, teacher of additional education MBU DO "Dom children's creativity Kalininsk, Saratov region."
This master class is intended for teachers of additional education, preschool teachers. The master class will also be of interest to little artists aged 4 years and older and their parents.
Purpose: This master class is a short drawing course for little ones, which shows how to draw with geometric shapes.
Target: creating conditions for acquiring drawing skills.
Tasks: teach your child how to draw familiar images using geometric shapes;
instill the skills to carefully work with paints and brushes;
develop creative imagination and fine motor skills.
The kids who come to my association for classes are still very young, but they really want to draw. From experience working with children, I realized that it is easier for them to draw with geometric shapes. Children draw according to my demonstration, step by step. When starting a lesson, I never tell the children what we are going to draw today. I know from experience that they find it more interesting. In the process, they guess who they are drawing, and this brings them a lot of joy. And everyone’s drawings are different.

Master class on drawing for children “Snail”

Prepare: album sheet A4, watercolor paints, brushes different sizes, a jar of water and a napkin.

Before we start painting, I tell the children that the paints are sleeping and need to be woken up by gently stroking them with a brush. Let’s wake up the yellow paint first and start painting.
Draw a bun in the center of the sheet, gradually unwinding the brush, and then draw an arc with brown paint.

We turn the arc into a loop.

We draw the horns and paint them over.

Decorating the snail's house.

We draw the eyes and mouth of the snail. Next, the children themselves come up with and decorate the background of the picture: where is the snail?

Children's works:

Master class on drawing for children “Turtle”.

Draw a “bun” in the center of the sheet with yellow paint, and draw 4 loops with brown paint.

The fifth loop is drawn larger in size; we paint over all the loops.

We draw circle eyes, first with white paint, then with black.

Decorate the turtle shell. The child can come up with his own pattern.

Master class on drawing for children “Fish”

We draw a “bun” with yellow paint, draw arcs: top and bottom, it looks like an eye.

Draw a triangle tail for the fish. Then we decorate the fish with red paint. draw with a brush: mouth, fins.

We draw scales and decorate the tail.

We “print” with a brush: we draw pebbles and water, draw lines with green algae paint.

Draw the eye of the fish with black paint. Black paint likes to play around, so we are especially careful with it.

"Winter meadow".

Take a sheet of blue color, A4 format. We paint the koloboks with white paint. We draw lines, draw snowdrifts.

Brown paint we draw the trunk and branches of trees, hands, eyes, mouth and broom for the snowman.

Decorate the drawing with snowflakes. Decorate the snowman: draw a bucket on his head and a scarf. Children complete the drawing and decorate it.

Using the same principle, you can draw autumn forest, only initially the koloboks will be yellow, orange and green, and leaf fall, we draw by applying a brush, we print. Children’s work:

Master class on drawing for children “Hedgehog”.

We draw the “bun” with brown paint.

Draw a triangle nose.

Child's work.
We draw a clearing for the hedgehog, the children fantasize.

Child's work:

Master class on drawing for children “Frog”.

Take a sheet of blue color, A4 format. Draw a “bun” in the center with green paint.

We draw another “bun”, and on top there are two “bridges”.

We draw the frog's legs, draw the children's attention to the fact that the frog's legs differ in their structure, which helps the frog to jump well and stay on even the most slippery surface.

We draw the frog's mouth and eyes. We decorate the picture after talking with the children: where does the frog live?

Master class on drawing for children “Cockerel”.

We draw a large bun - the body, a smaller bun - the head. We connect them with smooth lines, we get a neck.

We draw the cockerel's legs-triangles and tail, lines-arcs.

Use red paint to paint the cockerel's comb (bridges), beak and beard, and apply a brush.

Draw the cockerel's legs.