Learn to draw step by step for a 7 year old child. How to teach a child to draw in different techniques? Let's try to draw a boy about to play chess

At what age can you teach a child to draw, why should you not be afraid of the color black in children’s drawings, are there mediocre children, and is it too late to become an artist after 30? We are talking with Lyudmila Zymaleva - artist, poet, journalist, photographer, master of artistic dolls as an art object, teacher of fine arts, author of many publications on teaching methods and art history.

Lyudmila Zymaleva with little students

Please tell us how your journey into the world of fine art and teaching began?

Among those who become artists, there are two types of people: some draw expressively from childhood, others discover their talent at a more conscious age, at the age of 11–12 (it is not by chance that admission to art schools occurs at this age). I'm from the latter. I always drew, but, like many children, I didn’t particularly stand out against the general background either in terms of results or interest in this process. And at the age of thirteen, I suddenly painted all summer and then entered a good art school.

Where do you teach? Who comes to learn drawing these days?

I teach students of different ages and in different educational institutions. A couple of years ago, from MSGU, from students, some of whom were older than me, I went to an art studio for 3-5 year old children, the next day I taught lessons in the primary classes of the school, and in the evening - classes in a studio on the basis of the school, with children who have pronounced artistic abilities. Thus, I teach both children and adults, in programs of both general educational institutions and professional ones. All this is very interesting, everywhere has its own specifics, which you must know, otherwise problems are inevitable.

You teach drawing to very young children, and sometimes these kids don’t even know how to speak well. What is special about this work? At what age can a child be taught to draw?

From my own experience, I can say that you can develop a child with the help of art starting from the age of three. It is precisely “to develop”, since learning is a process that takes place in art schools from about 11–12 years of age. The subtle difference between “fine arts development” and “fine arts teaching” lies in the purpose of these processes. For kids this goal is one, for schoolchildren - another, for art school students - third. But in any case, if a child was developed through the means of art, this is useful and important, even if he subsequently does not become an artist.

Does everyone really need to learn to draw? For what? Maybe, well, this is drawing, there are more important things - programming, foreign languages...

The childhood of a child is sometimes compared to the childhood of nations: every nation has folk dances, songs and visual arts. People have long been drawn to beauty, and a normally developing child also, to one degree or another, wants to dance, sing and draw. These activities allow him to better understand the world and express himself. Not allowing a child to draw means taking away part of his childhood, part of his beauty. Fine art has excellent opportunities for the development of abstract thinking - a type of thinking that, according to scientists, is characteristic only of humans. In addition, they draw to develop imagination and motor skills. Without developed motor skills there is no developed person, everyone knows perfectly well how important this is, and here fine arts classes are the best fit.

If we talk about drawing lessons at school, we should not forget that they allow the child, without interruption from a full-fledged educational process, to relax, immerse himself, express himself and, thanks to this, be ready to again study subjects that are more psychophysically demanding.

In life, the role of fine art, in my opinion, is beauty, and not always external. A child familiar with the rich world of fine art, its various directions and styles, will be a more flexible, tolerant, attentive and understanding member of society.

Talented children go to art schools, but sometimes they are abandoned. Why? Does anything need to be changed?

Many people actually drop out of music and sports school because they cannot withstand significant physical exertion. At an early age it is difficult to make an informed choice. But art school is less physical activity and usually a conscious choice, and almost everyone who enrolls graduates. Of course, there is some process of elimination, but this is normal, someone understands that they want to do something else, someone cannot cope with the program, and they may be expelled.

You often act as a member of the jury of children's drawing competitions. How much do you think the worldview of the current generation of children is shaped by modern cartoons and computer technology?

I'll probably surprise you with the answer. No way. Those who participate in such competitions are usually children with a certain level of general and artistic development, their familiarity with the riches of fine art of previous generations is great, and in the world around them they also see its various examples, including in the form of modern cartoons, of which there are many and the artistic quality of which varies greatly. Very rarely, when creating creative tasks, someone uses a pronounced style adopted in the animation of one direction or another, for example, in the anime style or Disney style. Such drawings are more often found in children who do not yet have any experience in visual arts, but at the same time try to copy their favorite characters.

Computer technologies and 3D graphics do not affect hand-made drawing in any way, and the Internet is used by such children, as a rule, only as a means to achieve a goal. For example, it is easy to find the necessary visual information on a competition topic on the Internet if you know in which direction to look.

To what extent do coloring, drawing from templates, and copying develop artistic abilities?

They are developing to a certain extent. Coloring and pattern drawing are rarely used by art teachers, as they have more effective methods in their arsenal. However, coloring books can develop to some extent stroke technique, coloristic vision, and drawing from a template - the ability to play with the same shape in different ways. Copying, with the right approach, is a full-fledged teaching method, known since ancient times. Another thing is that it must be combined with other methods and not take a leading role in training.

Are there any common cliches or misconceptions about doing fine art?

In short, you should not be afraid of black in children's works - this is usually caused by a craving for graphic contrast, and not by psychological problems. Art materials must always be selected of high quality and in the right combination, the principle “the baby is just starting out, this will do for him” is a wrong and dangerous approach.

The goal of different drawing lessons is different, “beautiful picture”, “similarity” (even in classical realism) cannot be an evaluation criterion. Before drawing conclusions regarding the child’s abilities, the success of the learning process and the professionalism of the teacher, it is necessary to carefully talk with the teacher himself in order to find out exactly what goals are set in different lessons, and why this or that result can be assessed differently by the teacher and the parent.

They often say: a child has no talent. It happens?

If this is what they say about a child over 14, who was developed through the means of art from childhood and who then tried to study at a vocational school, then this formulation is quite acceptable. If it is about a child under 14, or about a child who simply did not have the opportunity to study, then, of course, this is an erroneous formulation.

It should be noted that until the age of 12, interest in drawing and (to a lesser extent), success in this field should be considered as indicators of the child’s normal development, and not as “the presence of talent.”

Artist-teachers have such non-scientific terms as “adult talent” and “children’s talent.” It’s normal that not everyone has the first one, and it’s normal that almost everyone has the second one.

When can you start drawing? Is it too late at 30 or 40?

It is important to quickly understand why to start. Fine arts are not an “age-related activity” like sports, and do not require the same technical skills developed over the years as certain areas of music. It’s never too late to start “for yourself” as a hobby. And this can then turn into something more than just a hobby, but how and when is very individual for everyone. Here I really want to focus on what is more important, not WHEN to start, but HOW.

At a young age, starting “wrong” is almost impossible, especially if we are talking about beginnings in an art school with a certain status. An adult has little free time, but a lot of ideas about “how it should be,” expectations and ambitions. You need to very clearly formulate for yourself what exactly you want, or ask for help in this matter from an experienced artist-teacher.

Otherwise, it will turn out like with one of my friends, who finally decided to fulfill her dream of “drawing” and signed up for serious academic drawing courses from scratch in fairly large groups. As a result, after the first 6-10 hours of drawing geometric objects and draperies, she, having received some stress, did not achieve the expected result and made the wrong conclusion that “it was too late for her,” then she left the studio and made no further attempts to look for another one. Someone may be indignant as to why the teacher did not identify these problems during the courses. But this identification was not within the scope of his activities; he carried out the work of teaching academic drawing, albeit from scratch. The fact that a person came to him for a group lesson was not ready for such a load, and, perhaps, did not need it, you would not notice in two or three classes in this discipline, and no one approached him with questions.

Therefore, if you decide to take up drawing, you definitely need to discuss your expectations with your teacher, tell them what you would like to get in the end, how much time you have for this and other nuances.

What is the difference between art school and studio?

Art studio- part of the system of additional education, the goals can be varied, mainly development through the means of art. There are almost never exams, grades, or dropouts in the studio. A maximum individual approach is possible, working with children and adults of different ages.

Art school- the first stage of professional art education. Reception at 11 – 12 years based on the results of entrance tests, work in classes according to academic programs, evaluation system, screening out unsuccessful students. The goal is to identify the most gifted children and give them the basis for further continuing professional education.

Why are people only admitted to art school from the age of 11–12? After all, music begins to be taught much earlier.

This point is directly related to the psychophysical characteristics of the body and the characteristics of the subject being studied. In sports and music, the role of physiology is very important: if the body does not prepare for the load that awaits it from an early age, it will not be able to withstand it in the future. It is necessary to go in for sports and music from a very early age, some little athletes and musicians will continue their professional education, some will not, but due to the peculiarities of the formation of muscle memory, muscle training and body structure at the age of 12, only fairly gifted children can get involved in the process.

Despite the fact that learning fine arts also involves “working with the body,” purely physical training is not so important; a more formed mind is needed. That is why selection for art schools is made at approximately the age of twelve, when the child’s brain and vision have already been formed in a certain way and when the expression of artistic abilities can already be determined.

Please tell me, how do you feel about individual training in fine arts?

Without exaggeration, individual lessons with a student every time become a revelation even for an experienced artist-teacher. Only in one-on-one communication with a young artist are amazing mutual discoveries possible, the deepest penetration of the student into the personal world of the teacher and the teacher into the personal world of the student. The group form of classes is no worse or better, it’s just different, and there are no more or less positive aspects in it. The ideal combination is the work of a young artist with a teacher, both in a group and individually.

You teach at school and studio, draw, take photographs, write poetry, and learn Chinese. It’s impossible to list everything. Share your secret - how do you manage to do everything?

Firstly, everyone has their own reaction speed and ability to plan. I'm pretty good at both in my field, so I can get quite a lot of work done in a tight time frame. In addition, I always carefully collect and store various materials, articles, notes, programs, and other data (by the way, this applies not only to professional activities) - this stock is very important and often helps when unplanned situations arise.

And even earlier, I had a terrible secret that allowed me to work not just a lot, but a lot, and I think it is familiar to many - due to my sleep. Sometimes I slept for 3-4 hours. This works well for a certain type of person, mainly in youth, and usually, if you overdo it, has a bad effect on your health and future performance. Therefore, it is better to be very careful with this secret information.

But the real secret, which again is not a secret to anyone, but not everyone works in this direction, plus there are also different life circumstances and luck - I try to do what I love to do. Thus, the work is pleasant, there is positivity, and this helps to work more and better.

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Photos of children's drawings from the author's personal archive

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Preschoolers love to draw. At the age of 4-6 years, the child has already mastered the basic skills of handling a pencil, felt-tip pens, brushes and paints. How to teach a child aged 4, 5, 6 to draw simple but realistic drawings, what step-by-step schemes to use, what to stock up on for the child’s creative explorations, and how to teach him to create story-based pictures?

We will try to answer all questions.

The benefits of drawing for children

Many parents have heard about the benefits of drawing.

Drawing for children 4, 5, 6 years old helps:

stimulate fine motor skills;
develop speech;
correctly formulate thoughts and put them into sentences;
express yourself;
assert oneself;
develop a creative approach;
develop attentiveness, perseverance, and hard work.

Among other things, drawing can:

give positive emotions;
strengthen memorization of material;
signal to parents about the child’s complexes and problems;
overcome the fear of starting work from scratch;
lay the foundations of aesthetic perception.

You can get a lot of benefits from drawing if you do it correctly. The main thing is not to overdo it and not discourage the child from wanting to draw anything at all.

What to buy a child for drawing

The key to good drawing lessons is proper preparation of the process. Children don’t like to wait, and if a creative impulse happens, you need to be 100% ready:

Paper. Take A3 sheets. Children aged 4-6 are just developing their eye and, carried away by drawing the head of the animal, forget to leave room for the body.
A simple pencil. Children use it to create basic outlines. Take the one marked HB, it does not crumble and is not too greasy.
Eraser. This is an indispensable thing for erasing unnecessary borders and lines. You can buy it, or you can make it exclusive using special plasticine. For one thing, remember classes in plasticine modeling, which is good for variety of activities.
Colored pencils and markers. The wider their palette, the happier the child.
Sharpener. Don't skimp, buy a good, professional one. This way the baby won’t be angry that she doesn’t sharpen, breaks the rod, etc., but will be happy to draw.
Wax crayons. They are good for painting over contours.
Paints. If the child is 4-5 years old, this is gouache. At 6 years old, you can give your child watercolors. These paints are transparent and vibrant, but require certain skills.
Brushes. Choose large (for the background), medium (for wide lines) and small (for drawing outlines). Select the diameter of the shaft to be the same as that of a writing pen - the child’s fingers will begin to prepare for writing letters and numbers.
Jar for water. You can use a regular glass or buy a special one.
Palette. Your child will definitely need to mix colors.
Colored crayons. Who knows, maybe inspiration will strike a child while out for a walk?
Soap and towel. No matter how neat a child is, if he works with paints, his arms will be covered up to his elbows, his cheeks, and his nose. Believe me.

When everything is purchased, pay close attention to the child’s creative corner:

Lighting. The place for drawing should be well lit - no one needs vision problems at such a young age.
Availability. The child must get all art supplies without getting up from the chair.
Practicality. Make sure that all surfaces are easy to clean and that the child is able to clean up after himself.

When everything is ready, you can start working!

How to teach a child to draw trees step by step

A tree is the simplest drawing that a child can be taught to draw even at 4 years old, using a step-by-step diagram as a basis. The baby is already familiar with the depiction of trees using straight lines and geometric shapes. Let's complicate the problem and add realism to the tree. Here's how we'll draw a deciduous tree:

Draw a tubercle, a circle above it and connect the two objects with straight lines (this is the trunk).
Draw a smile on the circle that goes through the top points of the straight lines. Draw branches to it.
Make the edge of the crown uneven, highlight the places where the branches enter, draw the trunk and grass on the tubercle. The tree is ready!

Using the same principle - from simple schematic outlines to the desired contours - draw a spruce and birch tree, as shown in the following pictures.

Conveniently, the trunk and branches can be drawn with a pencil, and the child is free to create the crown as he wishes. Fingerprints, brush pressure, pencil strokes. In any case, the tree will turn out to be alive and real.

How to teach a child to draw animals step by step

For drawing animals with children 4-6 years old, use the same method. Draw the frame using geometric shapes and give it a shape.

Let's look at this point using the example of man's best friend - a dog:

Draw a circle and an irregular oval - this is the head and body of the dog.
Connect two roundnesses with smooth lines - this is the neck.
Add a muzzle and tail.
Draw the ear and paws.
We paint over the ear, draw the nose, eyes and tongue, add the outline of the second pair of paws, erase unnecessary borders - the dog is ready to guard the yard!

The yard can be drawn around the dog later. Add a house, a booth, a fence - and the plot drawing is ready!

Using the dog principle, try to depict:

kitten;
duck;
horse;
pig.

If your child wants a running horse, simply lift the front of the body higher when drawing and “bend” the horse’s front legs at the knee, allowing the mane and tail to flutter in the wind.

How to teach a child to draw a person step by step

One of the first desires of a child is to draw a picture of mom, dad and himself. At first these are stick men, but this option will not suit a 4-year-old child, and an angular man ceases to seem like a good drawing already at 5 years old. And the child also wants a person to do something on paper.

Let's try to draw a boy about to play chess:

If a child is seriously interested in drawing people and what you offer him does not suit him due to disproportionateness, show the little artist the following diagram:

Here are the proportions of people of different ages; a child may be interested in this, and he will try to draw a real proportionate person. This information is relevant for children 6 years old.

Autumn landscape - step-by-step drawing for children

The easiest way for 4-5 year old children to paint is to create a landscape.

Let's take autumn - it is the most colorful:

Don't force a 4 year old child to draw. If he doesn’t want to, replace drawing. Bored? Try to switch his attention to . For him, drawing can be a completed stage, and he self-realizes through other activities.
If a child at 5-6 years old is completely “showy”, distract him from his favorite activity or introduce elements of such games into his gatherings with the album. The baby must develop harmoniously.
Talk to your child about his drawings. A simple “wow, beautiful” is not enough. Ask what is happening in the picture, why everything is this way and not otherwise - the baby will appreciate your attention.
Do not compare your child’s work with one example. The sun can be depicted in a hundred different ways. Don’t instill in your child the complex that he won’t succeed this way; encourage the individuality of his work.
Keep your child's work. And he will be pleased, and in your old age you will have something to look at and remember.

Drawing for children - video

This video shows how to draw a person. They tell you how to calculate the proportions of a person.

This video shows a detailed lesson on painting with watercolors. It describes in detail how to prepare for such an event.

Drawing is a useful activity for children. By drawing, the child trains attention, memory and hand, and by talking about what he has drawn, he practices speech. For some children, drawing is a real outlet, their own world from which they cannot be torn away. Not all children become artists, but all children's drawings are masterpieces for their parents.

Does your baby draw a lot? What does your child like to draw most? If you have interesting ideas for children's drawings or experience on how to teach drawing to children 4-6 years old, share it with us in the comments!

People gifted with talent can paint beautiful pictures, but even small children can learn to draw. How to facilitate the acquisition of such skills in young children, and what should parents of children pay attention to during the educational process? Children aged 3-6 years simply love to draw, but the result obtained is not always clear. At what age can you start learning, what materials are needed for this, and what are the benefits for a child’s development from this type of creativity? We will answer all these questions in the review.

About the benefits of drawing for children 2-7 years old

The state of the emotional background, feelings in society and the inner world can be judged by children's drawings. Child psychologists, analyzing a child’s “masterpieces,” can create a picture of his spiritual, emotional and mental state.

A reflection of the influence of the surrounding world on the child as a whole can appear in a child’s drawing. In addition, the development of the cerebral hemispheres, small hand motor skills in parallel with the improvement of speech, memory, intelligence, discipline and perseverance.

Each child begins to join this activity at a different time. Some children first began to paint with finger paints at the age of 2, others with colored chalk on the asphalt from the age of 3, and still others even with their mother’s lipstick at 12 months. But no matter what the first experience of drawing is associated with, we can say with confidence that this will be a favorite pastime for a long period of childhood.

Teaching children to draw

Parents are required to take care of purchasing the necessary materials for creativity (paints, colored pencils, albums, felt-tip pens, easels, etc.). Of course, you can enroll your children in an art school or drawing courses, but this review will talk about what overwhelming help parents themselves can provide.

First drawing lesson

You can start teaching your child to draw with a picture of a flower. First, draw an oval, and inside it is a second oval, which will serve as the core. To make the petals beautiful and correctly shaped, it is recommended to use a ruler. The planes of the oval are divided by two perpendicular lines, and then several vectors are drawn that equally separate the right angles. Next, you should show your child how to connect two adjacent lines in a semicircle, thereby creating a petal.

It’s time to introduce the heir to the grater and remove unnecessary lines. In conclusion, flower to be painted colored pencils or paints.

On the basis of an oval, you can similarly teach your child to draw a tulip, bell or daisy. The main thing is to remember the shape of the geometric figure and the sequence of its improvement.

You can teach boys to draw cars after familiarizing them with geometric shapes: rectangles and circles.

You can start depicting a truck using three parts:

wheels;
body;
cabins

A rectangle will do for the cabin, two circles will be needed for the wheels, and a larger rectangle will be needed for the body.

After receiving the schematic drawing, we begin to depict the details. During the drawing process, it is necessary to communicate with the child and draw his attention to various nuances. For example, a driver sits in the cab and controls the truck using a steering wheel and pedals. But the gas, clutch and brake pedals are not visible. To travel at night, you need headlights, which are best painted yellow or orange. It is also worth paying attention little artist on the size of the body in which various objects and building materials can be transported.

It is not necessary to talk about all the details, otherwise the process will turn from an exciting one into a tedious lecture and will lose all the charm of creativity. Using the same principle, it is recommended to draw a passenger car, where a smaller one stands on a larger rectangle, and the role of the wheels is played by 4 circles, two of which will be incompletely visible. It is enough to bevel the corners on the upper rectangle to get the silhouette of a car. Here we can add that almost every country produces passenger cars, among which the fastest are sports cars. And in this spirit, you can significantly enrich your child’s knowledge about cars.

It is not difficult to teach little girls and boys to draw a house. This will require introducing them to three figures from the world of geometry: square, rectangle and triangle. Having drawn a square, they “build” the walls of the future house. Then using a triangle on the house the roof appears. The role of the window and door will be performed by rectangles. Next, all that remains is to decorate the house, add curtains to the windows, a handle to the door, a threshold and a doorbell.

This kind of homeschooling for young children can be an excellent basis for a more in-depth study of drawing. In the creative process, parents will be able to judge their child’s abilities and development. You shouldn’t give up coloring books that have been popular at all times. With their help, the child will learn to respect the boundaries of the drawing, not to go beyond the contours and see the entire drawing as a whole, coloring it step by step. A wide variety of such coloring pages can be found on the Internet for different ages. You can show an example and download the image you like for the parent and child, so that everyone is busy with their own drawing.

How to teach a child to draw? This question arises among parents when their children unsuccessfully try to portray something and become very upset because of failures. Children have the right to count on parental help; a loving father and mother can teach basic knowledge. It won't be easy at first. The baby will be embarrassed hold a pencil, its lines, devoid of smoothness and clarity, will hardly depict objects. But with each lesson the drawings will improve.

We teach children to paint with watercolors

Children simply love to paint. To begin with, it is recommended to paint with watercolors. An ordinary honey watercolor consisting of 12 colors will do. A landscape sheet or whatman paper is suitable as a basis for drawing. It is recommended to fix the paper on the board with pins and dilute three basic colors. Having armed your child with a brush, you need to show how to dip it in paint and apply a stroke to the paper. Place a glass of water nearby to wash off the paint from the brush. Explain to your child that even if the drawing doesn’t work out right away, it can be corrected when the paint on the paper dries. Reveal to your child the secret of mixing basic colors to create new ones.

How to teach a 4 year old child to draw? By my own example. Start drawing the clouds and the sun, and then you can move on to more difficult subjects. For very young children, the finger drawing technique is suitable. To do this, you will need to prepare the place by carefully covering the table with oilcloth or newspapers so that the heir does not stain everything around. Next, apply paint to the baby’s fingers or palms and offer to make prints on a blank piece of whatman paper. Keep a bowl of water and paper towels on hand to clean your baby's hands in time for color changes.

To introduce children to paints, the method of painting with a sponge is suitable. This method can be mastered by a 3-year-old child. To do this, you will need to prepare paper, several fragments of a foam sponge, saucers for paint, gouache, a basin of warm water and paper towels.

This technique is also suitable for younger children.

The creative process looks like this:

prepare the desired colors of paint on a palette or saucer;
attach the paper to an easel or fix it on a table;
cut the dishwashing sponge into three parts;
moisten the paper with clean water;
Dip the sponge into the desired color of paint on the palette and apply the design onto the paper with jerky movements.

For kids it is worth choosing simple drawings, for example, depicting a rainbow. The main thing is that the parents are nearby and suggest the sequence of actions during the fascinating process.

It is no less fun to paint pictures using wax. To do this, you will need the same items as for painting with a sponge, only you should additionally take a wax candle and a brush.

Wax from a lit candle is dripped onto a dry sheet of paper. At this stage, the presence of parents is mandatory so that the child not injured from fire. It is recommended to form wax stains not randomly, but by weaving them into a pattern or words. After the wax has hardened, paint is applied to the paper using a brush. From the surface where wax is present, the paint will begin to roll off. You will really like the resulting drawing because of its originality, and you will want to repeat the creative process itself in the near future.

As you can see from the review, you can introduce your favorite child to drawing using various objects and methods. The main thing is that the child enjoys the time spent with parents or loved ones, and he acquires not only a general understanding of this exciting process, but was also pleased with the result.

How to teach a child to draw? To begin with, the parent himself needs to master or become familiar with a certain technique that will gradually allow him to achieve desired result. And there are many drawing techniques. We recommend trying each of them and determining which one suits your child best. And in the process of creative experiments, children and their parents will definitely not be bored.

The question “How to teach children to draw a person?” It baffles many adults: not everyone can realistically convey proportions and portrait likeness, much less explain the stages of drawing a human figure to a child. We will show simple diagrams and give recommendations on how to draw a person step by step - even an adult child can do it.

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Most adults, not engaged in professional artistic activities, stopped in their development at the “cephalopod” stage. But this is not a reason to turn away a child with a pencil who wants to explore this world and learn everything.

By drawing, the child fantasizes, develops his abilities, and trains visual memory. Of course, drawing a person is much more difficult than a tree or a hedgehog, but even the most complex task can be broken down into simple steps so that it does not seem so scary and impossible. Let's learn together!

How to teach a 3-4 year old child to draw a person

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To a 3-4 year old child, you can explain the principle of drawing a human figure using a simple diagram as an example: head, torso, arms and legs, always a neck, hands and feet.

Let him practice drawing boys and girls this way. What is important here is, first of all, not so much the similarity as the development of a sense of proportion, the presence of all the “components”.

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Then you can try to draw little people in motion. To clearly show your child how our arms and legs bend when walking, jumping, turning, etc., demonstrate all these movements in front of a mirror.

It is convenient to make a wire frame and bend it in different directions.

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Let this wire model be your guide when teaching your child to draw a person in motion.

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It is useful to make quick sketchy drawings. We gave the wire model the desired pose and immediately drew it. Later you will explain to your child how to “dress” the little men. Now it is more important to understand how the position of the arms and legs changes during a particular movement.

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To prevent little artists from being distracted from the main thing - conveying movement in a drawing - suggest drawing a moving person using a silhouette. To make it easier, make a cardboard model with movable elements.

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Another tip for those who want to teach a child to draw a person well: sculpt! Yes, yes, in volume it is easier for a child to perceive proportions, he will quickly understand how to do it correctly. If he learns to sculpt a person well and quickly, it won’t be difficult for him to draw him - it’s been tested.

How to teach a 5-6 year old child to draw a person: proportions

Teach your child to see the invisible. Before drawing a dressed figure, you need to outline the frame, understand the position of the arms and legs, the direction and rotation of the body relative to the head, etc. Use diagrams; you can always remove extra lines from the drawing with an eraser.

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When a child learns to think in diagrams, he will not have any difficulties when drawing a human figure.

Preschoolers aged 5-6 years can safely explain how the figure of an adult differs from the figure of a child. The module with which we “measure” the figure is the head. A lot depends on how many times the head is “placed” in the diagram of the human figure.

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Show a photo of a child standing next to an adult. Offer to measure (with a ruler, strip of paper, etc.) how many times the child’s head “fits” in his entire figure. Do the same with the adult figure. The child himself will conclude that children have larger heads (relative to the proportions of the whole body).

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In adults, the head “fits” 7-8 times (ideally). If you take this into account when drawing a person, the figure will come out proportional and similar.

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It is enough to draw a simple diagram several times in order to continue drawing fat and thin people, men, women and children.

Male and female figures are different. These differences can easily be shown in the diagram using geometric shapes. Men have broad shoulders, women have broad hips.

Very soon your child will learn the basics of drawing a person and will be able to portray the whole family!

How to draw a person step by step: video

Dear readers! Tell us in the comments about your children's funniest drawings. Do you know how to draw a person realistically? Did our diagrams and tips help you learn how to draw people?

Good day, dear readers. Today we will talk about how to teach a child to draw a person step by step. You just need to take into account that you can’t immediately start with such complex drawings, you need to start with something simpler that’s easier to understand, for example, a flower.

The benefits of step-by-step drawing

Parents should understand that it is much easier to teach a child to portray people using sequential actions than through observations and sketches. In addition, you need to remember the benefits of this method of drawing:

developing the ability to follow clear instructions;
the ability to separate an entire object into individual parts;
the ability to bring your own vision into the picture;
manifestation of independence.

Required Tools

Before creating your first painting, you need to make sure you have the necessary equipment:

a workplace with good lighting;
a simple pencil, you can immediately purchase both a soft and hard version, for a small child - preferably with edges;
paper - individual sheets or album;
eraser;
sharpener;
colour pencils.

Age characteristics

You can start drawing people step by step until you are four years old. The main thing is that the baby can already hold a pencil and be familiar with the existence of simple geometric shapes. What are the features of drawing at different ages:

up to 3 years old, a child will be able to draw a basic man if he uses a prepared template;
from 3 to 4 years - you can start drawing a person with an image of a snowman or matryoshka doll;
from 4 to 5 – complicate the picture, add detail to your nesting doll;
from 5 to 6 – draw a person using simple shapes: ovals, circles, rectangles, lines;
From 6 years old you can begin to depict people in more detail, draw them in different poses, in motion or at rest.

Simple algorithm

If you are wondering how to teach a 5-year-old child to draw a person, especially if he has no previous experience in such drawings, then you should start with a simple plan of action. Moreover, it will be correct if you first show how to portray a person, and then, if necessary, guide the baby’s hand, helping to repeat the sequence of actions and the correctness of the lines.

I’ll tell you about myself: I’ve never been able to draw people, or maybe I just didn’t want to learn it. Animals, nature, still lifes - that's it, please. My son also has not yet shown interest in this kind of drawings. He loves to depict various types of transport, buildings and nature.

Basics of Proportions

How to teach a 7-year-old child to draw a person if he already has good experience behind him? It's time to introduce him to the correct proportions of the human body.

The head is outlined.
A vertical line is lowered, which will include seven more ovals of the same size.
The center of the chest is at a distance of two measured units (ovals below the main one, which is the head).
Three units will lead to the navel.
The pubic bone is marked after four units.
The center of the knees will be indicated by a measured area of five heads and the distance from the top of the head to the future eyes.
The middle part of the lower leg is 7 units.

It is also important to consider the following points:

the width of the head and the female shoulder are equal;
The shoulder width of men is equal to one measured unit;
the width of the chest corresponds to three units;
the elbow of the person depicted should be at the level where the thigh begins;
the oval, which represents the torso, should be larger than the one that represents the pelvis.

Drawing of an experienced kid

Older children who understand what human figures are like will be able to draw more detailed pictures with a pencil.

Parents should understand that teaching a child to draw a human figure can be a difficult task. In this case, the following points must be observed:

do not push the child, do not expect quick results;
do not criticize his first attempts, much less laugh at him;
diligence and consistency of actions, regular training will bear fruit;
you must always follow the algorithm of actions, do not change points;
during your first attempts, you can use a template, then samples, and then move on to drawing on your own;
Praise your child even for the smallest victories.

Now you know how to teach a child to draw a person. Remember the need for consistent training. Never put pressure on your child, demanding quick and high-quality results from him. Do not force drawing if the child does not like this type of activity at all. Creative impulses must come from the heart and be filled with the emotional experiences of the little one.