Non-standard drawing methods in kindergarten. Learn to paint with paints

All children love to draw. But sometimes a child doesn’t get what he wants. Or maybe he doesn’t have enough familiar ways to express himself? Then you can inspire him to experiment with different techniques, among which he will definitely find his favorite one. After this, your child will probably want to invent something new.
Dot patterns

First we draw the simplest squiggle. Then, using a cotton swab and paints (gouache or acrylic), we make intricate patterns to suit your taste. It is better to pre-mix the paints and dilute them slightly with water on the palette.

Frottage

A technique familiar and loved by many since childhood. We place an object with a slightly protruding relief under a sheet of paper and paint over it with pastel, chalk or an unsharpened pencil.

Foam prints

Dipping a sponge into thick gouache, the child can draw landscapes, bouquets of flowers, lilac branches or animals.

Blotography


One option: drop paint onto a sheet and tilt it in different directions to create an image. Second: the child dips the brush into the paint, then places the blot on a sheet of paper and folds the sheet in half so that the blot is imprinted on the second half of the sheet. Then he unfolds the sheet and tries to understand who or what the drawing resembles.

You can see other drawings using the klyasography method

Hand and foot prints

It's simple: you need to dip your foot or palm in the paint and make an imprint on paper. And then use your imagination and add a couple of details.

You can see more about the method of drawing with palms

Paint patterns

For such an application you need to apply a thick layer of paint onto the paper. Then, with the opposite end of the brush, scratch patterns on the still wet paint - various lines and curls. When dry, cut out the desired shapes and paste them onto a thick sheet of paper.

Fingerprints

The name speaks for itself. You need to paint your finger with a thin layer and make an imprint. A couple of strokes with a felt-tip pen - and you're done!

Monotype

On level ground smooth surface(for example, glass) a design is applied with paint. Then a sheet of paper is applied, and the print is ready. To make it more blurry, the sheet of paper must first be wetted. Once everything is dry, you can add details and outlines if desired.

Scratch

The highlight of the work is that the drawing needs to be scratched. A sheet of cardboard is densely shaded with spots of multi-colored oil pastels. Then you need to mix black gouache with soap on a palette and paint over the entire sketch. When the paint is completely dry, use a toothpick to scratch the design.

Air colors

To make the paint, mix a tablespoon of self-raising flour, a few drops of food coloring and a tablespoon of salt. Add a little water to the consistency of thick sour cream and mix well. The paint can be placed in a pastry syringe or in a small bag. Tie tightly and cut the corner. We draw on paper or regular cardboard. Place the finished drawing in the microwave at maximum mode for 10-30 seconds.

Marbled paper

Paint a sheet of paper yellow acrylic paint. When it is completely dry, paint it again with diluted pink paint and immediately cover it with cling film. The film needs to be crumpled and gathered into folds, since they are the ones that will create the desired pattern. We wait until it dries completely and remove the film.

Painting with water

We draw with watercolors a simple figure and fill it with water. Until it dries, we put colored blots on it so that they mix with each other and form smooth transitions like this.

Prints of vegetables and fruits

Vegetables or fruits need to be cut in half. Then you can cut out some kind of pattern on it or leave it as is. We dip it in paint and make impressions on paper. You can use an apple, potato, carrot or celery for prints.

Leaf prints

The principle is the same. We smear the leaves with paint and make prints on paper.

Drawings with salt

If sprinkled while still wet watercolor drawing salt, it will become saturated with paint and, when dry, will create a grainy effect.

Brush instead of a brush

Sometimes, for the sake of experimentation, it's worth trying something unexpected. For example, a household brush.

Ebru, or painting on water

We will need a container of water. The main requirement is that its area coincides with the area of ​​the sheet of paper. You can use an oven broiler or a large tray. You will also need oil paints, a solvent for them and a brush. The idea is to create patterns with paint on water, and then dip a sheet of paper into them. How it's done: www.youtube.com

Cracked wax effect

Using wax pencils, draw an image on thin paper. In our case - a flower. The background must be completely shaded. Crumple it well and then straighten the sheet with the pattern. Paint it over dark paint so that it fits into all the cracks. We rinse the drawing under the tap and dry it. If necessary, smooth it with an iron.

You can see about drawing on crumpled paper

Cardboard prints with shift

We cut the cardboard into small strips, approximately 1.5 × 3 cm. Dip the edge of a piece of cardboard into paint, press it vertically to the paper and evenly move it to the side. You will get wide lines from which the drawing is created.

Fist prints

For such a drawing, the child will have to clench his hands into fists. Then dip back side fingers into the paint and make imprints, creating the desired shape. Fish and crabs can be created using fingerprints.

Non-traditional fine art techniques used in kindergarten help children, who are not yet able to fully master pencils and brushes, not only perceive the world around them, but also convey it through drawing. Everything that the children saw during their walk is very simply depicted on paper using available materials. This develops imagination well.

Leaves that have fallen from trees in the fall will help depict a yard filled with leaves. You just need to put them in a saucer with paint and attach them to the paper. And a palm print can be compared to animal tracks left in the snow.

Drawing classes develop children's imagination well and provide an opportunity for creativity and inspiration, as well as a sense of beauty. At the same time, the child’s personality receives harmonious development.

The use of non-traditional drawing techniques makes it possible to develop artistic rather than stereotyped thinking in children. Even, rather, artistic and figurative, which is directly related to creative abilities and observation, as well as spiritual qualities.

And it doesn’t matter how well a child knows drawing techniques, because the main thing here will be to teach kids to put their thoughts and feelings on paper, and to convey their mood with the help of various paints.

Artistic thinking develops well when children use paints and improvised means to depict a fairy tale on sheets of paper. This form of classes can be not only individual, but also group. To do this, each child should be asked to depict their understanding of the plot on a certain section of a common Whatman paper. After everything is ready, the children are happy to make additions to the drawing, thereby inventing a continuation of the fairy tale.

In such an interesting and complex process as drawing for children, the best thing to do is to use various techniques. They all instill a love for fine art. Much attention deserve non-traditional drawing techniques in kindergarten, which give children room for imagination.

They are introduced from a very early age, but at first, while the child learns to think figuratively and act correctly with his hands, an adult must take a direct part in this process. They are attractive for kids because they can achieve the desired result very quickly.

The good thing about this form of development is that it is very interesting for any child. Children are always attracted to drawing with their fingers and the whole palm, as well as turning ordinary blots into very funny figures.

Non-traditional materials and techniques that are used in visual arts, contribute to the development in the child not only of imaginative thinking, but also of self-control, perseverance, attention, visual perception and spatial orientation, tactile and aesthetic perception, as well as fine motor skills.

By doing this kind of work, children also learn to fantasize and express their feelings on paper through different colors.

Let's look at some non-traditional drawing techniques in kindergarten:

"Finger Painting"(“finger painting”, fingergraphy, “palette fingers”)

You can come up with a rule: each finger has a certain color, it is especially good to paint when there is no brush at hand. Gouache paints, which are poured into flat plates, lids from jars of gouache, are convenient for this.

  • 1. By dipping your fingertips in paint you can draw: “New Year’s confetti”, “scattered beads”, “lights on the Christmas tree”, “cheerful peas”, “footprints”, “patterns for dresses”, “fluffy snow”, “ sunbeams“,” “dandelions,” “fluffed willow,” “sweet berries,” “rowanberry clusters,” “flowers for mom,” “whistling haze.”
  • 2. if you dip the side of your finger in paint and apply it to paper, you get “traces” of larger animals, “summer and autumn leaves”, “vegetable salad”, “holiday leaves”.

If, therefore, you draw lines of different lengths, adding paint again, you can draw more complex objects: trees, birds, animals, landscape pictures and even decorative patterns, combining with drawing with a fingertip.

  • 3. clench your hand into a fist and place it on the paint (diluted in an old plate), move it from side to side so that the paint is well smeared on your hand, then lift it and apply it to the paper - large prints remain: “flower buds”, “baby animals” ", "birds", etc.
  • 4. if you attach the side of your fist to a sheet of paper, and then make prints, then “caterpillars”, “dragons”, “the body of a monster” appear on the sheet, fairy trees And so on.

Tips: Before you start, make a few prints on a separate piece of paper. different parts To get an idea of ​​what shapes you can create, change hands so that your fingerprints and fist prints bend in different directions.

Monotype. You will need gouache or watercolor, white or black paper, photographic paper (lightened), cellophane, glass, plastic film.

Types of work:

  • 1. a sheet of paper is folded in half. Spots (warm or cold) are applied to one of the halves; the second half is pressed against the first, carefully smoothed in different directions and unfolded. Guess what happened? Mirror image (butterfly, flowers, animal faces, etc.). You can give a ready-made butterfly shape and also fill one side with spots (there was an enchanted white butterfly - invite the children to cast the spell - color it using the monotype method);
  • 2. a sheet of paper can be folded not only vertically, but also horizontally - you get symmetrical images or doubles (twin brothers, “two chickens”, “cheerful little bears”, “city on the river” - draw a city on paper folded horizontally, open - the city was reflected on the river), “masks” for the New Year and other national holidays.
  • 3. moisten a paper napkin with diluted paint and press various shapes of objects - blanks - onto it, then print them on clean slate paper or on a smooth surface.
  • 4. stains or a gouache pattern are applied to glass, a mirror, a plastic board, paper, plastic film, a sheet of paper is placed on top and printed. Start with a small piece of paper, then - the size of a album sheet, etc. The themes of the works are very diverse: “life in the north”, “aquarium”, “vase with fruits and vegetables”, “forest”.

Diatypia. You need a cardboard folder; a layer of paint (gouache) is applied to its smooth surface with a rag. Then a white sheet of paper is placed on top and drawn on it with a pointed stick or pencil (but do not press on the paper with your hands!). The result is an imprint - a mirror repetition of the drawing.

Children like landscape pictures “Night in the Forest”, “Night City”, “Fireworks” and others. It all depends on the color of the chosen gouache, i.e. color palette already thought out.

Tamponing. You need to make tampons from gauze or a piece of foam rubber.

  • 1. The palette can be a clean stamp pillow or just a square piece of flat foam rubber. This exciting activity for children gives them the skills to gently and lightly touch paper with a swab of paint of any color in order to draw something fluffy, light, airy, transparent, warm, hot, cold (clouds, sun, sunbeams, dandelions - portraits of the sun, snowdrifts , waves on the sea, etc.)
  • 2. If you take large swabs, you can draw a lot of curious fluffy chickens, ducklings, funny bunnies, snowmen, bright fireflies (finishing the necessary small details).
  • 3. At an older age, you can combine this technique with the “STENCIL” technique. First, cut out a stencil, then, pressing it with your fingers to a sheet of paper, trace it along the contour with frequent light touches of the swab. Carefully lift the stencil - what a clear and clear mark remains on the paper! You can repeat it again in a different color and in a different place as many times as you like!

Stamps, signet. Allows you to repeatedly depict the same object, making up its prints different compositions, decorating with them invitation cards, postcards, napkins, “shawls”, “flowers on the lawn”, “autumn beds”, landscape pictures, etc.

It’s easy to make stamps and seals from vegetables (potatoes, carrots), an eraser, draw the intended design on the cut or end and cut off everything unnecessary. Make a cut on the other side of the vegetable or eraser and insert a match without sulfur - you get a comfortable handle for the finished signet.

Now you need to press it to a pad of paint, and then to a sheet of paper, you should get an even and clear print. You can create any composition, both decorative and narrative.

Older children create more complex compositions, adding the necessary details to the prints and expanding the items for the prints: the soles of children's boots with a corrugated pattern (you can depict a huge sunflower, a giant tree, etc.), large prints are especially good for decorating a hall, summer children's platforms.

Signets can be replaced with dry leaves from different trees and shrubs (leaves for herbarium). Prepare gouache, brushes or a piece of foam rubber, a sheet of paper. Come up with what we want to draw (summer, winter, autumn or spring), i.e. choose color. Turn the dry sheet with the left (convex) side up, paint it well, then carefully turn the painted side onto the paper, remembering the composition, and lightly press with your finger, remove - you get a print, an imprint, similar to the silhouette of a tree or bush (if it is not a large round leaf ). The trunk is just a little finished, and the branches are the imprinted veins of the leaf.

Using this technique, you can teach children to navigate on a sheet of paper, think through a two- or three-plan composition, laying out dry leaves on a sheet of paper, and then painting and printing them.

Drawing on damp (wet) paper. A sheet of paper is moistened with clean water (a swab, foam rubber or a wide brush), and then an image is applied with a brush or fingers.

You can paint with watercolors on damp paper, starting from the younger age group. Tell the children about the artist - animal painter E.I. Charushin, who used such a means of expression, depicting fluffy small animals, chicks, funny and curious, like small children. Look at the books he wrote and illustrated.

And there is a lot for such technology: “Magic living clouds”, which turn from lines and spots into various animals, “Once upon a time there were fish in an aquarium”, “Bunnies and bunnies”, “Little good friend (puppy, kitten, chicken and etc.)".

To prevent the paper from drying out longer, place it on a damp cloth. Sometimes images appear foggy, blurred by rain. If you need to draw details, you need to wait until the drawing dries or put very thick paint on the brush.

Sometimes another method of blurring the image is used. Take a bowl of water, draw lines on a sheet of paper, for example, the contours of autumn trees, with a blue line (sky) in the upper part. Then place this sheet face down on the surface of the water, wait a little and sharply lift it up. Water spreads over the paper, blurring the paint, color falls on color, resulting in a bright and unusual picture. When it dries, you can additionally draw in the necessary details, for example, branches, trunk, i.e. any necessary details. You can also emphasize the outline with a thin brush black paint.

Another option - stretching paint - can be suggested to children when they are just starting to paint their own picture, landscape or plot and they need to fill the entire sheet, the entire space. Or when a child knows that he will have a two-plane composition, and the sky will occupy a certain place. To do this, take the desired color of paint and draw a line at the top of the sheet, then stretch it and wash it horizontally with water.

Drawing on crumpled (pre-crumpled) paper. This technique is interesting because in the places where the paper is folded (where its structure is disrupted), the paint, when painted over, becomes more intense and dark - this is called the “mosaic effect” .

You can draw on crumpled paper at any age, because... it's very simple. And older children themselves carefully crumple a sheet of paper, straighten it and draw on it. Then you can put the children’s drawings in a frame and arrange an exhibition.

Drawing with two colors at the same time. This technique is characterized by various joyful themes: a spring willow, like a sparrow peeking out of a bud.

Two paints are taken simultaneously onto the brush, gray (gouache) for the entire pile, and white for the tip. When applying paints to a sheet of paper, the effect of a “volumetric” image is obtained. Flowers are also unusually beautiful and bright, especially fairy-tale ones, miracle trees or unusual Ural-Siberian painting, when two colors are taken on a flat brush, and the brush seems to dance in the master’s fingers, leaving berries, flowers and leaves on the tree, birch bark, metal

Drawing "fluffies". To do this, the contour of the wet drawing is smeared with a dry, hard brush and you get flowers, blooming spring trees, painting elements, chicks, dandelions, etc.

The same expressive images can be obtained with a dry, hard brush (bristles), if it is held vertically in relation to the sheet of paper and applied with abrupt strokes on dry paper to a sketch made with a simple pencil, or you can immediately depict animals, their fluffy fur, flowering lilac bushes, apple trees or cherry trees and much more.

Children are especially good at drawing portraits of their favorite toys, for which they draw an outline, and then apply sharp strokes, going over the outline of the image. The more frequent the strokes, the better the texture (fluffiness) is conveyed.

After such classes, you can arrange an exhibition of portraits of your favorite toys or fairy-tale images. Or maybe arrange personal exhibition young artist - animal painter.

Bitmap. The drawing is applied with the tip of the brush or with your fingers. different sizes and different colored paints. The result is a mosaic pattern or, again, a “fluffy” pattern.

Line drawing. To quickly depict animals, birds, come up with and realize unusual fairy-tale pictures, you can visit the amazing country “GRAFO”. It is not on geographical map, but it is everywhere where inquisitive children live.

To do this, you just need to pick up a magic wand, which can be any pencil, felt-tip pen, wax or simple chalk, sanguine, pastel, art pencil - sauce.

Touch a piece of paper and the doors of this country “GRAFO” will open. Everyone here loves to draw, sketch, and write. This country has its own language: stroke, line, spots, contour, silhouette, decorative line, decorative spot, geometric pattern.

The basic laws of beauty are the laws of composition, which include rhythm, balance, symmetry, contrast, novelty, plot and compositional center.

A stroke is a line, a feature that can be short or long, slanted and even, barely noticeable and bright, wavy and moving in a circle, intersecting and flowing into one another.

With the help of a stroke, you can tell about the nature of the object, the properties of the material, convey its softness, airiness, tenderness, but also heaviness, gloominess, sharpness, sharpness, aggressiveness and reveal the image of the hero, his attitude to the environment.

Series of exercises “IMAGE »:

a stroke, barely touching the paper;

gradually increasing the pressure;

short and long stroke;

changing pauses - gap between strokes;

gradually shortening strokes and changing pauses - gaps;

stroke - zigzag with gradual lengthening and shortening;

changing stroke inclination;

tilt to one side;

wavy stroke - zigzag;

stroke in several rows;

a stroke moving in a circle;

a stroke coming from the center of the circle.

The teacher must depict all these exercises himself and show the children what can happen thanks to the stroke. Graphics classes are simple, they are easier than painting and sculpture. Simply, drawing - graphics are very interesting, it develops spatial imagination, extraordinary thinking, which teaches you to think, fantasize, make independent decisions, and educates the child to look for more complex topics : “I” (to myself), “Rain”, “Trees”, “Forest”.

If you draw soft pencil(sauce) - can be rubbed (shaded) with your finger, which will give softness to the image.

Aquatypia. Required: plexiglass (glass with smooth rounded corners), a sheet of paper, soap, watercolors, ink, brushes.

Paints are applied to the glass (watercolor with soap or ink), a sheet of paper is placed on the dried surface and pressed tightly. You can move the sheet a little on the glass - the print will be more interesting.

In these prints we look for images, landscape images and complete the drawings with pencils, crayons, and felt-tip pens.

Cliche. Large print; on wooden block or a cardboard cylinder is glued on one side with a pattern of thick paper or rope, on the cylinder over the entire surface. Paint is rolled and stamped - flowers, leaves, rugs, napkins, wallpaper for dolls' rooms, fabric for flat dolls, wrapping paper for gifts, etc.

The bar or cylinder has handles to make it convenient to hold, stamp or make a poster (with a cylinder).

Aquatouche. Required: paper, gouache, ink, water is poured into a large flat vessel (basin).

Dilute the gouache and draw the image. When the gouache dries, cover the entire sheet with one ink (black). After the ink has dried, place the drawing in a basin (bath) with water, i.e. "manifest". The gouache is washed off in water, but the mascara is only partially washed off. The paper should be thick, the image large, the effect of a photograph will be obtained.

Invite children to be photographers. In previous design classes, you can make a paper “camera”; while walking around the site, you can photograph what you like, and then “develop” it in the laboratory using the “aquatouch” technique.

Another option for working on a greasy layer: a greasy layer is first applied to a sheet of paper - with a candle (can be applied with your palm), soap (tampon), etc. And then paint is applied on top.

The pattern turns out to be “fluffy”, as if bristling (shaggy).

Facial expressions in drawings. In psychogymnastics classes, you can train the ability to recognize an emotional state by facial expressions - expressive movements of facial muscles, by pantomimes - expressive movements of the whole body, by vocal facial expressions - expressive properties of speech.

Let's reveal facial expressions in the drawings. You can train the ability to recognize an emotional state along a line using cut templates - a kind of pictograms. This is a set of cards on which various emotions are depicted using simple signs, 5 pictograms:

1. Happy face

2. Sad face

5. Surprise

First, children examine, name the mood, then the cards are cut along a line dividing the upper and lower parts of the face. They mix and find again according to the instructions, or those that they liked. You can complete the drawing of the body, show facial expressions on yourself in front of the mirror, etc. The process of drawing itself can influence children, they become calmer and more approachable.

Music. After listening to a melody or piece of music, children must pick up one card (pictogram). First silently, and then as if they describe the feelings evoked by contrasting pieces of music, correlating them with mood maps. You can use polar definitions: cheerful - sad; cheerful - tired; sick - healthy; brave - cowardly, etc. Then offer to draw an image seen in cards, heard in music.

Children more often collect joyful and cheerful faces, less often sad or with other moods.

These games exercise the ability to interact. Usually, without prompting, children fill in the missing details on the card: eyes, hair, ears, sometimes a headdress, bows, glasses, or make a background. Such tasks help in the future to draw a portrait of a friend, mother or yourself.

Pantomime in drawings. Children are especially fond of activities during which various poses are depicted on paper using conventional figures. Children call them "skeletons" , or better yet, “little men” .

Having received a card with a picture of a figure in one pose or another, the children finish drawing it - they remember what pose, what emotional state corresponds. Children quickly begin to draw poses of people and quite expressively, without relying on conventional figures.

Children then use new skills acquired as a result of playing with patterns, conventional figures and blots in their free and thematic drawings.

Games are “invisible”. You need paper and simple (graphite) pencils.

Older children are asked to close their eyes and, to the music (waltz), draw involuntary lines (squiggles, scribbles - that’s what children call them) on a sheet of paper with a pencil, to the rhythm of a piece of music (1 min.). Open your eyes, look at the lines and find a hidden image among them (animals, birds, humans, trees, vehicles). Use colored pencils or felt-tip pens to highlight them, circle them to make it clear, adding a little bit of elements to the image you see.

The nature of the music can be very different. First, you can give calm music, and then faster, more cheerful music, and in accordance with this, the rhythm of the pencil lines drawn will be different, so the images will be seen differently.

Children's imagination will tell you; their imagination is very vivid. At the first such games, you need the help of a teacher, because... Children sometimes get lost and don’t always see hidden invisible people.

Drawing with a candle or wax crayons. This method of drawing also surprises children, makes them happy, teaches them to concentrate, be precise and careful in their drawing. This method has long been used by folk craftsmen when painting Easter eggs.

The point is that the paint rolls off the surface over which you ran a wax crayon or a candle. Take a flute thread or a large swab of paint and draw it along the sheet - a drawing appears on a colored background: “Icy tree”, “Forest at night”, “Santa Claus patterns on window glass”, “Fur coat for the Snow Maiden”, “Snowflakes”, “Lace” napkins, collars, panels", "Northern Queen" .

Another variant: draw doodles with a candle or simply randomly arrange the lines, and then draw an image of an animal or bird in the intended color; first the outline, and then paint over it all - it turns out to be “fluffy” (do not paint over the wax), or the shell of a turtle, or the stripes of a tiger, the cells of a giraffe. A very fun zoo! Fast, easy and fun!

Drawing on fabric. The fabric is glued to the frame (preferably silk, plain). The design is applied with ink, watercolor, felt-tip pens, pens, a sharpened stick, a bird feather, etc. Then the design is ironed.

This is a very elegant, subtle, painstaking technique that requires perseverance, patience, and accuracy from children. Such works for a gift card, as a souvenir (print on the wall).

Drawing with plasticine. Rub a thick sheet of paper with the color of plasticine that was intended as the background (thickness 1 mm). Then use a swab on top, placing pieces of plasticine on top, creating a convex “bas-relief” image.

You can suggest scratching, removing the plasticine (as in the scratching technique). Frame it and get a print for decorating a room as a gift. Such interesting prints - panels are made collectively.

In all proposed options for conducting classes in non-traditional drawing techniques, the help of a teacher is required.

Working with carbon paper. Copy paper is placed on top of a white sheet of paper; the drawing is applied over the copy with a finger, nail, or stick. Then the carbon paper is removed and what remains is a graphic design.

Offer colored copy paper to children.

Scratch. A scratching technique, it was used in Russia and was called “painting on a wax pad.”

Cover thick paper with wax, paraffin or a candle (rub the sheet with wax strokes tightly to each other). Apply a layer of mascara several times with a wide brush or sponge. To ensure density of painting, you can prepare the following mixture: add a little shampoo (or soap) to the gouache or mascara and mix everything thoroughly in a socket.

When dry, the design is applied by scratching with a knitting needle or a sharp stick and the appearance of white color. It turns out very similar to an engraving!

The white color of the paper can be painted over with colored spots or tamped with one color, depending on what you are planning to depict, then after scratching, the drawing becomes colored, children call such paper “magic” , because It is not known what color can appear through the black wax layer. They are surprised, delighted and work very interestedly. The result is very expressive fairy tale images: “magic flower”, “firebird”, “merry Khokhloma”, “underwater kingdom”.

Linotype or “Colored threads”. You need a thread (or several threads) 25-30 cm long, dye it in different colors, lay out as you wish on one side of a sheet of paper folded in half. Bring the ends of the thread(s) out. Fold the halves of the sheet, press them on top with your left hand, and smooth them out. Then, without removing your left palm from the sheet, right hand carefully pull out one thread after another or just one. Unfold the sheet, and there is a magical drawing: “swan birds”, “huge flowers”, “ Vologda lace", "frosty patterns" (if the threads are dyed in White color and place it on a colored background).

And there is no end to fantasy, to the play of imagination. And again a beautiful exhibition! You can only add a little bit, where it is needed.

Application from dry leaves: butterfly, mushroom, duckling, tree, flowers - the simplest images. Or, attaching a dry leaf from a tree to paper, outline the outline with paint, remove it, and paint over the white spot as you want - it seems.

Blotography. Games with blots help develop the eye, coordination of movements, fantasy and imagination. These games usually help relieve tension in emotionally disinhibited children.

  • 1. Place a large and bright blot (ink, watercolor paint) so that the drop-blot is “alive”; if you shake a piece of paper, it starts to move, and if you blow on it (preferably from a straw or a juice straw), it will run up, leaving a trail behind. Blow again, turning the sheet in the direction where some image is already visible. You can also drop a blot of a different color and blow again - let these colors meet, cross each other, merge and get a new color. See what they look like, if you need to paint on the semantic elements a little.
  • 2. You can get a fantastic image without blowing air, but by shaking the paper, and blot droplets run across the sheet. And if you first draw wax lines onto a sheet of paper with a candle, and then drip paint or ink, the blot “runs” across the paper faster, leaving many interesting marks.
  • 3. Take a large long sheet of paper (the back of wallpaper or old drawings glued together), lay it on the floor or path. Children take a candle (pieces) and draw squiggles, chaotic lines, then take ink (black, red) or color and spray it all over the surface of the paper path (under the guidance of the teacher), and then, lying on the floor facing each other along the path, begin blow on the blots. This fun game, improvisation - blots run, roll, collide, run away, find each other. When you played, drew with air, stand up, rest and see what happened? - lace track, fairytale picture, individual images (devil, bunny ears, birds, fish, trees, bushes, etc.). If you want, you can finish it or leave it as is and decorate the wall in the corridor, passage, dressing room, hall.
  • 4. Among the auxiliary teaching aids, the most effective and organizing one is music. Blotography can be combined with music. Give children small pieces of paper and sprinkle drops of paint or ink. Taking the piece of paper in their hands, the children move to the music and the rhythm of their body is transferred to the “live” droplet, which also draws while dancing. See what happened and add more if necessary. The nature of the music can be different.

Spray Or paint splashing. This technique is simple and familiar to many. Its essence is spraying drops with a toothbrush or a brush for cleaning clothes, stacks (a wooden or plastic stick in the form of a scalpel, knife). Paint is drawn onto the brush, the brush is in the left hand, and the stack is drawn along the surface of the brush with quick movements towards you. The splashes will fly onto the paper; if there is a stencil on it, then they will not splash - forming white silhouettes.

Over time, the drops will become smaller and begin to fall more evenly and where needed. This technique is convenient to work in the summer on the veranda or in a group evening time with a small subgroup of children or individually. The theme for this technique can be surprises, gift congratulations (invitation cards, postcards, posters, announcements): “Napkins for Mom”, “Snowfall”, “Golden Autumn Spun”, “Spring Pictures”.

Variable display is one of the most important triggers for the accumulation of visual creativity experience in preschoolers. This is advice, help, conversations, praise, teaching and playing, telling and showing. By creatively using the proposed recommendations, you can awaken in children a sustainable interest in drawing and help them master fine art skills.

Thus, non-traditional drawing techniques, and there are still a lot of them, will help children feel free, give them the opportunity to be surprised and enjoy the world, get acquainted with the techniques of many artists and try to create beauty themselves.

Good day, Dear friends! Tatiana Sukhikh is in touch. I want to deepen the topic a little: non-traditional types drawing in kindergarten. Unfortunately, not all parents understand how important it is not only to give their child a familiar pencil or brush, but also to allow them to deviate from the rules and motivate them to experiment. Only in this case will you be able to develop a courageous personality with diverse interests.

And if in the kindergarten the teacher simply does not have physical ability Show the children all the ways of drawing, sculpting, appliqué, then parents should find time for one or two children. How to convince you that the art of depicting objects, not based on tradition, is a child’s path to success in life? Perhaps thematic literature will convince you?

“UchMag” has organized a tempting offer: top up your personal account and you will be able to attend the offline seminar “Classical and non-traditional materials in children’s fine arts” for free. I advise my colleagues and active parents to take advantage of this opportunity!

"Labyrinth.ru" prepared excellent selection books. Everything you are interested in about the use of non-traditional techniques in fine arts can be found on this portal.

"OZON.RU" will help you navigate the whole variety of non-standard techniques. So, I recommend these books:

“Finger Painting” is a method of teaching children aged 1-3 years this fascinating form of creativity;

“22 drawing lessons for preschoolers. Non-traditional techniques" - a methodological manual for educators and managers art studios, as well as for parents who want to introduce their children to the world of art;

“Original techniques of visual activity” - here are 60 descriptions of activities with preschoolers. The manual demonstrates all kinds of non-traditional techniques and ways to use unusual materials for creativity;

“Non-traditional drawing techniques in kindergarten” - the book will primarily be appreciated by children's speech therapists and parents of children with underdeveloped finger motor skills.

Why is it important to give your child the opportunity to experiment?

I'm so fascinated this topic that I think that my self-education as a teacher must necessarily cover all non-traditional drawing techniques and their impact on the development of children. How do you think?

So, what does unusual drawing give to a child?

  • Aesthetic pleasure from the process and result;
  • Development of fine motor skills;
  • Flight of fancy and development of imagination;
  • Motivation to find new ways to portray what is planned;
  • The opportunity to express your view of the world;
  • Gives freedom and fosters courage;
  • Develops a sense of composition, color perception, rhythm, color;
  • Gives clear concepts about the shape and texture of objects;
  • Broadens the mind;
  • Cultivates intelligence and innovative thinking;
  • Trains spatial thinking;
  • Shows methods of using a variety of materials;
  • Gives confidence in your abilities and strengths.

Do you know that psychological diagnostics of a child is carried out using unconventional drawing? Using a special technique, you can determine how developed a preschooler’s imagination, fantasy, and technical skills are and then focus on correcting certain manifestations.

What can I say, the relevance of non-traditional techniques in the education of a modern PERSON is high. The teacher or parents get much more opportunities if they use non-standard approach in teaching children the fine arts.


I’m already in the article “Unusual ways of drawing: don’t be afraid to experiment!” submitted a list for your consideration non-standard techniques, but I also have several exclusive secrets lying around in my arsenal.

How to bring creativity into drawing classes?

The list I proposed does not include interesting techniques - drawing with bird feathers and soap bubbles.

If you dip a feather in paint and then move it across the paper, you get very beautiful smooth lines, from which you can create a pattern. This method can also be used to depict grass, the crown of trees, the tail of the Firebird and anything that requires subtlety in execution.

With soap bubbles it is a little more complicated: you need to mix paint (gouache) and detergent or shampoo. Shake the bottle well to obtain high foam. When the colored foam rises, attach a sheet of paper to it - you will get funny prints. We guess what it reminds us of and add the necessary details.

Finally, we know all the techniques, we still need to figure out how to interest the kids.

I suggest diversifying your activities with your baby in the following ways:

  • Drawing in pairs. It's very interesting and fun! Take a double sheet of paper or a long piece of rolled paper. We invite the children to each portray their own or general plot. In any case, the result will cause positive emotions, plus - children will gain skills in working in pairs;
  • Drawing with a secret. This is quite an attraction! It is convenient to do this in the company of an adult. The meaning is this: an adult draws a part of some object or the body of an animal, a plant, etc. The sheet is folded so as to cover about a third of the drawing. The child must continue drawing, focusing on the visible part. By unfolding the finished drawing, we sometimes get a very unexpected and funny result!
  • Self-portrait. Although this is a traditional subject in painting, children rarely depict themselves. But in vain. This could really work out interesting project– using different techniques, children draw themselves as they perceive themselves. You will be able to really understand what your baby thinks about himself and what his self-esteem is.
  • Drawing on stones. A truly unconventional painting, sea pebble painting is very popular today. I watched an interesting master class and was finally inspired to paint flat stones with my son. But you can use any rock, even expanded clay, which is shaped like various small creatures.


  • Collage drawings - different techniques are used to create a complete composition. Let’s say we depict trees using the technique of imprinting from dry leaves, grass using finger painting, flowers using the dry poke method, etc.
  • Drawing with the rain. Is your child bored if it's raining and can't go outside? It's time to paint with some rain. This is very cool - we put “fat” blots of different colors on paper so that the entire sheet of paper is filled. Then we expose the drawing to the rain and watch the wet creativity. It will work out interesting effect wet drawing.

What can you draw with children using alternative techniques?

Offer to the guys interesting activity– drawing flowers in unconventional ways. Let's try to depict a large flower bed using the technique I described to you.

For example, asters will turn out well if you draw them with feathers. These flowers have lush and sharp-leaved buds that are just right for this method. They can also be depicted as the teeth of a fork. By the way, a three-pronged fork makes excellent tulips. It is necessary to make an imprint not only of the teeth, but also of the base.

A dry poke will do an excellent job with gladioli, and large branches of mimosa, lilies of the valley, and lilac are best drawn with your fingers. If you make stamps from potatoes, your child will be able to draw any flowers. Beautiful prints come out from the bottom of a plastic bottle - they resemble a flower.

I really like using unconventional techniques with children to depict winter.

Children and creativity are inseparable concepts. Every child is an artist and sculptor, singer and musician at heart. Creative impulses in children manifest themselves in the most unimaginable form, but are very often associated with artistic activity. Many mothers sooner or later wonder why a child should learn to draw? And really, why, if you don’t plan to raise another Surikov or Aivazovsky? If your goal is to see your child as a successful, self-confident person, then encourage creative expressions, because any visual work is an important condition for the normal development of the child.

Non-traditional drawing techniques in kindergarten and at home help develop spatial thinking, eye, and coordination. After all, the baby needs to connect the ratio of the sizes of the parts into a single composition and arrange them harmoniously on the sheet. When working on complex decorative composition the child learns to plan his actions, choose suitable material. It is very important for him to understand that he can create something with his own hands.

Everyone knows that drawing is one of our children’s favorite activities. With great pleasure they draw with colored pencils, felt-tip pens, paints, dipping a brush into a bright substance. Why not dip your finger there or smear paint all over your palm? Fine art cannot have boundaries; it is necessary to destroy all boundaries of the familiar and traditional!

Unconventional drawing techniques attract our fidgets much more, because they do not require perseverance, allow them to more clearly reveal their potential during creativity, and introduce the child to the opportunity to unusually use the things around us as materials for creativity. If the most unusual colors and bright pencils no longer arouse the child’s former interest, then you can dilute your fidget’s creativity with other drawing methods. Why is drawing in unconventional ways useful in kindergarten and at home?

  • The baby uses a variety of materials, recognizes differences in textures, which allows him to improve fine motor skills.
  • There is an acquaintance with volume, shape and space, which develops the imagination.
  • The ability to combine and mix shades develops aesthetic taste.
  • The use of unusual materials develops thinking and teaches one to make non-standard decisions.
  • Drawings using such techniques come out much faster, which pleases the little ones who lack perseverance.
  • It adds self-confidence and faith in your abilities, because even without outstanding skills you can create a unique “masterpiece”!

All the most interesting techniques and methods were collected and systematized by G.N. Davydov in the book “Non-traditional drawing techniques in kindergarten.” This book is an excellent assistant both for the teacher and for the mother who wants to diversify her leisure time with her baby.

Let's start creating: fingers or palms

Non-traditional drawing techniques involve depicting images using various materials, including “non-artistic” ones: crumpled paper, foam rubber, threads, paraffin candle or wax crayons, dried leaves; drawing without using a tool - with your palms or fingers and much more. Such methods are successfully used both in kindergarten and at home.

For of different ages You can offer your own technique, for example, it will be interesting for the little ones to paint with their fingers, because it is still difficult for a baby to hold a brush, but the baby already has excellent control of his own hands. Dip your little one's palm into the paint and ask her to leave a mark on the paper, just as cats and dogs leave marks. Look at the print with your baby, who does it look like? It looks like an elephant or a turtle, and if we add an eye, there will be a fish! The whole action is guided only by your baby’s imagination, and if suddenly he is confused, then help him, conduct a master class - paint your palm and leave a print. “Look, the mother turned out to be an elephant, but where is the baby elephant?” - the child will be happy to join in such a funny game.

You can dip your entire palm in the paint, but only your fingers, and leave tiny prints. The more multi-colored prints, the more interesting the drawing - let the child fantasize for his own pleasure. Adults should be prepared for the fact that the paint will be not only on the piece of paper, but also on the baby, or rather, the baby will be covered in it and the surrounding objects too. Therefore, take care of cleanliness in advance: cover the table where you plan to set up a creative workshop with oilcloth, and put on an apron and sleeves on your baby, otherwise, what kind of flight of fancy can we talk about if you constantly tell your baby: “Be careful, you’ll get dirty!”

Let's continue to fantasize. Stamps, impressions

Children of all ages like to use stamps when drawing. This unique technique unconventional method Drawing in kindergarten is so easy to perform and diverse in manifestation that it is perfect for work both in kindergarten and at home. Ready-made stamps can be purchased at an art supply store. But it’s much more interesting to make a stamp yourself, or even better with your baby.

Almost anything that can be dipped in paint and then left an imprint on a piece of paper will work as a stamp. You can cut an apple or a potato - this is the simplest stamp. You can cut out some kind of shape on half a potato: a heart or a flower. Another stamp is made from ordinary threads, wound around any base. You don’t have to wind the threads, but simply immerse them in paint. After thorough impregnation, they are laid out on one sheet, covered with another, pressed lightly, and the intricate pattern is admired.

It is easy to make a stamp from ordinary plasticine. Come up with interesting shape and form a small piece of plasticine. It is better to choose thick paint for classic stamps. You can give the background an unusual texture by using a crumpled napkin or paper, and then follow the proven scheme: dip it in paint and stamp it. Very beautiful stamps are made from dried leaves: paint the leaf on one side, place it on paper and press. After the painted leaf was removed, the picture we got was “ Golden autumn“- the baby is completely delighted.

There is another unconventional drawing technique, similar to a stamp, but with interesting feature, – drawing with foam rubber. Cut a small piece from an ordinary sponge, dip it in paint and cover the sheet with gentle pressure. This is how you easily and simply get a wonderful background for further drawing, and if you use stencils or templates for children's drawing, you will get an amazing floral or geometric pattern.

Drawing with dots

Drawing with dots can be distinguished as a method of visual creativity for children. This simple technique is understandable even to the little one. You will need paints and cotton swabs or regular markers. We dip the stick in the paint, and with gentle pressure we draw a dot on a sheet of paper, then another one - until the invented image appears on the album sheet. You can help your child by drawing the outline of the future drawing, and he will fill it with a large number of bright prints. The theme of the bitmap can be any - and winter's tale, and bright sunshine. Education at such a tender age should be carried out unobtrusively, in the form of a game.

Monotype technique

For older children, you can offer more interesting types artistic creativity. For example, an interesting technique, which is also based on prints, is “Monotype”. Its purpose is to create a symmetrical pattern, such as a mushroom, insect (butterfly or ladybug), for older preschool group you can depict a landscape reflected in a lake.

We take a landscape sheet of paper, bend it in half, then unfold it and draw on one half relative to the fold line. Since we have agreed to depict a butterfly, we draw one wing, then stroke the folded sheet with our hand. Let's open it - the butterfly already has two wings and they are exactly the same! The missing elements can be completed with a brush.

A feeling of delight is guaranteed, while the child understands that his “hooligan” actions, when blots and splashes fly onto the album sheet, are also a form of art. “Blotography” also has the name “Spraying”. Using these techniques you can achieve unusual artistic effects.

Splashing paint, also known as "Spraying". Will come to our aid Toothbrush. Gently dip it into the paint and lightly tap it towards you with a pen or pencil. A huge number of small droplets remain on the sheet. Using this unconventional painting technique, you can create a very realistic winter landscape or deep space with many stars. “Blotography” will help the young artist populate the uninhabited planets of space with funny aliens. All you have to do is put more paint on the brush and let it drip onto a sheet of paper, and you get a blot. And now we blow on it, dispersing the rays in different directions. Let's add a pair of eyes to the dried blot, or maybe two pairs, this is an unknown animal, and send it to populate distant worlds!

An interesting texture can be achieved by using a dry brush. Lightly dip a dry wide brush into the gouache and wipe off the excess paint on the jar. We draw with vertical poking movements. The image turns out “shaggy” and “prickly”, in this way Christmas trees and hedgehogs, a field with green grass turn out to be very realistic. In this non-traditional way, you can draw flowers, such as asters, in kindergarten.

Incredible possibilities of ordinary things.

  1. Bubble.

It turns out that you can not only blow and burst soap bubbles, but you can also draw with them. Dilute a little paint in a glass of soapy water, take a tube and blow bubbles into the glass. Your kids will enjoy doing this trick. Well, there is a lot of bright multi-colored foam, apply a sheet of paper to it, and as soon as bubbles begin to appear, the paper needs to be removed - the colorful pattern is ready!

  1. Salt.

Don't be surprised, but salt can be used for more than just cooking. An interesting texture will be obtained if you sprinkle the undried drawing with salt, and when the paint dries, just chicken out.

  1. Sand, beads and various grains are also used to create creative textures. There are several options for using such materials.
  • Sprinkle the pre-glued sheet with cereal, sand or beads, and then draw on the textured surface.
  • We cover the areas where the design will be depicted with glue.
  • Paint and dry the necessary materials in advance, and then decorate the drawing with them.

Classics in an unconventional interpretation

Let's put away the stamps and salt, wipe off our paint-stained pens, and get out the watercolors and brushes. Boring? It’s not boring at all, but very interesting, because with the help of classic watercolor paints we will create miracles!

You need to take thick paper ( the best option– special watercolor), wet until it is sufficiently wet. Place a little paint on the brush and lightly touch the brush to wet paper. The movements should be light and smooth, the beauty of the result depends on this. Before your eyes, a drop of paint spreads in different directions, turning into something amazing! It's a good time to tell your child about the rules for getting new colors and shades. Now this practice is most obvious. The resulting unthinkable divorces will serve interesting background for future creative works.

The next unconventional drawing technique that we will consider, also from the category of “miracles nearby”, is called “Aquatype”.

This is a technique of painting with paints and water, also known as water printing. Just as in the previous method, we will need thick paper, we will choose no less traditional paints - gouache, we also need black or any dark ink. Think with your child, what would he like to portray? This method produces unusually beautiful flowers. After the paints have dried, paint over the entire sheet of paper with ink, then immerse your work in a bowl of water and enjoy the wonderful transformations! The gouache will all dissolve, leaving only your drawing on dark background. Why isn't it magic?

Series incredible transformations not completed! Let's take the same thick paper and use wax crayons (if you don't have them at hand, you can use an ordinary candle) apply a drawing or pattern. Next, apply watercolor paint to the entire sheet (the areas treated with wax will not be painted). A drawing will appear on a colored watercolor background, which will be a surprise for the baby, because when you draw with a colorless chalk on a white sheet, it is quite difficult to imagine final result. The process of magic can also ultimately bring quite a practical result.

Making “marble paper” is an extremely exciting activity that kids really like: it’s fun to play with things that are not allowed to be taken at all. For example, dad's shaving foam. To work you will need:

  • shaving foam;
  • watercolor paints;
  • flat plate;
  • sheet of thick paper.

First you need to get a saturated solution: mix the paint with water. Then apply a thick layer of shaving foam to the plate, and add a few bright drops of paint in a chaotic manner. Using a brush, we paint drops of paint on the foam, creating intricate zigzags and patterns. Here it is - a magical mystery that will completely absorb an enthusiastic child. And here is the promised practical effect. We apply the sheet to the rainbow foam, and then turn it over so that the foam is on top of the sheet. We remove the remaining foam on the paper with a scraper. And - lo and behold! Unimaginable stains appear from under the foam, similar to a marble pattern. The paper has absorbed the paint. After drying, “marble paper” can be used in making crafts or as an addition to decoration.

There is no limit to creativity

For guys who have already met many interesting techniques and showed their extraordinary creative abilities, we can offer a rather difficult drawing technique - “scratching”.

You need thick paper, you need to color it with wax crayons, preferably bright colors, then cover it with black gouache or ink using a wide brush. If you intend to use gouache, add a little PVA glue so that the dried paint does not crumble. When the ink (or gouache) has dried, the workpiece is ready for further work. Now we take a thin stack (any sharp, non-writing instrument) and start drawing. But this process can only be called painting conditionally, since the top layer of paint is scraped off. Thus, stroke by stroke, a bright wax layer is revealed and projected into the artist’s idea.

Young artists will enjoy the technique of drawing on glass using plasticine.

Choose the design you like, cover it with glass, and use a black felt-tip pen to draw the outlines of the design onto the glass. Then we proceed to fill the contours with soft plasticine, trying not to protrude beyond the edge. The reverse side does not look so neat, but the front side shows a bright and clear picture. Place your work in a frame, and you can use colored cardboard as a background.

There are also a number of non-traditional drawing techniques in kindergarten that children of the middle and senior preschool groups can easily master. For daily activities A combination of applique with a classic pattern may be suitable. Pre-cut elements are glued onto a landscape sheet, after which the image is given a finished look using pencils or paints.

One of the accessible and entertaining techniques is “Frontage”.

This type of fine art has been familiar to us since childhood; remember, they hid a coin under a sheet of paper and shaded it with a simple pencil? In the same way, instead of a coin, you can use dry leaves, and shade not with a pencil, but with colored pastels. The drawing will turn out bright and rich.

We have become acquainted with a large number of drawing techniques and have already learned a lot, so why not put our knowledge into practice? Using both traditional and non-traditional painting techniques, any interior items are decorated. Decorative drawing in kindergarten also has an applied nature; a child can already decorate, for example, a pencil stand or a clay vase, or he can please his mother and create a unique pattern on a cutting board. Just remember that for such work you need to choose waterproof paints: acrylic or oil. To make the result last longer, coat the finished craft with varnish.

For interior decoration, the stained glass technique is used.

The essence of the technique is to apply an adhesive contour and fill it with paint. There are many options for performing this technique, but one of the most interesting is to apply a pattern to oilcloth, and after drying, the pattern can be removed from the oilcloth and glued to any surface, for example, glass - there will be a translucent bright picture.

Let's take a closer look at the technique itself.

The ideal option would be to use specialized stained glass paints, but if there aren’t any, you can be smart and make them yourself. Take ordinary gouache and add PVA glue; after drying, the paints have an elastic structure, which will allow you to remove the picture from the film without difficulty. Choose the design you like and draw its outline onto a transparent oilcloth (you can take a regular file or a transparent plastic folder). It is better to make the outline first with a pencil or felt-tip pen, and then outline it either with a ready-made stained glass outline, or with regular PVA glue from a tube with a dispenser. Wait for the outline to dry, then fill in bright colors. After complete drying, you can peel the design from the film and decorate the intended surface.

You can decorate not only interior items, but also wardrobe items with special fabric paints. This technique is called “Cold Batik”. Invite your child to make a designer painting of an ordinary white T-shirt, only your child will have one, one and only!

  • The T-shirt must first be fixed in an embroidery hoop or in a stretcher for painting on canvas.
  • Using a pencil and tracing paper, transfer the image of your favorite cartoon character onto fabric.

One of the most important stages of this method is the application of a reserve composition, in other words, a protective contour that will prevent the paint from spreading over the fabric. The contour must be closed to prevent spreading.

  • After drying, according to the scheme known to us, we fill the contours with paint.
  • Then the drawing must be fixed. Place one sheet of paper under the design and the other on the design and iron it.

This product can be washed, but it is better to wash it by hand in cool water. The unique product is ready.

Conclusion

All considered non-traditional drawing techniques are applicable only indoors. What about walks in the summer? fresh air? Are only outdoor games suitable for outdoor activities? No, you can do it fine arts. Drawing in summer in kindergarten can also be done outside, using classic chalk. Drawing on asphalt in kindergarten is a wonderful entertaining and educational activity. Children draw with crayons wherever there is a more or less hard surface: asphalt, tiles, fences, walls of the house. It’s wonderful to see a bright embodiment of fantasy instead of gray asphalt.

The material on the page will be constantly updated!

We all know that babies learn about the world through sensations. Such a colored panel will captivate a child and cause delight at the transformations that occur from touching with one’s own hands!
Materials:
- paints
- white cardboard or canvas on cardboard
- film

Drawing in unconventional ways is very exciting for children. This is unusual, interesting and opens up a whole field for experimentation. In addition, classes using non-traditional drawing techniques help relieve children's fears, develop fine motor skills, strengthen confidence in their own abilities, develop spatial and creative thinking, which encourages children to freely express their ideas and look for creative ways to solve them. Children learn to work with materials of various textures and volumes, have the opportunity to fantasize and show independence.
Below are simple techniques that are accessible and interesting to children of preschool and primary school age.

The game "Icon" or "drawing" is almost like Pablo Picasso.








Technique "Pointillism"
(French Pointillisme, literally “point”, French point - point) is the direction in fine arts, the ancestor of which is considered to be the French neo-impressionist artist Georges Seurat. Seurat painted paintings using tiny multi-colored dots instead of the usual brush strokes and solid painted areas. He sought various shades, placing dots of pure colors close to each other. Seurat's most famous painting is called "A Sunday Walk on the Island of La Grande Jatte."
Usually, when children are asked to draw a picture using the pointillism technique, instead of a brush they use cotton swab. We would like to invite you to try painting with melted wax crayons.




"Scratch" technique


A colored background is applied to a sheet of paper. When the paint dries, the sheet should be rubbed with wax or a candle. Pour mascara into shampoo or liquid soap. Cover the entire sheet with this mixture. After the sheet has dried, you need to scratch the design with a pointed stick. It could be space, trees, a vase of flowers, in general, anything that your imagination suggests.

"Foam Oron" technique


Add shampoo or soap to the water, squeeze out a sponge in it to form a thick foam, collect the foam on the glass with a sponge, add paint, and put a sheet of paper on top. Smooth it out and lift it up. The background is ready. Approximate theme: “Visiting the Little Mermaid”, “The Magic of Nature”, “Where it’s cold or hot”.

Photocopy technique


(Drawing with wax pencils, grease pastels, candles.)
A drawing is applied to the paper with a candle and wax crayons. Then the entire sheet is filled with watercolors.

Technique "Draw with palm and fingers"


Instead of brushes - palms and fingers. Dip your hand into the paint, let it drip, and place your palm on a sheet of paper. Using your finger, draw dots and stripes on the resulting imprint - on each finger - a pattern of a different color. To create a miniature design, it is convenient to use a thin brush. The field for imagination is limitless!

Technique "Diatypia and monotypia"


Diatypia - using a cloth swab, apply a light layer of paint to the smooth surface of the cardboard. Place a sheet of paper on top and draw something with a pencil or just a stick. On the side that was pressed against the cardboard, an impression is obtained.


Monotype - drip paint onto one side of the sheet different colors. Fold the sheet in half, smooth it out with your hand, and unfold it. Approximate theme: “Frog”, “Flower”, “Like birch trees look in a mirror”, “In the land of wonderful butterflies”.

Technique "Mosaic painting"


Draw an image of an object onto paper with a simple pencil. Divide the drawing into parts. Fill in individual parts of the drawing with colored pencils, felt-tip pens or paints, select matching and beautifully harmonizing colors; think about the background color.

Technique "Plasticine painting"


Make a pencil sketch of the future painting on thick cardboard. Objects are “painted over” with plasticine - smeared in small pieces.

"Spray" technique


Place a little paint on the end of a toothbrush or brush, tilt the brush over the sheet and
run the stick through the pile. The splashes will scatter across the sheet. Spraying can be used as an additional effect of an already created image, or by applying a specific silhouette cut out of paper. Stepwise spraying, as shown below, gives an interesting volume effect.



Technique "Printing with autumn leaves"



Fallen Maple Leaf, for example, cover with gouache paints using soft brush movements and place on a prepared sheet of paper, painted side down. Place the paper on top and press with your hand.

Technique "Drawing with crumpled paper"



Crumple a thin sheet of paper and dip it into paint, and then place the lump on a thick sheet of paper in certain place- where you want to depict lace of clouds, a lush crown autumn tree or fireworks, it all depends solely on your idea.

"Crystal texture" technique

Threads 25 cm long are dyed in different colors. Arrange in any way on a sheet of paper. Pull the ends of the threads out. Place another sheet of paper on top and smooth it with your palm. Pull out all the threads one by one and remove the top sheet.

Technique "Drawing through wet gauze"


Moistened gauze is placed on a sheet of paper and a drawing is applied to it in gouache. When the paint dries a little, remove the gauze. Details are completed with a thin brush (images of furry animals, picturesque landscapes etc.)