Dot painting with cotton swabs. Non-traditional drawing techniques in family creativity

It turns out that cotton swabs can be used not only for their intended purpose. With their help, you can also draw, and in the process of creativity, develop children, remember colors, introduce kids to nature, develop fine motor skills, enrich lexicon child and many more useful functions performs this simple hygiene item. But first things first.

Unconventional drawing

In order to arouse interest in drawing in children, it is necessary to turn this process into a game or fairy tale. At first, the child is happy to use pencils and brushes later. Time passes, and interest in drawing is lost.

To support the desire to create in children, you can offer them non-traditional drawing techniques. In such cases, you are allowed to draw what you want and how you want.

But adults always guide the child in some direction, so they can offer him certain types of drawing. For example, blotography, the basis of which is a sheet of paper folded in half and a few drops of paint. Or drawing with a candle, when an invisible pattern is first applied to the paper, and then the child covers the sheet with paint. The contours of the pattern remain colorless. Or drawing cotton swabs.

Pointillism

Drawing with cotton swabs can be called a type of pointillism.

Pointillism is a unique movement in painting, which, translated from French means "to write in dots." Many artists painted paintings of this kind. For example, paintings by Georges Seurat are recognized as masterpieces. He is considered the founder of this technique.

Drawing with cotton swabs is not only younger schoolchildren, but also for kids who are just getting acquainted with various painting tools.

Pointillism for children

Children usually happily welcome the technique of drawing with cotton swabs, since they can create the same picture in completely different ways.

1. When working, you can take a template as a basis and fill all the details of the picture with dots of a certain color.
2. You don’t have to fill the entire drawing, but just make the outline of the details with multi-colored dots.
3. It’s fun to add dots to ready-made drawings and templates. This option is especially convenient for very young artists: when mom offers to draw eyes on some animal or people, and it’s also interesting to create snow or rain with cotton swabs.
4. For children school age it is possible to propose the creation of more complex work, for example, reproduce a mosaic picture.

Drawing with cotton swabs for beginners

Children aged 1 to 3 years old can draw with sticks much easier than with a brush. In order to interest the baby, you must first show him how to carry out beautiful line or put a dot, then another, and then a different color.

For the first lesson you will need the following equipment:

• paints for painting, such as finger paints or regular gouache, if there is no fear that the child will put paint in his mouth;
• paper;
• templates with black and white drawings or themed pictures, on which something needs to be completed;
• a large number of cotton swabs;
• palette.

A plastic palette is useful in order not to give the child a whole jar of paint at his disposal. Very often children have a desire to use such an abundance of material for other purposes. On a palette, it is convenient to dilute paints of several colors with water and place a stick next to each one. After everything is ready, you can start drawing pictures on some interesting topic with cotton swabs.

It is better to think through the topic of the upcoming lesson in advance, choose suitable rhymes or riddles. Don't neglect it in the middle of drawing, because kids 1 to 3 often get distracted. And they need permanent shift activities.

Pointillism for preschoolers

When working with preschoolers, it is worth paying attention to a story about the pointillism technique itself. It is necessary to give minimal information that the drawing is created using individual strokes or dots different colors.

It is advisable to prepare several paintings created using the pointillism technique and show them to the child in order to arouse deeper interest.

It is important that paints should not be mixed with each other. In this case, the distance from one point to another can be large, or, on the contrary, you can place the points close to each other.

If you wish in the future, it is not necessary to use paints to draw pictures using the pointillism technique; you can replace cotton swabs with markers, pens or felt-tip pens.

Age nuances

Each drawing technique has various secrets and nuances. Pointillism is no exception. There are some points that you should focus on in order to get the most satisfactory result.

1. For kids, in the first lessons it is better to offer only one color of paint. Pictures should be selected as simple as possible: sun, apple or snow, rain.
2. Older children are given more difficult tasks. The number of flowers increases. This will allow young artists show imagination.
3. And older students can try themselves as artists, creating entire paintings using the pointillism technique.

An example of one of the activities - “Rowan Twig”

Drawing rowan berries with cotton swabs is an activity that can be done both in kindergarten groups and with children at home. It aims to introduce children to a new drawing technique, as well as arouse their interest in nature.

During the lesson, the child will learn to depict a bunch of rowan berries using the pointillism technique.

For this lesson you will need the following equipment:

• bunch of rowan (picture or real);
• red paint (gouache or finger paint);
• templates with the image of a twig;
• silhouettes of bullfinches.

Progress of the lesson.

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My children and I love to draw autumn. In my opinion, this is the most beautiful time of the year.

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Drawing is one of the most popular types creative activity in the lives of many children. And that's great! After all, in artistic activity There is enormous potential that attentive and loving parents can successfully realize in activities with their child.
So, how is drawing useful for a child?

Drawing:
– develops fine motor skills and tactile perception;
– trains memory;
– teaches perseverance and concentration;
– helps strengthen the hand for learning to write;
– enriches inner world;
– helps to express feelings; promotes emotional liberation;
– develops imagination;
– develops Creative skills;
– forms creativity to life;
– develops individuality;
- introduces you to art.
Artistic activity affects the cognitive and emotional-volitional sphere of the child’s personality, thus contributing to his comprehensive development.
Drawing is useful. But what determines a child’s interest and desire to draw? In addition to the child’s particular inclinations inherent in nature (be it drawing, music, dance, etc.), important role The attitude of parents, their ability to encourage and actively support the child in his creative endeavors plays a role.
And family creativity is best suited for this, when parents and children begin to create together.
Let's now look at the fascinating unconventional drawing techniques who are capable of making family creativity.

DRAWING WITH PALM PRINTS, TREE LEAVES, FLOWERS

Material: paper, finger paints/watercolors/gouache, brushes, tree leaves, flowers.
Description: The essence of the technique is reflected in its very name. We create our masterpieces using handprints, leaves and flowers.
To create creative works using handprints (or also fingers and feet), it is better to use finger paints.
Before you start drawing, it is advisable to play with your child, so to speak, “on the theme” of the upcoming task. For example, if you are going to draw using handprints, it would be appropriate to play finger games; if the material is tree leaves or flowers, tell the child entertaining story(you can try to write a fairy tale together about this or that tree or flower).
Then, together with the child, you can outline a preliminary plan - what exactly will be depicted, the plot (you can take ready-made works in this technique as a model), or you can (and most preferably) begin to fantasize without looking back. And remember that the main thing is not even the result (how smooth, clear, etc. everything is), but the process itself. Drawing should above all be fun - allow yourself to relax and experience the joy of improvisation!

DRAWING WITH SOAP BUBBLES

Material: P little boy soap bubbles or baby shampoo/liquid soap; water, cup; small cups (you can use yogurt); album sheet; cocktail straws; wax crayons, pencils, felt-tip pens.
Description: Blowing soap bubbles is probably one of the most favorite pastimes for children, which brings laughter, joy, and most importantly puts them in a great mood. A great mood– the key to successful creative activity. Therefore, take advantage of this opportunity generously. Before you start creating, be sure to play with your child (by blowing soap bubbles, you can catch them with a net, or try to “plant” a soap bubble on a pencil so that it does not burst). The main thing is that it is really interesting and fun.
Prepare a colored soap solution. Take a cup and pour water into it. Then add a little (1-2 teaspoons).

Let's start drawing. We take cocktail tubes and begin to foam the solution so that the bubbles rise in the glass. When the foam rises, take the paper and lean it against soap suds. The results are amazing color prints. They are beautiful in themselves and may look narrower finished painting, but you can finish drawing them wax crayons or pencils (can be animals, plants, etc.). Enjoy the opportunity to be real wizards with your child.

DRAWING WITH ROPE

Material: white thick sheet of paper, string, glue, paints (gouache, watercolor), simple pencil.
Description: creativity is wonderful because it often gives the opportunity to see Miracle in the most simple things. That is why it is so important for a child when an adult shows a non-standard use of ordinary things that surround him. This contributes to the development of the child’s observation and imagination, and forms a creative approach to life. So even the simplest string can become a source of inexhaustible inspiration.
The essence of this technique is that the outline of a particular image becomes a string that is glued to the paper. Therefore, you can think over the plot of the picture in advance, draw it on paper with a simple pencil and then glue the string along the edge of the drawing; Or you can improvise - take a string coated with glue, and come up with a plot as you go, glue it onto paper. For example, all kinds of ornaments and patterns are spontaneously produced very well.
After the rope is glued and a clear pattern is visible, we begin to paint it with paints. To the delight of children and parents, very bright and voluminous paintings are obtained.

DRAWING WITH COTTON SWIPS

Material: drawing paper, paints, palette, cotton swabs, brush, water glass, napkins.
Description: The technique of drawing with cotton swabs is reminiscent of a mosaic, when a picture is born from magic grains, step by step. Despite the fact that the technique is not complicated in principle, the work itself is very painstaking and requires special care.
So, dilute the desired color of paint in the palette with water and take cotton swabs. You can make cotton swabs yourself. To do this, you need to wrap a piece of cotton wool around a match, toothpick or stick. This will allow you to make cotton swabs different thicknesses, which will significantly expand artistic possibilities(it will be possible to draw more small parts or, on the contrary, make larger ones, etc.)
Use a cotton swab to touch the sheet of paper and then carefully lift it. As a result, a circle remains on the paper. The picture will consist of such circles. Try to keep the first pictures simple in plot. From simpler to more complex. Golden Rule, which is undoubtedly relevant in this work. They look very impressive autumn landscapes. Depicting leaf fall usually delivers great pleasure children. They easily cope with this task, and the pictures turn out bright and colorful.

4. Summing up
What guys is the name of the painting technique we used to create such beautiful works? Children answer photocopy
What else do you think can be drawn using the photocopy technique? Children respond with flowers, patterns, sun.
Our lesson has come to an end, I am very pleased with you and I really want to know what surprised you today? What did you especially like today?

Hi all! We continue to provide interesting ideas for educators, parents and teachers. And today we will talk about unconventional drawing techniques. These ideas are suitable for kindergarten and school. Unconventional drawing– this does not mean something complicated. On the contrary, it is the unconventional technique that turns art classes into simple and fun fun. No need to draw complex elements, you don’t need to master a brush. Unconventional techniques That's why they were CREATED, because they SIMPLIFY the child's work, EASIER the teacher's task in methodologically and give the child an amazing creative experience with an excellent final result. You will see what beautiful pictures and drawings can be made in simple techniques unconventional drawing. The child will love your activities - he himself will be drawn to art when he feels that he can create beauty with his own hands.

I have divided all the techniques of non-traditional drawing into SEPARATE GROUPS - and I will explain and show everything in order.

Unconventional drawing

PALM PRINTS

IN kindergarten In fine arts classes, it is important to choose work that will be feasible for children younger age. In the second younger group, children have poor brush control, it is difficult for them to force the brush to draw a line, an oval, a circle... Therefore, at this age, quick and beautiful drawings using the palm painting technique are interesting.

With your children's hands you can draw such a cute family of a hen and chicks.

Green paint will give you a print that can be made into a frog. The eyes can be drawn separately on white circles of paper (by the teacher themselves) and the children will simply glue the eyes onto the drawing with PVA glue.

Here is another example of an appliqué drawing using this non-traditional do-it-yourself painting technique. If we add the side wings and sharp tips of the ears to the palm print, we get the silhouette of an owl. The background for such a craft can be selected from black cardboard and glued onto it. big circle from yellow paper(moon). And already against the background of the lunar disk, make an owl-palm print. And then when the print dries, we add a long branch on which this owl is sitting.

The palm acts as a template - first sketch, trace the palm on a piece of paper, and then try to draw an eye here or there. And look closely and see which character is looking at you.

Same for crafts using the non-traditional technique “Palm + paint” you need to prepare the background in advance. Or use colored paper to create a green lawn and a pond for ducks. Or draw in advance - tint the sheet blue and green paint, dry and prepare for class (hold under heavy pressure from books).

As you can see in the photo below, you can add overlay parts to the palm element of the design - appliqués made of paper and other materials. Below is an example of how ordinary gray paper from a box can become a prototype for a craft. To make it easier for a small child to draw circle-face of a lion- give him a jar lid template. Let the children trace the round lid along the center of the “cardboard mane” with a pencil and then carefully fill in the circle with paint – first tracing with a slow brush along the edge of the line, and then painting in the middle. We complete the black details of the mustache, nose and ears with a marker (the teacher himself once the craft is dry).

In non-traditional palm painting, images of birds are often used. There you are simple idea drawing of a sparrow in kindergarten. Simple and quick to draw with your own hands for children in the middle group.

But here are ideas for non-traditional hand drawing for children of average and senior group. Craft MONKEY. Here you need to position your palm correctly - so that your fingers are turned towards the vine on which the monkey will hang. Then use a brush to draw a beautiful tail curl. And then lay out the head from the paper appliqué.

And here is a class on non-traditional drawing for the older group - here you need to first draw a tree (trunk, branches, leaves). The leaves are just marks from a brush (press the brush sideways. Raise it sharply up so that the mark does not smear). While the children are busy drawing the leaves, the trunk will dry out well and the imprint of the koala bear will be perfectly placed on it, as if against a dry background. Beautiful craft both for kindergarten and school (grades 1-4).

And here is a beautiful bright craft-drawing of a GIRAFFE. Here we also see a base made from a palm print. But a long neck element with a head is added to the picture. Before applying spots and strokes of the mane, you need to wait until the red base has completely dried. The mane is placed with the imprint of a brush - we place the brush on the side and sharply lift it up, the impression is obtained as a tuft of mane hairs - we create a lot of imprints along the entire cervical ridge of the giraffe. .Round spots are easier to draw with a cotton swab (with a brush the circles will not be even - not all children know how to draw a circle with a brush - this complex technology, which they will master after they learn to write letters).

For the older group of kindergarten, a hand drawing in the form of a rainbow magical unicorn is suitable. Great craft for girls. The teacher will draw the horn.

And boys will love the drawing in the form of a dragon - also in this technique.

Also, young children really love group crafts. Where the entire kindergarten group participates in one common artistic work. For example, on a large sheet of paper, draw the outlines of the future body of a peacock - and around it line up the imprints of the feathers of its magnificent tail. And then, when the tail is dry, you can glue the body itself along the center.

Drawing WITH FORKS.

non-traditional technology in kindergarten.

Disposable plastic forks are a tool that can create an interesting non-traditional drawing technique for you. All drawings where needed characteristic shaggy stroke, even a small child will be able to draw quickly and easily.

Here is a sample of such work for children in kindergarten. The teacher draws a tree stump on a piece of paper. It comes from the hemp the upward line is the AXIS of the future tree. Using a fork, scoop up the thick paint and apply prints from the side of the axle downwards. First we process the right side of the axis, then the left side of the central rod of the tree.

And already the third stage - we put another layer of CENTRAL STROKES on top of these strokes - this time more vertically down from the center, slightly diverging to the sides.

For comfort Pour the paint into bowls - jar lids work great.

AND to reduce paint consumption , gouache can be diluted with PVA glue - one to one, or in another proportion. Valuable advice– do not buy SCHOOL PVA in small tubes – go to a hardware store and buy a liter (or half-liter) bucket of PVA glue. It will be called universal PVA, or construction PVA - don’t let this confuse you. By chemical composition it is exactly the same as school PVA glue. But the price is 5 or 10 times cheaper. And in a bucket the glue does not lose its freshness, as in a tube. And a liter bucket is enough for a kindergarten group for 3-4 months of active classes.

In such an unconventional technique, you can draw any PINKY elements of the picture - for example, a HEDGEHOG or a CACTUS.

A fork will also help you draw shaggy characters. For example, a yellow fluffy CHICKEN, or a kitten, or a bear cub.

Since the paint already contains PVA glue, it is not yet possible to dried paint You can glue any paper parts (beak, eyes, ears, tails, etc.).

Also, the fork stroke is similar to the plumage of birds. Therefore, you can make a drawing of any bird using this technique. This is how it happens, you can see in the photo of the craft below - COCK..

TRAINING METHODOLOGY – classical.
On two drawing samples.

What is the best way to TEACH DRAWING in kindergarten. Here is a technique that has been working great in kindergarten for several years. This technique allows you to get the CORRECT one the first time children's drawing. Let's look at it using the example of the same COCK from the picture above.

STAGE 1

We seat the children on a chair (in 2 rows) in front of one table. The teacher will do a demonstration on it. The piece of paper already has the outline of a rooster drawn in pencil. Three bowls contain different colors – yellow, red, blue. Each color has its own fork.

In front of the children, we begin our work - we draw feathers with a fork, freely mixing paints. We show you what is wrong and what is right. Let the children see from your example that it is better to draw lines ALONG the neck, and ALONG the lines of the tail, and not across.

STAGE 2

We painted feathers for one rooster in front of the children. Now we make him a friend - we take another sheet with a pencil rooster, and ask the children, “What should we do?” Children give you hints, you “mess up”, children correct you, tell you how to do it - you correct yourself and continue to make mistakes, then correct yourself. Now children are already acting as a “knowledgeable teacher”. After this game of drawing the second rooster. The children themselves sit down at the tables, where the same pencil rooster is waiting for them and, with knowledge of the matter, each perform their own craft.

As you can see, the demonstration method always works better on 2-X training drawings with the teacher’s hand.

• The first drawing, where the teacher does everything himself (teaching and explaining to the children)
• The teacher performs the second drawing according to the children’s prompts (“making mistakes” and correcting them).
• Each child already makes the third drawing himself, at his desk, with a smart, scholarly look.

Unconventional DRAWING

FEET PRINTS

The imprint of a child's foot, like a palm, can be turned into interesting drawing. The most different characters may be hidden in a child's footprint.

These are the kinds of paintings that can be created using an unconventional drawing technique from an ordinary print of a child’s foot.

I’ll say right away that in the realities of a kindergarten (where there are 30 children in a group) This kind of drawing with feet is difficult to organize. In the case of drawings with palms, everything is simple: children wipe their palms with a wet cloth (remove the main layer of paint), and then go to the sink and wash their hands with soap. When drawing with feet, the child cannot go and wash his feet in the washbasin. A gentle man with soap and several basins to wash his feet. You can't do this kind of work with whole group kindergarten. But…

Such drawing can be done as a specially organized individual lesson. Children are divided into groups of 4 people. One child gives his feet for a print, the second draws eyes, ears, tails, the third child draws grass, the sun, the fourth a tree, a bird and so on... (depending on the theme and plot of the picture).

You can try this option for organizing the entire process. Before bedtime, when children are barefoot. Let the child step on a piece of foam rubber dipped in paint. And then straight onto a sheet of paper. And then immediately a thin, wet, soapy terry towel, then into a basin with some water... and go to bed.

That is, you need to buy a sheet of foam rubber(it is cheap in the construction department, sold cut into meters). Wet the foam rubber, dilute the paint slightly with water so that it is well absorbed into the foam rubber (like ink in printing), place a sheet of foam rubber on a plastic tray. Nearby, on a second plastic tray, there is a wet, soapy towel (for wiping off paint), then there is a basin of water, and a dry towel. There is a chair next to each tray and basin. Three chairs + three elements (coloring, soap, rinsing, wiping).

It turns out to be a conveyor– the child sits on the first chair (steps on the foam rubber with paint, hop – raises his leg), move the tray with the foam rubber, put a sheet of paper in its place (hop – stamped). The child moves his butt to the second chair, next to which there is a tray with a soapy towel (hop-up, soaped his leg, wiped off the paint). The child moves his butt to the third chair, next to which there is a basin of water with a rag floating in it (hop, wash off the soapy leg where you need it with a rag). And wipe with a dry towel.

Everyone is happy. Except for the sanitation station. It does not allow collective rinsing in one basin. The sanitation station requires for 20 children - 20 basins, and 20 soap towels... 20 dry towels)))

Unconventional drawing

HATCHING method

And here's another beautiful technique for kindergarten. Where the elements of the drawing are created using the shading method. This results in an interesting image texture. This method is convenient for drawing everything fluffy and shaggy.

The technique is well illustrated by the example of this HARE craft.

The hare drawing is divided into ROW-SECTORS, each of which is shaded. We get even rows of shading.

Here is a life-size template for this craft.

You can modify this craft and present it as an applique. Where each element is cut out separately (ears, forehead, cheeks, nose, neck). Then each element is shaded. And then everything is assembled into a single whole application.

The ZONE HATCHING method can be used to create any other furry characters. For example, a fluffy ostrich.

That is, the teacher gives the child a piece of paper on which the eyes and beak of an ostrich are drawn. The child’s task is to draw a fluffy cloud of strokes around the eyes with a pencil or wax crayons. And then, under the resulting fluffy ball, draw the neck in rows of strokes. The teacher can help the children by drawing the circle of the ball of the head and the lines of the future neck, and dividing the neck into sectors for striped multi-colored shading.

You can come up with any character and design it in the form of SECTORS with shading - a cat, a parrot, a dog, and so on.

DRAWING in kindergarten

WITH A COTTON SWIP

(non-traditional technique).

In kindergarten, we all drew the FLUFFY DANDELION craft using cotton swabs. Here it is (photo below). Let's think about what other pictures can be drawn using a cotton swab.

Although even from a simple DANDELION theme you can create unconventional drawing– BRIGHT JUICY, as in the photo below.

It is best for young children to draw only SOME ELEMENTS of the characters using the technique of POKING WITH COTTON SWIPS - only the tail of a fox, the tip of a needle for a hedgehog.
That is, a kindergarten teacher combines the work of drawing watnyo with a stick with appliqué. First, on a piece of paper, the child makes an applique of the hedgehog’s face (from brown paper) and the skin of the hedgehog’s back (from white paper). And then this back skin needs to be completely covered with multi-colored cotton swab prints. Merry children's activity for drawing and pasting.

You can use drawing with a cotton swab using the ZONE FILLING technique. On a sheet of paper, draw the outline (silhouette) of a character in pencil - for example, a seahorse. The child must fill this entire area without leaving empty seats and without going beyond the pencil border. This is difficult, the child does not always see where he is thick and where he is empty. The teacher needs to repeat all the time: look for empty holes, fill the holes different colors dots, rather than dots of the same color.

The brain, attentiveness, and fine motor skills hands, and a sense of color. After all, you need to feel how you distribute the color across the zone - evenly or everything is yellow at the top, and everything is blue at the bottom.

Such a task can be started in the younger group and then in the older group - and even an adult can learn something in such training on the sense of color and composition.

You can also use a cotton swab to make CHAIN ​​PATTERNS. Like the rows of rings on the cacti below.

You can also draw entire pictures with dots. This non-traditional drawing technique can be called DOT GRAPHY.

The most interesting thing is to select points different shades and place them differently on image objects.

You can start working on this type of drawing with small tasks. Pieces of landscape, elements of architecture.

There is an artist Angelo Franco who paints paintings using the POINT TO POINT technique. Here are large points, contain smaller ones inside.

You can draw with a cotton swab and paints beautiful MANDALA(photo below). Mandalas are circular patterns, symmetrical and multi-colored. The homeland of mandalas is the East. They still lay out patterns of colored pebbles, colored sand, or flower petals.

For children, we must provide ready-made graphic templates-mandalas, with a given pattern. And the child’s task is to REPEAT EXACTLY every POCK with a stick in each of the symmetrical zones of the mandala. That is... if in one zone you made 2 yellow pokes on a petal, then in the other zones you need to make 2 yellow pokes, on the same petal, in the same place on the petal.

You can find many round mandalas for painting on the Internet. Choose those that are simple and easy to do for children of a given age.

You can draw dotted mandalas on plastic plates. As in the photo below.

You need to start drawing mandalas when the child has already mastered basic counting to 5. And can count the number of PUMPKINS in each ray or in each row of the mandala (if it is a row-ray mandala, as in the photo below).

Agree, this beautiful and unconventional drawing technique perfectly develops a child’s mind, his mathematical abilities, constructive thinking, the ability to plan the result, and calculate the drawing.

Drawing WITH A WET EFFECT.

(non-traditional methods).

Here's another unconventional one watercolor technique drawing. Here we put watercolor diluted with water on a sheet of paper and blow on it from a tube. We get watery spots and colorful streams. For such drawing it is not necessary to use watercolor; the same can be done with gouache diluted with water.

Below we see how this technique can be used in art classes in kindergarten and school. We give the child a drawing of a face (boy or girl) and the child’s task is to blow out the HAIR for these characters.

You can use a board on which you attach a sheet of paper with a clothespin. We place a large drop of paint on the edge of the sheet and lift this edge of the board up so that the drop flows down like a slide.

If we temporarily seal part of the sheet with a piece of masking tape, then we will have an empty, unpainted space on the sheet. And then in this place you can place an applique of someone under an umbrella. Here's how it's done in the photo below.

In the younger group of kindergarten, children will really enjoy drawing Klaks monsters. Krakozyabra can be inflated from a tube in any direction. And then, after drying, glue applique elements onto them.

Now I want to introduce you to another technique - SOAP + PAINT. Pour regular liquid soap or liquid for soap bubbles into glasses - add a little gouache to each glass. We get multi-colored soap paint. Dip a cocktail tube or a round “blower” into it and blow bubbles directly onto the paper. We get gentle bubble CLOUDS. They can be decorated into an interesting picture.

The bubbly clouds can be LUXURIOUS PEONIES (like the photo below). Blistered areas can be scallops on sea waves, like curly sheep skin, etc.

You can simply blow bubbles onto the surface of a sheet of paper with a straw, and then cut out a craft applique from this multi-colored sheet. Interesting idea for classes in kindergarten.

You can also draw with splashes - just SPRAY on paper multi-colored paint. A toothbrush is best for this.

Unconventional drawing

WAX-GRAPHY method.

Here is another technique that can be called CANDLE GRAPHY, or WAX GRAPHY.

Suitable for this technique white wax (or paraffin) candle. It can also be a children's wax crayon for drawing (but not just any kind). Choose chalk that has a greasy feel. Check in advance how the crayons work.

Now let's act. Draw a picture on a sheet of white paper with white chalk. Then we take watercolor (not gouache!!!) and begin to apply watery (not thick!!!) paint over the chalk lines. That is, we simply paint over our sheet of paper with colored watery paints and the invisible white wax pattern begins to appear. The paint does not cling to the wax and these places on the paper remain white.

You can draw multi-colored round mandalas in this style (with streaks of different colors). Looks beautiful painted autumn leaves: leaf contours and veins are waxy, and the filling of the sheet is multi-colored (red-yellow-orange).

The night rain over the water looks beautiful. Slanting lines of rain, diverging circles on the water - it's all wax. And then we paint it with dark blue paint and get a beautiful picture of rain.

You can use wax to draw jellyfish and sea creatures. And then apply dark (blue-violet-black) tones and depths of the sea will come to life.

Children are delighted when you offer them such an activity. The educator or teacher himself draws jellyfish, turtles, small tadpoles and amoebas on each sheet in advance. And then the child must find out who lives in the depths of the seas. He paints a sheet of paper and all these creatures appear under his brush.

Important rule. Before class, teach the children to ROSE a sheet of paper with a wet brush, and NOT TO RUBB THE SHEET WITH A BRUSH, LIKE A WASTE SPASH. Otherwise, the wax pattern may be damaged.

NIGHT pictures look beautiful using this technique. We draw one horizon line with wax, then waves, wax lunar path and the disk of the moon on the upper half of the sheet. Now we paint it in the colors of the night and get the sea, the moon and the white lunar path.

WINTER pictures also look good. White lines wax drawing like elements of white snow, the outlines of snowdrifts, the silhouette of a snowman, snow-covered huts - we draw all this with wax. Then the child applies blue or light blue paint and a winter landscape appears on the sheet.

But it's important– before giving these pictures to children, check for yourself whether the wax is of suitable quality. Are the lines of the design showing? What layer of paint should I apply (what is the degree of paint dilution with water)?

Unconventional drawing

Using the PRINT technique.

All children love this drawing technique. Because it gives quick and beautiful results for every child. Even the most inept artist can produce beautiful paintings. Children perceive the whole process as magic, exciting game with the magical effect of a picture appearing

In kindergarten, it is most convenient to organize the imprint technique. Let's see what materials are suitable for implementing this technique when drawing with children.

OPTION 1 – a lump of crumpled paper.

Crumpled paper gives a beautiful torn texture to the print. This is suitable for drawing the crowns of spring (yellow-green or pink) and autumn (orange-purple) trees. Paint is taken from jars or watercolors and dripped onto a bowl (lid from a jar). Dip a napkin into this drop, try the imprint on a rough sheet and, if you like, transfer it to paper.

OPTION 2 – corrugated cardboard.

Packaging gray cardboard is great for drawing a rose using the imprint technique. Slice cardboard box into strips across the corrugation line. We twist the strips into a tube and secure with an elastic band or thread. We make a stamp for a green leaf from a toilet paper roll.

Also, this method of ROLL Drawing is suitable for depicting a SNAIL SPIRL. You can also make LAMB SKIN CURL.

OPTION 3 – fluffy pom-poms.

In craft stores (or on craft websites) you can buy a bag of these soft pompoms. If you attach a clothespin to each, you will get a convenient holder for work. Using the pomponography technique, you can create decor for painting flat parts of crafts. And also paint pictures of white airy dandelions in watercolors.

OPTION 4 – toilet paper roll.

There are a lot of options here, because the tube-sleeve can be given different shapes. You can cut the sleeve in half Lengthwise, and we will get a half-ring stamp - an ideal stencil for drawing fish scales or tiers of coniferous legs of a Christmas tree.

A round roll can be flattened on both sides and you will get a pointed oval - this is the shape of a flower petal, or bunny ears. A great idea for non-traditional drawing in kindergarten with younger children (bunny) or older children (flower).

The flower is more difficult than the bunny because you need to RADIALLY arrange the petals around the middle of the flower.

You can also cut the EDGE OF THE ROLL into curly petals - and you will get ready-made petals for paintings. Such stamps are just a godsend for quick drawing bouquets and flower beds for children junior group. And even for the smallest babies in the nursery.

OPTION 5 – bubble wrap.

Packaging film with bubbles also gives interesting pattern a print that can be used in non-traditional drawing in kindergarten. For example, make an imprint of a honeycomb (as in the picture below).

Or make a drawing of a spring or autumn tree.

OPTION 6 – potato stamps.

You can cut stamps of any shape from potato halves. Cut the potatoes in half. Wipe the wet cut of the potato with a paper napkin. On the cut using a marker we draw the outlines of the future stamp. Cut with a knife along the drawn contours.

It is better to choose oblong, elongated potatoes for stamps. So that a child's hand can comfortably grasp the potato. Below in the photo we present only two topics for such unconventional drawing - owls and tulips. But you can come up with your own options. If you add PVA glue to the paint, you can glue details (eyes, nose, handles) on top of the prints.

You can make an experimental double stamp. Cut the halves of the champagne out of two potatoes and fasten the two potatoes together by piercing them through with a toothpick and wrapping them with electrical tape or tape. Take a swing at cool idea and experiment with creating stamps for it.

Unconventional drawing

PLUFFY colors.

Here’s another cool material for unconventional drawing, which young children love so much. This is a VOLUME PAINT for creating puffy designs. Making this kind of paint at home is quick and easy - mix PVA glue with gouache in a bowl and add daddy’s shaving foam. We make several of these bowls (not necessarily large ones) based on the idea of ​​what we will draw with the children. For a watermelon you only need two colors - so start with that. Watermelon seeds are a simple black gouache that we drip here and there.

The most different ideas can be embodied in this drawing technique for children in kindergarten. The simplest one is a waffle cone with ice cream. The horn is cut out of rough packaging cardboard, and we draw a waffle grid on it with a marker. The child glues the horn onto a sheet of paper (below) and lays out round balls with a three-dimensional pattern on it. You can give your child round templates, which he will first trace with a pencil over the edge of the horn, and then foam paint will be placed in these round outlines.

You can also put a few spoons on the cone different paints and then with the opposite end of the brush (or wooden stick) mix the paint into multi-colored stains. You will get a beautiful mix ice cream. A great craft for children at school or kindergarten during art classes.

Methods of working with thick paint in children's classes.

You can mix the paint on a separate tray (or on a piece of oilcloth). It’s better when each child makes his own color mixture - so we give each child his own oilcloth.

We put individual oilcloths for children on each table. Place bowls with 4 colors of paint in the center of the table. The child mixes these colors into a common puddle on his oilcloth - to the point of beautiful stains. Then a paper outline of the character is applied to the puddle (for example, seahorse). And then he lays it out to dry (the outlines of the skates must be signed with the child’s name in advance, and do not forget to remind the children to apply the unsigned side to the paint). Then the next day, when the foam paint has dried on the silhouette of the skate, you can continue working and make an appliqué of the skate in the sea waters, add spikes and algae around it, stick on shells, and pour sand on the glue.

You can try these interesting drawing techniques while working with children, both at home and in the garden. At school, this unconventional drawing can be done in lessons on visual arts, leaving the entire process for the child to create independently.

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