What types of drawing for children will help restore interest in creativity. Unconventional drawing using the Grifonage technique
What to do at home with your baby when it's cold outside? Of course, creativity! And we have made for you just a huge selection in which we talked about all sorts of unusual ways of drawing. Let's get started soon!
Top 40: unusual ways of drawing!
If you have a pencil with an eraser at the other end at home, then this idea is for you! With a little time to prepare, you can create vibrant pictures. You will appreciate the simplicity and accessibility of this type of creativity, and the baby will have fun and usefully spend time.
Let's draw with an eraser!
We have an entertaining idea for you and your little ones that combines creativity and the study of the laws of physics! This activity will captivate the whole family!
Thanks to this idea, little ones will be able to better explore colors and their combinations. And the method will definitely surprise them!
Making magical colored milk!
We have a great idea for you on how to entertain your baby while developing his creative abilities. It won’t take a lot of your time and money, but the idea will definitely amuse your little one!
Let's spray paint!
If it suddenly starts to rain outside, this is not a reason to be sad! We offer you and your kids entertainment in inclement weather. Just don't forget to wear raincoats)
What are machines for? Of course, organize races, roll your favorite toys and give parents back massages in the morning) Have you tried using them as a drawing tool? We would like to offer you and your restless ones a simple but very unusual idea.
All kids love to do something unusual and interesting, discovering a lot of new fun. Therefore, we try to find only the most interesting and educational ideas for you and your little ones! And this time we invite you to make bright ice colors! In the process of drawing, the baby will easily learn colors and their combinations.
Have you ever drawn in 3D? We have found an extraordinary creative idea for you and your kids that combines painting, paper sculpture and nature study! It’s very simple to implement, but how much joy and new discoveries this activity will bring you!
After drawing with crayons, small “stubs” remain, which are no longer so convenient to use. We want to give you an idea on how you can use them. Keep drawing with them, just a little differently! Make paint out of them!
We will need: crayons, thick food bags, a hammer.
Place crayons of the same shades in a bag and close tightly. Tap the bag with a hammer to turn the crayons into powder. Be careful not to hit too hard, otherwise the bag may tear. Pour the resulting powder into a bowl and add water. The paint is ready! It's that simple! This paint will lay softly on paper or any other surface. Draw with pleasure!
This time we again want to invite your kids to draw, only now with ice-cold crayons! It turns out very beautiful and cool, besides, in the process the baby observes that the oil does not mix with water, and this can be used as an artistic technique.
In summer, nature appears before us in all its glory! Berries, fruits and vegetables are ripening, there is a riot of greenery outside, flowers are blooming and giving us their aroma. We invite you and your children to try one interesting summer fun - make natural watercolors! And if it’s cold outside, you can buy flowers in the store. This dye is completely natural and safe, plus it's so much fun to make! Try it yourself!
We want to tell you about one artist, whose name is Jackson Pollock, and about his painting technique, which your children will certainly enjoy. The great thing about this technique is that you get to “splatter” paint to your heart’s content! Jason Pollock's technique involves placing the canvas on the floor and spraying paint from the brushes without touching the brush to the canvas. In 2006, a painting titled “Number 5, 1948” was sold at Sotheby’s for $140 million!
We're sure you've never painted with frozen paint before! Today is the day to discover new horizons and try this fun form of drawing.
Is it still raining or has it stopped, but you didn’t get to see the rainbow?! No problem! Today we will make our own rainbow from colored rice (we will also tell you how to color it), and at the same time we will repeat all the colors and learn a funny rhyme about a rainbow. We can admire our rainbow at any time, regardless of the weather and time of year!
Have you ever thought about how you become an artist? That's right, with practice and training. In general, drawing teachers have a lot of interesting and entertaining exercises, while doing them you can’t even say that you are undergoing training. This is exactly how we treat them – as creative entertainment! Today we will share with you one of them - drawing circles.
Usually, at every holiday, balloons become obligatory guests. But then time passes, and the balloons begin to deflate. You think they can no longer bring joy, but you’re wrong! Today we will tell you how to create a wonderful portrait using a balloon. Fun guaranteed! :)
We want to talk about another fun type of art - drawing with film with pimples. So it’s time to get out the box from under the TV, mixer or juicer that has not been thrown away, the film from there will be very useful to us today in the creative process;)
Today we invite you to bring our hooligan idea to life. Let's combine water balloon throwing and art! What will we get? Of course, great fun for a warm summer day! Intrigued? ;)
Let's draw with watercolor pencils!
We decided to invite you and your children to master an unusual type of drawing, which is sure to amuse the whole family with its slightly hooligan attitude! Today we invite you to draw using old pieces of yarn or thick threads, which are probably found in every home!
We decided to show you a recipe on how to make body paints at home. The best part about this recipe is that the dye is absolutely safe for your baby’s skin! If your children are older, be sure to let them make their own paint, imagine their pleasure when they create real body paint from different materials!
Everyone knows about drawing on asphalt with crayons! Today we will tell you about another interesting idea for asphalt art - painting with paints, and we will also give you a recipe on how to make these paints from scrap materials! With this idea, you will always have an answer to your child’s question “What are we going to do today?!”
Everyone knows about painting with fingers, palms or a brush. Have you tried to draw with a living flower?
Want to learn another unusual type of drawing? Then this idea is for you, because today we will draw on stones. The idea is very simple, but, nevertheless, it can successfully keep your child occupied for a very long time. Such unusual drawing develops imagination and contributes to the development of the creative self of your fidget.
Coloring is always a fun activity for children. After reading this article, you will learn how easy it is to make your own unique drawing templates and color them! Abstract coloring encourages children to use their imagination and can keep them busy throughout the day. Drawing also actively develops fine motor skills, which has a beneficial effect on the development of speech and mental abilities.
Let's become artists today? But we will create our creative masterpieces in a very unusual way - by putting multi-colored stamps made from ordinary pepper. This simple method will allow even the youngest creators to create their first artistic work, and older artists will be able to show their imagination and understand that there are practically no limits to creativity.
We invite you to show your child what miracles there are in the world of science. Has your child ever seen colors grow before their eyes? If not, then try this unusual experiment. The child will be delighted when he sees that the picture has become three-dimensional!
Every child probably loves to embody their flights of fantasy in drawings. But are you already tired of ordinary paints and pencils? Try offering your little artist a new way to paint using salt and glue. You will be surprised how much delight and emotion this unusual way of drawing will cause. It’s so interesting to watch how the colors themselves “diverge” throughout the drawing, and the picture turns out bright and voluminous.
For many, autumn is a time of inspiration; some begin to write poetry or entire poems, others convey what they see in stories, and for others the creative process results in autumn paintings. It is on drawing that we want to stop and tell you about another unusual type - drawing on autumn leaves.
How wonderful it is when you can walk through the autumn park and enjoy the rustle of autumn leaves. But the weather is not always conducive to such a walk. Today we invite you, together with your fidgets, to create a unique autumn mood in your home - we will make leaves with unusual, creative colors.
To make your walks more vibrant and colorful, we suggest you pour paint into spray bottles and paint a snowman you have built or draw a whole picture in the snow.
Drawing, as you know, develops a child’s creativity and imagination, so we decided to offer you another unusual way of drawing, namely drawing with soap bubbles. You will get an unusual picture in which you can search for and represent animals, plants, or even various cartoon characters.
The experiment is very interesting and magical. You will see white flowers turn into colors. In addition, the wonderful holiday of March 8th is coming up and such a spring bouquet will be an excellent gift for mothers and grandmothers!
Alekseenko Galina Mikhailovna
I organize work in this area with children through joint and direct educational activities. The use of non-traditional techniques allows children to feel unforgettable positive emotions, develops imagination, and encourages creative activity.
I offer several types of non-traditional drawing.
Wax crayons + watercolor
Means of expression: color, line, spot, texture.
Materials: wax crayons, thick white paper, watercolors, brushes.
A child draws with wax crayons on white paper. Then he paints the sheet with watercolors in one or more colors. The chalk drawing remains unpainted.
Leaf prints
Means of expression: texture, color.
Materials: paper, gouache, leaves of various trees (preferably fallen ones), brushes.
Image acquisition method: The child covers a piece of wood with paints of different colors, then places it with the painted side on the paper to make a print. Each time a new leaf is taken. The petioles of the leaves can be painted on with a brush.
Black and white scratch paper (primed sheet)
Means of expression: line, stroke, contrast.
Materials: half-cardboard or thick white paper, a candle, a wide brush, black mascara, liquid soap (about one drop per tablespoon of mascara) or tooth powder, bowls for mascara, a stick with sharpened ends.
Image acquisition method: the child rubs the sheet with a candle so that it is completely covered with a layer of wax. Then mascara with liquid soap or tooth powder is applied to it, in this case it is filled with mascara without additives. After drying, the design is scratched with a stick.
Colored scratch paper.
Blotography with a tube.
Means of expression: spot.
Materials: paper, ink or thinly diluted gouache in a bowl, plastic spoon, straw (drink straw).
Image acquisition method: The child scoops up paint with a plastic spoon and pours it onto the sheet, making a small spot (droplet). Then blow on this stain from a tube so that its end does not touch either the stain or the paper. If necessary, the procedure is repeated. The missing details are completed.
Drawing with soap bubbles.
Means of expression: spot
Materials: paper, liquid soap, Gouache, tube.
Method of obtaining: drop gouache into liquid soap and start blowing with a tube until a “cap” of soap bubbles appears, then cover with a sheet. Bubbles are imprinted on the sheet. The missing details are completed.
Painting with salt.
Materials: glue, salt, paints, brushes.
Method of obtaining:
Apply the design with glue, and then sprinkle salt on the glue. After a minute, shake off the excess salt and begin to paint pointwise with a brush, the paint spreads across the design.
Spraying, painting with a toothbrush.
Means of expression: point, texture.
Materials: paper, gouache, hard brush, piece of thick cardboard or plastic (55 cm).
Image acquisition method: Sprinkling drops using a toothbrush and stacks. Let's put paint on the toothbrush and quickly move it along the surface of the brush, towards us
Drawing "Poke"
Materials: hard brush, gouache, sheets.
Method of obtaining: the child puts paint on a brush and hits the brush on the cardboard.
Palm drawing.
Materials: gouache, sheets.
Method of obtaining: the child applies gouache to his palm with a brush or dips his palm into a bowl of paint and transfers his palm to the sheet.
and also with your fingers.
Frottage
Materials: Wax crayons, sheets.
Method of obtaining: We place a landscape stencil under the sheet and paint the sheet with wax crayon using up and down movements.
Plasticineography.
Materials: plasticine, thick cardboard.
Method of obtaining: We lay plasticine flagella over the drawing, then with finger pressure we stretch the plasticine over the entire drawing.
Where does this strange statement about yourself “I can’t draw?” come from? Everyone can do it, just in their own way. So my child began to periodically get upset about something, that I couldn’t draw it or that it didn’t turn out beautifully. An artist friend suggested that we stop trying to draw according to a model, as is generally done in various drawing circles, and try something that is not standard. She suggested trying monotype. Further - more, I began to look for more options for similar techniques that reveal the child’s individuality. There was no end of them.
Some things turned out to be familiar from childhood.
Blots
Fold the sheet in half, open it and apply colored spots of paint on one of the halves. then fold the sheet again and press tightly - iron it with your palm or attach a heavy book. Let’s open it up and look at what happened (the Rorschach test probably looked like it was created)))) You can add something if you want to add it.
Frottage
Remember? :)
A sheet of paper is placed on a flat, relief object and then, moving an unsharpened colored pencil across the surface, you get a print that imitates the basic texture. You can rub pencil crumbs in the same way, over a relief surface. Anyone who has tried to draw on a table with a relief coating knows how this drawing technique can be included in a drawing completely uninvited :) And you can create drawings by combining the relief of several objects. Here’s the beauty:
Leaf prints are also made in the same way.
The result is drawing, the revelation of individuality, the development of imagination, confidence in one’s ability to create, and many, many other useful moments for a child (and an adult) in such techniques. I love universal things, like
3 in 1 strollers :)
Prints
Marbled paper
- shaving cream (foam)
- watercolor paints or food coloring
- flat plate for mixing shaving foam and paints
- paper
- scraper
Work plan:
- Apply shaving foam in an even, thick layer onto the plate.
- Mix different colors of paint or food coloring with a little water to make a rich solution.
- Using a brush or pipette, drip paint of different colors onto the surface of the foam in a random order.
- Now, using the same brush or stick, beautifully smear the paint over the surface so that it forms fancy zigzags, wavy lines, etc. This is the most creative stage of the whole work, which will bring pleasure to children.
- Now take a sheet of paper and carefully apply it to the surface of the resulting patterned foam.
- Place the sheet on the table. All you have to do is scrape off all the foam from the sheet of paper. For these purposes, you can use a piece of cardboard or a lid cut in half.
- Underneath the shaving foam you'll find stunning marble patterns. The paint has time to quickly absorb into the paper; you just need to let it dry for a few hours.
Passepartout
This is when a child’s doodles are inserted into a sheet with some shape cut out. Here, for example, is a butterfly.
Monotype
Drawing with cling film
Apply spots of several colors of watercolor or gouache paint to the entire surface of the sheet. We put the film on top and draw various lines, lightly pressing the film. Let the paint dry and remove the film. We complete the drawing with felt-tip pens or pencils.
Soap painting
You can mix the paints with soapy water and then apply patterns and shapes with a brush. When drawing, soap bubbles are formed, which create the texture of colorful strokes.
Drawing on a wet surface
The technique is very simple: moisten a sheet of paper with water, let it dry for 30 seconds and start painting with watercolors. The colors spread in different directions and very interesting patterns are obtained (dawn, clouds, trees, rainbow).
And further
1. Salt. Make a sketch on paper first. Moisten it with water using a brush, sprinkle with salt, wait until it absorbs the water, sprinkle off the excess salt. When everything is dry, draw the missing elements and paint. Salt is good for drawing dragonflies, birds, jellyfish, butterflies, snow, smoke.
2. Wax. Prepare a sheet of animal silhouettes that you will “draw” with a candle in advance. By painting over the drawing, the child will unexpectedly “create” images of animals.
3. Foam rubber or sponge. By dipping a sponge in thick gouache, a child can draw landscapes, bouquets of flowers, lilac branches, and apple trees.
4. Bunch of pencils. Securely secure a large piece of paper with duct tape. Gather colored pencils into a bun so that the sharpened ends are at the same level. Invite your child to draw.
5. Crayons and starch. Pour a little starch onto a piece of paper and spread it evenly over the surface with your hands. Invite your child to draw with crayons on a slippery surface. It's better to use the primary colors of the crayons so that they give you new colors.
6. Colored glue. Pour the glue into empty bottles, add a few drops of a different color to each, and you are ready to create works of art. Draw with colored glue on dark paper using the “drip” technique.
7. Gauze swab. Invite your child to dip a gauze swab into paint and draw clouds, soap bubbles, snowdrifts, ducklings, and butterflies. The missing details must be completed with a brush or felt-tip pen.
Corn cobs. Come up with some image. Dip the cob into the paint and roll it over a sheet of clean paper. Make an impression using the tail of the corncob.
8. Blotography. Let the child drip paint onto the sheet, tilt it in different directions, and then finish drawing the blot so that it turns out to be some kind of image. Or a child dips a brush into paint, then places a 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 blow on the paint from a straw - this is also a way to give the blot room to unfold :)
9. Drawing with dots. The child, with light pressure from the pencil, outlines the preliminary contour of the object, then, using a dot technique, fills the space inside it, using felt-tip pens or pencils of different colors.
10. Splatter painting. The most important thing here is to master the “spraying” technique. Apply gouache to a dry toothbrush with fairly stiff bristles, a little less than you usually put in toothpaste. The consistency of the paint is slightly thicker than a paste, so water is usually not needed here. Hold the brush in your left hand with the bristles down at a distance of 3-4 cm from the paper and use the stick to scrape the bristles towards you. The multi-colored “spray” (fireworks) and yellow-red (golden autumn) on a white sheet are very beautiful; white “spray” on a dark blue background (winter landscape).
11. Drawing with feet. Secure a sheet of paper to the floor with duct tape. Place a pencil between your baby's toes and ask him to draw something. You can create with both feet on one sheet of paper at the same time. Attach a large piece of paper to the wall and ask your child to draw something on it while lying on his back.
based on materials from user Cherry of the site liveinternet.ru
Each has its own characteristics: techniques, execution techniques and materials and tools used. The types of drawing and painting, the quality and accuracy of the image, as well as its aesthetic properties depend on what artistic materials the artist uses.
Drawing and painting: what is the difference?
Drawing is a type of graphics, which is a black and white or color image on paper, cardboard, made by hand. This concept includes both a simple drawing or sketch and complex paintings using perspective. For drawing, materials such as:
- simple graphite pencils;
- colour pencils;
- markers;
- ink, ink (applied to paper with pens or pens);
- sanguine;
- coal.
Drawing, unlike painting, has a wider application. The figure below shows graphs of functions of the form y. This presentation of educational material helps students and students better understand complex mathematical equations and their practical applications.
Drawing with pencils
One of the most used tools in fine art is a simple pencil. They are inexpensive. They do not require any special handling skills. Based on their hardness, they are divided into 3 types: soft (M, M2 or B, B2), medium hard (TM or BH) and hard (T, T2 or H, H2). With a pencil you can create all types of drawings: from a sketch to a photographic image.
How to use such a tool correctly? Gennady Li, in his book “Fundamentals of Academic Drawing,” advises beginning artists to use the softest (M2) pencil. This teaches you to be more responsible about your work and act more carefully. They learn to make lines and strokes with a light movement, barely touching the surface of the paper. A soft graphite mark is easier to erase with an eraser or a kneader (soft eraser). Even slight pressure makes the lines darker and thicker. Professionals can achieve the desired tonal ratio using the hardest (T2) pencil.
Techniques for working with pencils
Particular importance when working with pencils is given to the execution technique - shading. Contours are drawn not with long lines, but with short strokes. Also, shading darkens areas on a sheet of paper. It should convey not only the tone, but also the texture of the subject. In this case, the lines are placed parallel and tightly to each other.
The figure shows graphs of functions in the form of complex mathematical formulas, which are impossible to depict without the use of special tools and without taking your hand off the sheet. This can only be done by applying the image with short strokes. But it is precisely from such simple lines, ovals or sinusoids that all visible objects consist.
When working with colored pencils, the same tools and techniques are used as with simple graphite pencils. The main difference is that the drawing is colored.
Markers
These brightly colored sticks with hard shafts that leave rich color on the leaf are a recent development. Therefore, nothing is written about them in old drawing textbooks. Lines drawn with a felt-tip pen have an even, bold mark not only on the surface, but also on the back side of the sheet of paper. Therefore, it is not suitable for painting large areas. It is used for highlighting, loose color shading.
Felt-tip pens are used when you need to create a drawing in the form of signs and inscriptions. It is suitable for drawing graphs, especially if you need to draw several lines on them, displaying different functions or calculation results.
Ink, ink
Fountain and ballpoint pens, which use ink and ink as coloring pigments, are used not only in calligraphy, but also in drawing. In terms of their capabilities, they are not inferior to pencils, but they have some features. Ink and ink lie on paper or cardboard in smooth, monochromatic lines, regardless of the pressure applied. That is, the tone does not change. Therefore, they are rarely used when creating photographic three-dimensional images. But they are suitable for such types of drawing as sketching and sketching.
To work with the tool, you can use any paper, even writing paper. The ink is applied easily without scratching the paper, which often happens when working with a sharpened hard pencil.
Sanguine, coal
Sanguine is a type of clay. Sticks are made from it and fired. It has a red or brownish-brown color.
Coal gives black color. It is obtained by roasting birch or aspen branches in a closed oven. Compressed charcoal is made from simple charcoal.
Despite the fact that these are two different materials, the execution technique and types of patterns obtained with their help are the same. Artists often use both materials on the same sheet of cardboard along with chalk. To prevent the image from crumbling, it is treated with special adhesive fixatives. You should work with these materials carefully, as it will not be possible to erase what you have drawn. Even a smudge won’t help, and an eraser will simply smear everything into a muddy spot. See below for what the drawing made with charcoal or sanguine looks like.
Painting: tools, materials, technique
In painting, the main tool is the brush, and the materials used are watercolor, gouache, acrylic or oil paint. They are produced in sets of 3, 6, 9, 12 or more colors. To get the paint of the desired shade, they are mixed on the palette. A palette is a plastic or wooden board with grooves and a hole for your finger. If you don’t have such an item, you can use a porcelain plate instead.
The image is applied to cardboard, whatman paper or canvas. When using oil paint, they are primed with special gypsum-based compounds.
Watercolor
This is a water based paint. The peculiarity of this artistic material is that it is almost transparent. Apply it to cardboard or paper with squirrel hair brushes. There are two techniques for working with watercolors: on a dry or wet sheet of whatman paper.
Even a small child who has picked up a brush for the first time can work on dry cardboard or paper. An image is drawn with a simple pencil. Usually at this stage of work such types of drawing as sketch and draft are used. Light areas are painted first, then dark areas. This is done so that the colors do not mix. Errors are corrected by rubbing the paper with a sponge or brush soaked in water.
Drawing on wet Whatman paper is much more difficult. Only an artist with extensive experience working with this technique can perform work with The drawing shows the appearance of objects with streaks of paint, an almost transparent play of light. To do this, paint is applied in circles, gradually darkening the corresponding areas. The white parts of objects are not painted over.
Gouache
To work with gouache paints, use brushes with synthetic bristles. It lays down in an even, opaque layer. It is applied to paper or cardboard. The technique of working with gouache is the same as when working with watercolors on dry paper, but with some features. Since it is opaque, a different, but different color can be applied to a layer of paint. Excess gouache in the painting, as well as mistakes made during the work, are eliminated using a scraper (the corner of a ruler will do) or a damp brush. Applied in a thick layer, it cracks when dried. If the excess is not removed, then it may fall off.
Gouache dried in a jar is diluted with water to a creamy consistency. Since the paint quickly fades in the sun and rubs off, such paintings must be hung in places inaccessible to direct sunlight under glass.
Oil paint
Most of the paintings in the Hermitage and Tretyakov Gallery are painted in oil. The advantage of oil paint is that it practically does not fade in the sun, but takes a long time to dry. It can be applied either pointwise, when strokes of different colors are placed side by side, or in layers. Errors and/or excess paint are removed with a palette knife. A palette knife is a special spatula. Sometimes it is used to apply paint. It produces an unusual artistic effect when it is laid out in blocks.
They use not only thick, but also liquid oil paint. To liquefy it, add vegetable oil (sunflower, corn, flaxseed, etc.). It is applied in layers. This technique is called the glaze method. A striking example of what a painting made in this way looks like is “Moonlit Night on the Dnieper” by A. I. Kuindzhi. The moon seems to glow.
An oil painting takes about a year to dry. If the glaze method was used, then each layer dries for about six months. The drying process can be speeded up by adding a solvent, such as turpentine or white spirit, to the paint. Then the paint will dry in 2-3 days, and the surface of the painting will become matte. To prevent the surface from cracking during drying, cover it with damp rags.
Acrylic paints
Acrylic paints are a modern art material. With their help, artists create paintings that are close in their graphic parameters to photography, with the same clarity and brilliance. They dry quickly. When working with the same techniques are used as when working with oil.
Artists, along with traditional materials, use modern ones and combine them. It is not always possible to determine and explain what types of drawings are obtained. For example, a watercolor still life, where the contours of objects are highlighted with a felt-tip pen. What artistic material was used to create the painting? What type of drawings can it be classified as? But it is not so important how and with what to draw, the main thing is that drawing brings pleasure not only to the artist, but also to the audience.
Monotype is a print made with paints: stains of paint (with or without water) are applied to a sheet of paper, another blank sheet is placed on top, pressed and smoothed. It turns out two sheets with an unusual spotted pattern. It can be used either as a background for a future drawing, or it can be modified, adding details, turning a shapeless spot into a full-fledged drawing.
If you take not two sheets, but one folded in half, the paint will print almost like a mirror image. This version of the technique produces watercolor landscapes very well: the clearer half is, say, a forest, and the blurrier half is the reflection of the forest in some body of water. All that remains is to finalize the details.
Watercolor and drawing ink
Since watercolor and ink are transparent, fluid paints that require a lot of water, monotype using them can be done in two ways. First, you can moisten a sheet of paper with water, and then apply paint with a wide brush or drops. Secondly, you can apply paint to a dry sheet and then dilute it with drops of water. The results in both cases will be noticeably different.
Don't use too much paint and not enough water - the prints will be too bright. If, on the contrary, you need to get rid of excess liquid, blot the sheet with a crumpled paper napkin or sprinkle coarse salt on the paper. This will also create unusual textures. After the paint has dried, you can simply shake off the salt.
Acrylic and gouache
These paints, unlike watercolors and inks, are dense and opaque. The prints are also different: they are textured and textured (especially when using acrylic). By the way, absolutely any acrylic is suitable for monotype. If you use thick, undiluted paint, when you remove the second sheet (if you remove without moving) you will get beautiful tree-like or coral-like structures. If you move or rotate it slightly when removing the top sheet, you will get a beautiful and textured smearing effect.
Aging paper with lemon and milk
This is a "pre-drawing" technique used to give paper the appearance of an old yellowed page. Apply drops of lemon juice to a clean sheet of paper; some can be smeared. Lime juice will also work. When the juice dries, iron the sheet with an iron. The lemon juice will darken, creating an aging effect. In addition, the sheet will also wrinkle slightly, which will give it an even greater resemblance to old paper.
Instead of lemon juice, you can use full-fat milk or cream. This method dates back to ancient times when milk was used as invisible ink. Apply milk with a brush to a piece of paper and let dry. Then iron the sheet or heat it in another way. The milk will turn brown and tint the leaf in an antiqued manner.
Washing off black mascara
Another way to tint paper in an original way (attention, the process is very messy). You will need sheets of paper, white gouache, drawing ink, and a large brush. The paper must be very thick so that it does not tear when washed. We paint over the central part of the sheet with white gouache (you don’t have to try to make the outline even, chaotic strokes will do). We wait until the paint dries. Now carefully paint over the entire sheet with black ink. Let it dry again.
Now we take the dried sheet and go to the bathroom. Gently wash off the mascara from the sheet under running water (you can lightly rub it with your hands). Wash the middle part of the sheet (the mascara on top of the gouache should wash off easily). And the edges of the sheet, since the ink has been absorbed into the paper, will remain black. Place the washed sheet on a stack of newspapers and leave to dry. While you wait, wash the bathtub, otherwise the mascara will become very stubborn.
Drawing with shaving foam and ink
You can get very beautiful stains this way. You need shaving foam or gel and colored mascara. Squeeze the foam onto a plastic palette (if it’s a gel, add a little water to it and beat it with a brush), spread it in an even layer over the palette and add a few drops of drawing ink. Using the handle of the brush, make streaks of mascara on the foam. Now place a sheet of paper on top, press lightly, remove. Remove any remaining foam with paper napkins.
Drawing with threads
A very unconventional way of drawing that gives amazing results. You will need paper, ink and thick knitting threads. Dip a piece of thread in ink and lay it out beautifully on a sheet of paper (but the tip of the thread should extend beyond the edge). Cover with another sheet of paper, place a book on top and press down lightly with your hand. Now slowly pull the thread out. When you remove the book and separate the pages, you will see that both sheets of paper are covered with a beautiful intricate design. The pattern can be further developed into a full-fledged drawing.
Blot spots
Such ink stains can become a preparation for a full-fledged work: they can be a background, or they can be the basis of a drawing, which needs to be supplemented with details. Apply a few drops of colored ink to a dry sheet of paper (if you want a lot, it’s better not to apply them all at once). Take a cocktail straw and inflate the drop. You can simply blow, trying to stretch the blot as far as possible, or you can try to give the spot some shape so that you can then use it to create a drawing.
"Crumpled" drawing
Paint on crumpled paper gives an interesting effect. You will need paper, wax crayons and gouache (watercolor). Using crayons, draw the desired object (outline) on the sheet, and also fill in the space around the object with crayons. Now the sheet must be carefully crumpled, then straightened. We paint over it with gouache, and then, using a sponge and water, quickly wash off the paint. The paint should only remain in the folds of the paper in the unpainted area.
Technology in action 
You can paint with a regular toothbrush. Or you can draw with an electric one. A massage brush will also work. The result is unusual concentric patterns that can be used as a background for a drawing (especially if you take more than one color). The required paint is gouache or acrylic.
Punching
With the help of various stamps (which, by the way, can be almost all small and not very small objects), you can create an interesting background for drawings, the drawings themselves, and even decorate clothes and interiors. You can use both improvised objects with an interesting texture and stamps you made yourself: cut them out of an eraser or from a potato (at a time). Then all you have to do is dip the stamp in paint and start creating.
splashing
There are two ways to spray paint on a sheet. The first is stencil spraying, when an object is placed on a sheet of paper and its outline is imprinted with splashes. The second is targeted spraying, with different intensities, paint concentrations, and droplet sizes. This way you can create entire drawings that are quite presentable and not “childish”.
Point technique
Similar to stamping. In addition to the fact that the technique gives a rather unusual result, it is also a great way to relieve your stress. You will need cotton swabs, sheets of paper, and paint of your choice. Dip a cotton swab into the paint and begin to apply the design onto the paper with rhythmic movements. It is very interesting to try to mix colors and shades in this technique.
Drawing with foam rubber
A textured background or “fluffiness” in a drawing can be created using an ordinary sponge. You can try this technique with soft foil or a thin plastic bag: dip a small piece of sponge (if the foil or bag is a small lump) into the paint and dab it over the surface of the sheet.
"Combing the Paint"
To create texture, try running a scalloped comb or a regular fork over the still-wet paint. The lines can be made both straight and wavy. Just be careful not to overdo it to avoid damaging the paper.
Scratch
This is also scratching with a sharp object, only here it is not the texture that is created, but the pattern itself. Rub a thick sheet of paper with a candle, apply mascara or gouache on top of the wax layer (so that it completely covers the sheet, without gaps). You need to add a few drops of liquid soap to the mascara, so it will fit better. When the paint dries, take a sharp object and scratch the design.
Drawing using cling film
Apply large spots of paint onto a sheet of paper and cover with cling film. But you don’t need to smooth it out; on the contrary, slightly scrunch it up. When the paint is completely dry, remove the film. Thin lines and bubbles will remain on the sheet, which cover the sheet like a cobweb.
Believe me, these are not all the methods, methods and techniques of drawing that you can try if you want something unusual in your creativity. In the end, no one is stopping you from using your imagination and trying to come up with something new!
