Simple but different drawing techniques. Drawing with children “21 ways to draw using non-traditional techniques
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!
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!
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
We apply spots of several colors of watercolor or gouache paint on 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.
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Elena Nikitina
Drawing one of the children's favorite activities. Drawing in unusual ways evokes even more positive emotions in children. Using unconventional drawing techniques development of thinking, imagination, fantasy, creative abilities. The child develops an interest in drawing, as a result, the desire to create.
Today I will tell you and show you how paint without using a brush.
1. Drawing with cotton swabs. We put paint on a stick and decorate the image on a sheet of paper with dots. (Christmas tree, snow, teapot, sundress, rowan branch).
2. Drawing with palms. Pour the paint into a flat container. Dip your palm and press it to a sheet of paper. (Flowers, fish, Santa Claus, swan, carrots).
3. Drawing with cotton pads. You can use cotton pads paint, folding them in half, quarter or whole. (Moon, snowdrifts, various flowers).
4. Drawing with prints. Simple drawing method: paint is applied to the surface to be printed and a print is placed on a sheet of paper. (Use: flowers, shells, fruits, vegetables).
5. Blotography. A spot or blot of watercolor paint is made on a sheet of paper. Take a tube and blow air onto the blot.
6. Drawing with a fork. We put paint on a fork from a flat plate and make an imprint with the flat surface of the fork. Can draw grass, fence, flowers, hedgehog.
7. Drawing with thread. The best thing draw with wool thread. We dip the thread in paint and apply it to a sheet of paper and create a pattern by imprinting with the movement of the thread. The wool thread creates a fancy pattern that is suitable for depicting clouds, clouds, sheep, or an unusual flower.
8. Drawing sponge or piece of foam rubber. We clamp a piece of foam rubber with a clothespin, dip it in paint and apply prints that create the texture of the object. They are used to paint animal fur, fluffy bunches of flowers, clouds, and tree crowns.
9. Splash painting. You will need a toothbrush and comb. Take a little paint on the brush and spray it with a comb. Move the brush over the comb over a sheet of paper. You can apply paints of different colors, it will turn out very beautiful.
10. Drawing with stamps. The stamp is easy to make from plasticine. We apply plasticine to a block, cube, etc. Using any sharp object, we depict some object or abstract pattern on it. The stamp is ready. We make a pillow from a sponge. Pour paint onto the sponge. We apply the stamp to the sponge with paint. Now you can make prints. A stamp can be made from the bottom of a plastic bottle, you get beautiful flowers.
11. Drawing imprints of cups and necks of different diameters. Pour the paint into a flat plate. Dip the glass in paint and apply the design to a sheet of paper.
12. Drawing with a comb. We will need a comb with fine teeth. Apply multi-colored paint (next to each other) on a sheet of paper in the shape of a drop. Then we run a comb over all the drops of paint, connecting and smearing them. It turns out to be an amazing rainbow. You can also draw different patterns, adding drops and moving the comb in different directions.
13. Drawing with wax crayons. Using colored wax pencils or wax crayons, apply the design to a sheet of paper. Then we cover it with one or several layers of watercolor. The result is an unusual and bright pattern. (Can draw stars, flowers).
14. Scratch (waxography). We paint the surface of the entire sheet of paper with wax crayons, then cover the sheet with black gouache. When everything is dry, scratch the paint and create a drawing with lines. You can scratch with a pointed stick, skewer, or toothpick.
15. Drawing with gauze. Apply a layer of gauze to a wet sheet of paper, straightening it. The gauze should remain motionless on the paper. Paint on top of the gauze with a brush and paint. Let the drawing dry. We remove the gauze - a pattern remains on the paper in the form of an imprint of the texture of the gauze fabric. (Landscape, sky, tree, grass)
16. Drawing using plastic film. Let's draw a picture. Before the paint has dried, quickly apply the film to the drawing in the right place and carefully, using rotating movements, create wrinkles of the film on the paper. The wrinkles collect paint. Allow to dry and carefully remove the tape.
17. Monotype. Drawing symmetrical objects. To do this, fold a sheet of paper in half and draw an object on one half. While the paint is still wet, fold the sheet in two again. A print will be made on the other half. After this, the image can be finish or decorate.
18. Drawing air bubble film. With the help of this wonderful material you can very easily draw falling snow. We apply white or pale blue paint to the film and apply it to a sheet of paper with a pattern. With this technology you can make an extraordinary background for winter applique.
19. Painting with salt. Apply a design to a sheet of colored cardboard using PVA glue. We draw a picture on the theme of winter. Sprinkle salt on top. When everything is dry, shake off the excess salt.
20. Drawing with semolina. For drawing in this technique Use colored paper or cardboard. PVA glue is applied to the outline of the design. Semolina is poured on top and a sheet of paper is placed tightly on top. Then remove the paper and shake off the excess semolina. So way the next part is created.
21. Drawing with a candle. On a thick sheet of paper or cardboard, children draw with a candle according to plan. The sheet is painted over with watercolor paint. Wax images will appear through the watercolor. (Christmas tree, snowflakes, animals).
You can also use the following techniques unconventional drawing: feather drawing, finger painting, drawing on a stencil with a stamp, drawing using the poke method, drawing with soap bubbles, drawing with crumpled paper, drawing with leaves.
Publications on the topic:
Introduction to non-traditional art techniques 1. “Introduction to non-traditional techniques of fine art activities” 2. slide Children should live in a world of beauty, games, fairy tales, music, drawing, fantasy.
Consultation “Drawing in non-traditional ways” The development of the creative potential of the individual should be carried out from early childhood, when the child begins to master it under the guidance of adults.
The children in our group and I really enjoyed learning about various artistic techniques. The guys were so immersed in.
Notes on drawing with non-traditional techniques “Autumn Leaves” Age group: 2-junior Type: productive activity Form of organization:.
Introducing preschool children to non-traditional drawing techniques Municipal budgetary preschool educational institution MBDOU No. 33 “Malinka” METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT: “We introduce preschool children.
Painting technique- a set of techniques for using artistic materials and means.
Traditional painting techniques: encaustic, tempera, wall (lime), glue and other types. Since the 15th century, the technique of painting with oil paints has become popular; in the 20th century, synthetic paints with a polymer binder (acrylic, vinyl, etc.) appeared. Gouache, watercolor, Chinese ink and semi-drawing technique - pastel - are also classified as painting.
WATERCOLOR
Watercolor(from Italian “aquarello”) - means painting with water-based paints.
There are many artistic techniques in watercolor: working on wet paper (“A la Prima”), working on dry paper, pouring, washing, using watercolor pencils, ink, working with a dry brush, using a palette knife, salt, multi-layer painting, using mixed media.
Types of watercolor techniques:
dry - painting on dry paper, with each layer of paint drying before applying the next one
raw, wet watercolor, alla prima - painting on wet paper. The wet-on-wet technique uses the flow of watercolor and creates unusual color effects. Using this technique requires knowledge of the moisture level of the paper and experience in using the technique itself.
Alla prima (ala prime) (derived from the Italian alla prima - at the first moment) is a type of oil and watercolor painting technique that involves completing a painting (or a fragment thereof) in one session, without preliminary markings or underpainting.
Filling is a very interesting technique in watercolor. Smooth color transitions allow you to effectively depict the sky, water, and mountains.
The palette knife is used not only in oil painting, but also in watercolor painting. With a palette knife you can emphasize the outlines of mountains, stones, rocks, clouds, sea waves, and depict trees and flowers.
The absorbent properties of salt are used to produce interesting effects in watercolors. With the help of salt, you can decorate a meadow with flowers, get a moving air environment in the picture, moving tonal transitions.
Multilayer painting is rich in color. Multilayer painting uses all the artistic techniques of working with watercolors.
Watercolor is one of the most complex painting techniques. The main quality of watercolor is the transparency and airiness of the image. The apparent simplicity and ease of painting with watercolors is deceptive. Watercolor painting requires mastery of the brush, mastery of seeing tone and color, knowledge of the laws of mixing colors and applying a layer of paint to paper. There are many techniques in watercolor: working on dry paper, working on wet paper (“A la Prima”), using watercolor pencils, inks, multi-layer painting, working with a dry brush, pouring, washing off, using a palette knife, salt, using mixed media.
Watercolor, despite its apparent simplicity and ease of drawing, is a very complex painting technique. Watercolor painting requires mastery of the brush, mastery of seeing tone and color, knowledge of the laws of mixing colors and applying a layer of paint to paper.
For watercolor work, paper is one of the most important materials. What is important is its quality, type, relief, density, grain size, sizing. Depending on the quality of the paper, watercolor paints are applied to the paper, absorbed, and dried differently.
PENCIL
Pencil is a material for drawing. There are black graphite and colored pencils. Pencil drawings are done on paper using shading, tonal spots, and light and shade.
Watercolor pencils are a type of colored pencils that are water soluble. The techniques for using watercolor pencils are varied: blurring a drawing with a watercolor pencil with water, working with a watercolor pencil soaked in water, working with a pencil on wet paper, etc. It is more difficult to do a drawing.
With a pencil you can get infinitely many shades and gradations of tone. Pencils of varying degrees of softness are used in the drawing.
Work on a graphic drawing begins with a constructive drawing, i.e. drawing the external contours of an object using construction lines, usually with a medium-soft pencil H, HB, B, F, then in a tone drawing, in which there are no contour lines of objects, and the boundaries of objects are indicated by shading; if necessary, softer pencils are used. The hardest is 9H, the softest is 9B.
When drawing with a pencil, it is advisable to make as few corrections as possible and use an eraser carefully so as not to leave stains, so the drawing will look fresh and neat. It is better not to use shading in a pencil drawing for the same reasons. To apply tone, the technique of shading is used. Strokes can be different in direction, length, spacing, and pencil pressure. The direction of the stroke (horizontal, vertical, oblique) is determined by the shape, size of the object, and the movement of the surface in the drawing.
A pencil portrait turns out very realistic and filled with light. After all, with the help of a pencil you can convey many shades, depth and volume of the image, and chiaroscuro transitions.
The pencil drawing is fixed with a fixative, so the drawing does not lose its clarity, does not smear even when touched by hand, and is preserved for a long time.
OIL
Oil painting on canvas is the most popular painting technique. Oil painting gives the master an unlimited number of ways to depict and convey the mood of the surrounding world. Pasty or airy transparent strokes through which the canvas is visible, creating a relief with a palette knife, glazing, the use of transparent or opaque paints, various variations of color mixing - all this variety of oil painting techniques allows the artist to find and convey the mood, the volume of depicted objects, the air environment, and create the illusion space, convey the richness of shades of the surrounding world.
Oil painting has its own peculiarity - the picture is painted in several layers (2-3), each layer needs to dry for several days depending on the materials used, so usually an oil painting is painted from several days to several weeks.
The most suitable material for oil painting is linen canvas. Linen fabric is durable and has a vibrant texture. Linen canvases come in different grain sizes. For portraits and detailed paintings, fine-grained, smoother canvas is used. Coarse-grained canvas is suitable for painting with a pronounced texture (stones, rocks, trees), impasto painting and palette knife painting. Previously, painting used the technique of glazing, applying paint in thin layers, so the roughness of the linen layer gave the painting elegance. Nowadays, the technique of impasto strokes is often used in painting. However, the quality of the canvas is important for the expressiveness of the painting.
Cotton canvas is a durable and inexpensive material, suitable for painting with paste strokes.
Oil painting also uses such bases as burlap, plywood, hardboard, metal, and even paper.
Canvases are stretched on cardboard and on a stretcher. Canvases on cardboard are thin and usually do not come in large sizes, and do not exceed 50*70. They are lightweight and easy to transport. Canvases on a stretcher are more expensive; finished canvases on a stretcher can reach a size of 1.2m by 1.5m. The finished painting is framed.
Before working with oil, the canvases are glued and primed. This is necessary so that the oil paint does not destroy the canvas, and so that the paint adheres well to the canvas.
Oil paintings are most often done by placing the canvas on an easel. Oil painting uses a palette knife technique. A palette knife is a tool made of flexible steel in the form of a knife or spatula with a curved handle. Different shapes of the palette knife help to achieve different textures, relief, and volume. You can also apply even, smooth strokes with a palette knife. The blade of a palette knife can also be used to create fine lines - vertical, horizontal, chaotic.
PASTEL
Pastel(from Latin pasta - dough) - a technique of painting and drawing on the rough surface of paper and cardboard with pastels. Pastel is one of the very unusual types of visual materials. Pastel painting is airy and gentle. The subtlety and elegance of the pastel technique gives the paintings a lively, sometimes fabulous and magical quality. In the “dry” pastel technique, the “shading” technique is widely used, which gives the effect of soft transitions and delicacy of color. Pastel is applied to rough paper. The color of the paper matters. The background color, appearing through the strokes of the pastel, evokes a certain mood, weakening or enhancing the color effects of the drawing. Pastel paintings are fixed with fixative and stored under glass.
The pastel technique gained wide popularity and reached its peak in the 18th century. Pastel has the property of imparting extraordinary softness and tenderness to any subject. Using this technique, you can create any subjects - from landscapes to drawings of people.
The advantages of pastel are great freedom for the artist: it allows you to remove and cover entire layers of painting, stop and resume work at any time. Pastel combines the possibilities of painting and drawing. You can draw and write with it, work with shading or a painterly spot, with a dry or wet brush.
Pastel types:
dry- produced from pigment by pressing without adding oil
oil- made from pigment with linseed oil by pressing.
waxy- produced from pigment by pressing with the addition of wax
The techniques for working with pastels are varied. Pastel touches are rubbed in with fingers, special brushes, leather rollers, silk square brushes, and soft swabs. The pastel technique is very subtle and complex in its overlays of pastel “glaze” color on color. Pastel is applied in spots, strokes, and glazes.
To work with pastel pencils, you need bases that hold the pastel and prevent it from falling off. Pastels are used on rough types of paper, such as torchon, whatman paper, sandpaper, on loose, fleecy cardboard, suede, parchment, and canvas. The best base is suede, on which some classic works are written. Pastel drawings are secured with special fixatives that prevent the pastel from falling off.
Edgar Degas was an unsurpassed pastel master. Degas had a keen eye and an infallible drawing, which allowed him to achieve unprecedented effects in pastels. Never before have pastel drawings been so reverent, masterfully careless and so precious in color. In his later works, reminiscent of a festive kaleidoscope of lights, E. Degas was obsessed with the desire to convey the rhythm and movement of the scene. To give the paints a special shine and make them glow, the artist dissolved the pastel with hot water, turning it into a kind of oil paint, and applied it to the canvas with a brush. In February 2007, at a Sotheby’s auction in London, Degas’s pastel “Three Dancers in Purple Skirts” was sold for $7.87 million. In Russia, masters such as Repin, Serov, Levitan, Kustodiev, and Petrov-Vodkin worked in pastels.
SANGUINE
The color range of sanguine, a material for drawing, ranges from brown to close to red. With the help of sanguine, the tones of the human body are well conveyed, so portraits made with sanguine look very natural. The technique of drawing from life using sanguine has been known since the Renaissance (Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael). Sanguine is often combined with charcoal or Italian pencil. To ensure greater durability, sanguine drawings are fixed with a fixative or placed under glass.
Sanguina has been known since antiquity. It was then that sanguine allowed the introduction of flesh color into the drawing. The technique of drawing with sanguine became widespread during the Renaissance. Renaissance artists developed and widely used the “three pencils” technique: they painted a drawing in sanguine or sepia and charcoal on toned paper, and then highlighted the desired areas with white chalk.
Sangina(from the Latin "sanguineus" - "blood red") - these are pencils of red-brown tones. Sanguine is made from finely ground burnt sienna and clay. Like pastel, charcoal and sauce, sanguine is a soft material that is shaped into tetrahedral or round crayons during production.
With the help of sanguine, the tones of the human body are well conveyed, so portraits made with sanguine look very natural.
The technique of working with sanguine is characterized by a combination of broad strokes and shading with strokes of sharply sharpened sanguine blocks. Beautiful sanguine drawings are obtained on a toned background, especially when charcoal and chalk are added to the base material (the “three pencils” technique).
For the drawing, choose sanguine of a shade that better suits the characteristics of nature. For example, it is good to paint a naked body with reddish sanguine, and a landscape with grayish-brown or sepia-colored sanguine.
Sometimes sanguine is combined with charcoal, which produces cool shades. The contrast of warm and cold shades gives a special charm to such works.
To ensure greater durability, sanguine designs can be secured with a fixative or placed under glass.
TEMPERA
Tempera(from the Latin "temperare" - to connect) - a binder of paints, consisting of a natural or artificial emulsion. Before the improvement of oil paints by J. Van Eyck (15th century), medieval egg tempera was one of the most popular and widespread types of painting in Europe, but gradually it lost its importance.
In the second half of the 19th century, the disappointment that came with later oil painting served as the beginning of the search for new binders for paints, and the forgotten tempera, the well-preserved works of which speak eloquently for themselves, again attracted interest.
In contrast to oil painting and old tempera, new tempera does not require the artist to have a specific system for painting, giving him complete freedom in this regard, which he can use without any damage to the strength of the painting. Tempera, unlike oil, dries quickly. Tempera paintings coated with varnish are not inferior to oil paintings in terms of color, and in terms of immutability and durability, tempera paints are even superior to oil paints.
Graphic materials and techniques are varied, but, as a rule, the basis is a paper sheet. The color and texture of the paper play a big role. Colorful materials and techniques are determined by the type of graphics.
