How to teach a child to draw

All children are talented! Every observant mother knows this. If you notice that your child is showing an increased interest in drawing, help him show and develop abilities. It is not necessary to think that you are raising the future artist. In life, there is always a place for creativity. Perhaps your child will become an architect, hairdresser or culinary culinary, but creative thinking developed in childhood will come in handy in any work.

How to teach children of different ages

How to teach a baby to draw

You can start teaching a child to draw and learn the world when he sits well, at about 8-9 months. Of course, he will not draw a picture, but he will find out what paint is.

In order for the baby to feel an interest in drawing, a sheet of Whatman is required (the back of the wallpaper is quite suitable), several colors of paint, old clothes that are not a pity to stain and a good mood. On a sheet of paper spread on the floor, put jars of paint and sit the baby. It is better to use a finger, it does not contain harmful components.

Let the baby in a hurry to look around, run the fingers in the paint, consider what its consistency is. Then, dipping a finger in the paint, show how it lays on paper. At this stage, you can explain to the child what colors are: we painted grass green, and the sun will be yellow. It doesn’t matter if after such a lesson you have to wash the baby, you saw how happy he was!

How to teach a child 1-3 years old

When the child grows up a little, he can be offered to draw with a brush or pencil. There are also special felt -tip pens for kids. You can add gouache and watercolor to the finger colors. Let me draw a little artist yourself, choose colors yourself. A very interesting activity to draw together. For example, we draw autumn together with the child. You schematically depict the trees, and the baby draws leaves with paints with a brush or fingers. The second option: draw a butterfly. You draw a butterfly torso, and the baby with the help of fingers or palms complements the pattern with wings. Create with your child, help him express your emotions. Do not forget that drawing is one of the methods of art therapy, and also develops fine motor skills.

Each lesson spend in the form of a game, unobtrusively tell me what you can draw: grass, sun, flowers. Develop a child's perseverance, attention and imagination. The baby is 3 years old and older can explain how to mix paints to get a different color. For example, get green by mixing blue and yellow. At this age, you can teach to draw with paints landscapes, favorite fairy -tale heroes. Do not immediately teach to teach to draw right, let the baby feel the freedom of creativity, express his emotions. Even if it will be incomprehensible “Malyaks”, if only the artist was happy. And you will have time to teach to draw correctly.

How to teach to draw a child 5 years old

When the child becomes older, he can show him some methods with which it is easy to draw animals and people. If you do not have such skills, you can record a child in an art school go to the studio where they teach to draw. In this case, it is very useful for you to attend the lesson. It is good if drawing lessons for preschoolers are carried out in a mild game form. Much depends on the teacher how much he likes to work with the kids.

If there is no way to attend classes, or you want to teach the child to draw yourself, books and videos will be to help you.

How to teach a child 7 years old

If the preschooler is constantly engaged in drawing, then by the age of 6-7 he has his own opinion, how and what to draw, knows how to draw with paints and pencils. At this age, it is recommended to teach the child a phased image of figures of animals, birds, and people.

Huge help in teaching the child will provide video lessons. On them you can master various drawing techniques, learn to draw landscapes, flowers, animals. Advantages of video lessons:

1. They can be repeated until the material becomes clear.
2. They can be spent at a time convenient for children and parents.
3. Video lessons can be held if there is no way to attend a studio or art school.

If you notice that the drawings of your child are much better than the drawings of peers, it is advisable to add classes with a specialist.

What rules should be observed when learning drawing:

1. Do not improve the "masterpiece" of the child with your hand, it may be offended.
2. Immediately explain to the baby that there is enough paper in the house, so do not draw on the wallpaper.
3. Do not treat the baby's creations mocking. Let sometimes come out crookedly - after all, everyone starts with training.

How to teach a child to draw in stages

If you decide to independently teach the baby drawing, be prepared for the fact that you will also have to draw. It is from your drawings that the child will take an example, therefore, the images should be bright, specific, not to divorce into small details. It’s good when the drawing process is accompanied by a story. So it will be more understandable to the child, and in the future you can also ask him comments. Learn to draw simple geometric shapes, then convert them into more complex images.

How to teach a child to draw: we draw a fishing

Step 1. Teach the child to draw an oval with a pencil. The oval will be the basis of the picture.

Step 2. We draw the shape of the fish. On the left, we pull the picture - there will be a head, draw a tail on the right. Lightly pull the shape of the fish.

Step 3. We draw fins: on top will be a dorsal, from below not far from the head - side.

Step 4. show in the figure how the head is separated from the body (gills pass there), draw a beautiful round eye. On the tail and fins we make several strokes.

Step 5. The fish is ready. We paint, as fantasy suggests.

It is not so difficult to teach a child to draw animals, just you should know what geometric figure can transform into a bird or dog.

How to teach a child to draw: we draw in stages a bird

Step 1. We will draw a pelican. The basis of all birds can be an oval or egg. We draw an oval - this is the body. From above from the oval there will be a bird's neck and head. We draw a curved line, this is a neck. Twisted from above, the head turned out. The beak will be long because we draw a pelican. We portray it in the form of a straight line.

Step 2. Draw the lower neckline. Then we lengthen the tail, it has a triangular shape. We plan where the wing is located. The wing has the shape of an elongated petal. We determine where the legs are.

Step 3. Draw the legs and beak of the pelican.

Step 4. We draw feathers on the wings and on the head of the pelican. As you can see, teaching a child to draw correctly. The main thing is fantasy and imaginative thinking. Perhaps you will develop your ability to draw at the same time!

How to teach a child to draw: we draw a stages car

We will draw a bus.

Step 1. To teach the baby to draw a car, you should decide on the main form. The bus has an elongated shape, mostly looks like a loaf of bread. We draw a rectangle, slightly rounded in the upper corners.

Step 2. We draw the nose of the bus (front part) and the place where there will be wheels in the form of semicircles.

Step 3. We draw wheels, disks in the form of circles.

Step 4. We draw the windows of the bus and the front glass.

Step 5. Add the headlights, a few more strokes, so that it is clear where the radiator is. The bus is ready!

How to teach a child to draw a person

To teach a preschooler to draw a person, you should not use the basics of an academic drawing. It is more correct to tell how to portray a person using geometric shapes. To begin with, we will draw a boy’s static figure.

Step 1. The human head in shape resembles an elongated oval. The body can be portrayed as a rectangle, the legs are also in the shape of a rectangle. We draw your hands in the form of two rectangular triangles adjacent to the body.

Step 2. Elubicated ovals we denote the hands and feet of the legs. We draw ears and neck.

Step 3. Draw the face and hair. We make straight lines of the hands slightly smooth.

This is a simple schematic way to teach to draw a person. When the child takes possession of them, you can learn to draw clothes, movement, emotions. The most important thing is that drawing gives the baby joy and help to know the world.

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