An interest in drawing should be instilled in a child from the very beginning. early years, and even months. Vasily Sukhomlinsky noted the great role of this type of creativity in the development of the baby’s mental powers. A famous teacher wrote that “the more skill in a child’s hand, the smarter the child.” He was firmly convinced: drawing not only develops creative thinking and imagination, it is a means of logical cognition and aesthetic perception of the world.
And in order for a little artist to “draw with pleasure and improve in his creativity, an adult must help him in a timely manner,” believes Valentina Salivon, author of the book for kindergarten teachers “When a Child Draws.”
Let's take a closer look at how parents can organize drawing lessons so that their child finds it interesting and comfortable.
Functions of drawing, or why it is worth doing with your child
Creative activity is an important component of a child's education. Nina Sakulina, who devoted a lot of work to studying artistic education children, rightly notes: several successful works are not evidence that in the future the child will become a great artist; but the experience of creativity still leaves a deep mark on the development of the child’s personality: he can apply it to any other field of work.
So, drawing:
- strengthens the muscles of the fingers and develops fine motor skills hands (this is an excellent exercise, during which the child hones the ability to perform precise movements with the hands and fingers; this is a good preparation for writing, since the movements of the hand and the baby’s gaze are synchronized);
- improves thinking and speech (this happens when, for example, a child tells what he drew, what colors he used, etc.);
- increases perseverance (while drawing, the child concentrates on one action, trying to accomplish what he has planned);
- lifts the mood (lots of colorful objects, bright colors, the opportunity to express what you want - all this brings joy to the little creator);
- increases self-esteem (it is important for a child to be praised for his “masterpieces” and not criticized: this way he will know that he is doing something well);
- disciplines and develops the ability to manage one’s time;
- introduces mathematical concepts(let's say a child learns to draw geometric figures).
Drawing for children from 6 months to 6 years
What can you offer a child at this age?
Stick a sheet of paper on a vertical surface and show your child how you draw lines and circles with wax chalk. Let the child try to repeat it. And be sure to say what you are drawing, what color, etc.
Give your child a piece of paper and paint and let him find a use for it on his own. Of course, in this case, the child will want to taste the contents of the multi-colored jars. Therefore, use harmless finger paints, and best of all, prepare them yourself from safe ingredients. You can, for example, make them from starch and food coloring or from semolina porridge and some kind of coloring syrup (beetroot, carrot). Just make sure that your baby is not allergic to these components.
A child at this age does not yet understand that he is “drawing”; for him it is a game; but he already sees and understands the beautiful and vibrant result of his work.
From one year to 1.5 years Children are already showing a desire to draw. Your task at this stage is to teach the child precise movements so that he realizes that drawing is not just “scribbles”.
What should I do for this?
Children as young as one year old can already be offered basic coloring books. For example, draw some simple shape - a circle or a square - and ask your child to color only this detail.
At this age, you can already try giving your child special coloring books. They help to manifest creative potential, develop artistic taste.
Young children should be given images to color:
- large, without small parts;
- with thick contours (about 5 mm);
- requiring no more than 3–4 colors.
It would be good if it was an image of a familiar cartoon character.
You can also try buying your child a 3D plaster coloring book.
Children over 2 years old They let you paint with gouache and watercolors. Also buy brushes of different thicknesses - let the child see that they can draw different lines. At this age, you need to teach your child to color and draw small details and simple people.
With a 3 year old child Valentina Salivon, for example, recommends:
- draw objects of different sizes (say, a large and a small ball);
- use elements of the game (Santa Claus and the bunny “ask” to draw...);
- show how to paint and shade without going beyond the outline;
- learn how to correctly place an image on a sheet of paper.
This age is also favorable for studying various techniques drawing: for example, with a wet blot, smeared paints, cotton swabs, stamps, fingers, crumpled paper, etc.
Children aged 4–6 years- They are quite adults and for them the drawing process occurs consciously. They understand what they are drawing and what result they want to see. To do this, use various objects: felt-tip pens, pencils, etc. You can show them how to mix paints different colors and get new shades.
At this age, it is easier for children to draw something that consists of numerous parts. Therefore, it’s time to show them how beautifully and easily they can draw an animal or their favorite cartoon character using step-by-step diagrams. There are many of them on the Internet.
Remember that drawing should bring little artist joy and pleasure. Provide a comfortable psychological environment for this.
It is important for a child that parents:
- respected his creative initiative;
- admired the works (put the drawings in frames, hang them on the refrigerator and never throw them away in front of the baby);
- created with him;
- did not impose their opinion;
- accepted his fantasies and inventions;
- they didn’t force them to draw what they wanted - the child doesn’t like it;
- in each drawing they found something for which to praise - something new, interesting, unusual;
- They never finished drawing what the baby drew, it offends him.
Patience and good luck with your lessons!
Preschoolers love to draw. At the age of 4-6 years, the child has already mastered the basic skills of handling a pencil, felt-tip pens, brushes and paints. How to teach a child to draw at 4, 5, 6 years old are simple, but realistic drawings, what step-by-step schemes to use, what to stock up on for your child’s creative explorations, and how to teach him to create story pictures?
We will try to answer all questions.
The benefits of drawing for children
Many parents have heard about the benefits of drawing.
Drawing for children 4, 5, 6 years old helps:
- stimulate fine motor skills;
- develop speech;
- correctly formulate thoughts and put them into sentences;
- express yourself;
- assert oneself;
- develop a creative approach;
- develop attentiveness, perseverance, and hard work.
Among other things, drawing can:
- give positive emotions;
- strengthen memorization of material;
- signal to parents about the child’s complexes and problems;
- overcome the fear of starting work from scratch;
- lay the foundations of aesthetic perception.
You can get a lot of benefits from drawing if you do it correctly. The main thing is not to overdo it and not discourage the child from wanting to draw anything at all.
What to buy a child for drawing
Pledge have a good time for drawing - proper preparation of the process. Children don’t like to wait, and if a creative impulse happens, you need to be 100% ready:
- Paper. Take A3 sheets. Children aged 4-6 are just developing their eye and, carried away by drawing the head of the animal, forget to leave room for the body.
- A simple pencil. Children use it to create basic outlines. Take the one marked HB, it does not crumble and is not too greasy.
- Eraser. This is an indispensable thing for erasing unnecessary borders and lines. You can buy it, or you can make it exclusive using special plasticine. For one thing, remember classes in plasticine modeling, which is good for variety of activities.
- Colored pencils and markers. The wider their palette, the happier the child.
- Sharpener. Don't skimp, buy a good, professional one. This way the baby won’t be angry that she doesn’t sharpen, breaks the rod, etc., but will be happy to draw.
- Wax crayons. They are good for painting over contours.
- Paints. If the child is 4-5 years old, this is gouache. At 6 years old, you can give your child watercolors. These paints are transparent and vibrant, but require certain skills.
- Brushes. Choose large (for the background), medium (for wide lines) and small (for drawing outlines). Select the diameter of the shaft to be the same as that of a writing pen - the child’s fingers will begin to prepare for writing letters and numbers.
- Jar for water. You can use a regular glass or buy a special one.
- Palette. Your child will definitely need to mix colors.
- Colored crayons. Who knows, maybe inspiration will strike a child while out for a walk?
- Soap and towel. No matter how neat a child is, if he works with paints, his arms will be covered up to his elbows, his cheeks, and his nose. Believe me.
When everything is purchased, pay close attention to the child’s creative corner:
- Lighting. The place for drawing should be well lit - no one needs vision problems at such a young age.
- Availability. The child must get all art supplies without getting up from the chair.
- Practicality. Make sure that all surfaces are easy to clean and that the child is able to clean up after himself.
When everything is ready, you can start working!
How to teach a child to draw trees step by step
A tree is the simplest drawing that a child can be taught to draw even at 4 years old, using step-by-step scheme. The baby is already familiar with the depiction of trees using straight lines and geometric shapes. Let's complicate the problem and add realism to the tree. Here's how we'll draw a deciduous tree:
- Draw a tubercle, a circle above it and connect the two objects with straight lines (this is the trunk).
- Draw a smile on the circle that goes through the top points of the straight lines. Draw branches to it.
- Make the edge of the crown uneven, highlight the places where the branches enter, draw the trunk and grass on the tubercle. The tree is ready!
Using the same principle - from simple schematic outlines to the desired contours - draw a spruce and birch tree, as shown in the following pictures. 
Conveniently, the trunk and branches can be drawn with a pencil, and the child is free to create the crown as he wishes. Fingerprints, brush pressure, pencil strokes. In any case, the tree will turn out to be alive and real.
How to teach a child to draw animals step by step
For drawing animals with children 4-6 years old, use the same method. Draw the frame using geometric shapes and give it a shape.
Let's look at this point with an example best friend human - dog:
- Draw a circle and an irregular oval - this is the head and body of the dog.
- Connect two roundnesses with smooth lines - this is the neck.
- Add a muzzle and tail.
- Draw the ear and paws.
- We paint over the ear, draw the nose, eyes and tongue, add the outline of the second pair of paws, erase unnecessary borders - the dog is ready to guard the yard!
The yard can be drawn around the dog later. Add a house, a booth, a fence - and story drawing ready!
Using the dog principle, try to depict:
- kitten;
- duck;
- horse;
- pig.
If your child wants a running horse, simply lift the front of the body higher when drawing and “bend” the horse’s front legs at the knee, allowing the mane and tail to flutter in the wind.
How to teach a child to draw a person step by step
One of the first desires of a child is to draw a picture of mom, dad and himself. At first these are stick men, but this option will not suit a 4-year-old child, and the angular little man ceases to seem good drawing already at 5 years old. And the child also wants a person to do something on paper.
Let's try to draw a boy about to play chess:
If a child is seriously interested in drawing people and what you offer him does not suit him due to disproportionateness, show the little artist the following diagram:
Here are the proportions of people of different ages, the child may be interested in this, and he will try to draw a real proportional person. This information is relevant for children 6 years old.
Autumn landscape - step-by-step drawing for children
The easiest way for 4-5 year old children to paint is to create a landscape.
Let's take autumn - it is the most colorful:
- Don't force a 4 year old child to draw. If he doesn’t want to, replace drawing. Bored? Try to switch his attention to . For him, drawing can be a completed stage, and he realizes himself through other activities.
- If a child at 5-6 years old is completely “showy”, distract him from his favorite activity or introduce elements of such games into his gatherings with the album. The baby must develop harmoniously.
- Talk to your child about his drawings. A simple “wow, beautiful” is not enough. Ask what is happening in the picture, why everything is this way and not otherwise - the baby will appreciate your attention.
- Do not compare your child’s work with one example. The sun can be represented by a hundred in various ways. Don’t instill in your child the complex that he won’t succeed this way; encourage the individuality of his work.
- Keep your child's work. And he will be pleased, and in your old age you will have something to look at and remember.
Drawing for children - video
This video shows how to draw a person. They tell you how to calculate the proportions of a person.
This video shows detailed lesson for painting with watercolors. It describes in detail how to prepare for such an event.
Drawing - useful look children's activities. By drawing, the child trains attention, memory and hand, and by talking about what he has drawn, he practices speech. For some children, drawing is a real outlet, their own world from which they cannot be torn away. Not all children become artists, but all children's drawings are masterpieces for their parents.
Does your baby draw a lot? What does your child like to draw most? if you have interesting ideas for children's drawings or experience on how to teach children 4-6 years old to draw, share it with us in the comments!
Master class “Drawing for the little ones.”
Shatokhina Rita Vyacheslavovna, teacher additional education MBU DO "House" children's creativity Kalininsk, Saratov region."
This master class is intended for teachers of additional education, preschool teachers. The master class will also be of interest to little artists aged 4 years and older and their parents.
Purpose: This master class is a short drawing course for little ones, which shows how to draw with geometric shapes.
Target: creating conditions for acquiring drawing skills.
Tasks: teach your child how to draw familiar images using geometric shapes;
instill the skills to carefully work with paints and brushes;
develop creative imagination and fine motor skills.
The kids who come to my association for classes are still very young, but they really want to draw. From experience working with children, I realized that it is easier for them to draw with geometric shapes. Children draw according to my demonstration, step by step. When starting a lesson, I never tell the children what we are going to draw today. I know from experience that they find it more interesting. In the process, they guess who they are drawing, and this brings them a lot of joy. And everyone’s drawings are different.
Master class on drawing for children “Snail”
Prepare: A4 landscape sheet, watercolor paints, brushes different sizes, a jar of water and a napkin.
Before we start painting, I tell the children that the paints are sleeping and need to be woken up by gently stroking them with a brush. Let’s wake up the yellow paint first and start painting.
Draw a bun in the center of the sheet, gradually unwinding the brush, and then draw an arc with brown paint.
We turn the arc into a loop.
We draw the horns and paint them over.
Decorating the snail's house.
We draw the eyes and mouth of the snail. Next, the children themselves come up with and decorate the background of the picture: where is the snail?
Children's works:
Master class on drawing for children “Turtle”.
Draw in the center of the sheet yellow paint“Kolobok”, draw 4 loops with brown paint.
The fifth loop is drawn larger in size; we paint over all the loops.
We draw circle eyes, first with white paint, then with black.
Decorate the turtle shell. The child can come up with his own pattern.
Master class on drawing for children “Fish”
We draw a “bun” with yellow paint, draw arcs: top and bottom, it looks like an eye.
Draw a triangle tail for the fish. Then we decorate the fish with red paint. draw with a brush: mouth, fins.
We draw scales and decorate the tail.
We “print” with a brush: we draw pebbles and water, draw lines with green algae paint.
Draw the eye of the fish with black paint. Black paint likes to play around, so we are especially careful with it.
"Winter meadow".
Take a sheet blue color, A4 format. We paint the koloboks with white paint. We draw lines, draw snowdrifts.
Brown paint we draw the trunk and branches of trees, hands, eyes, mouth and broom for the snowman.
Decorate the drawing with snowflakes. Decorate the snowman: draw a bucket on his head and a scarf. Children complete the drawing and decorate it.
Using the same principle, you can draw autumn forest, only initially the koloboks will be yellow, orange and green, and leaf fall, we draw by applying a brush, we print. Children’s work:
Master class on drawing for children “Hedgehog”.
We draw the “bun” with brown paint.
Draw a triangle nose.
Child's work.
We draw a clearing for the hedgehog, the children fantasize.
Child's work:
Master class on drawing for children “Frog”.
Take a sheet of blue color, A4 format. Draw a “bun” in the center with green paint.
We draw another “bun”, and on top there are two “bridges”.
We draw the frog's legs, draw the children's attention to the fact that the frog's legs differ in their structure, which helps the frog to jump well and stay on even the most slippery surface.
We draw the frog's mouth and eyes. We decorate the picture after talking with the children: where does the frog live?
Master class on drawing for children “Cockerel”.
We draw a large bun - the body, a smaller bun - the head. We connect them with smooth lines, we get a neck.
We draw the cockerel's legs-triangles and tail, lines-arcs.
Use red paint to paint the cockerel's comb (bridges), beak and beard, and apply a brush.
Many people think that drawing is an artistic “science” that not everyone can master. In fact, a person’s desire for art awakens in early childhood, but without a certain development of abilities, it weakens over the years.
So is it possible to teach a child to draw, especially if he was born unable to do so? When to start educational process and from what exactly? Finally, should I send my child to an art school or a drawing club in the future?
At what age do children start drawing?
Children begin to take an interest in drawing quite early, following the example of their parents and brothers and sisters writing something on paper. However, in in a general sense the craving for drawing manifests itself in children aged 1 to 1.5 years.
And if at first the child’s drawings look more like scribbles, then closer to 5 years (and up to 15 years) an actively developing imagination helps children create real masterpieces on paper.
The benefits of drawing for child development
Rate all positive sides drawing in childhood is almost impossible - its influence on children is so enormous that the development of the child’s entire personality falls under the “sight”.
In a general sense, drawing:
- forms in the child a passionate sense of beauty and a desire to create something beautiful;
- develops the baby’s mind and imagination and helps to master new “tools” for exploring the world: felt-tip pens, brushes, pencils;
- The child learns to convey surrounding objects through his pictures and at the same time is engaged in useful work.
Where to start?
The first drawing lessons can take place already when the baby learns to hold objects in his hands. At this point, mom can hand him pencils and help him draw a simple line on the paper.
Let it not be completely even and even “slide” from the album onto the table. It is much more important that the child understands: his “manipulations” can subsequently turn into something truly beautiful!
Pencils or markers?
You should not give pencils to children without adult supervision, so that they do not accidentally get hurt by them. However, under watchful supervision, children can draw with felt-tip pens and a brush - especially since they make their first attempts at “pen” using coloring books.
Who would refuse to draw a character from their favorite book, the finished image of which lies in front of you on paper? It’s hard to make a mistake and do something wrong here!
Which ones exactly?
Some people find that pencils or thin felt-tip pens are not very convenient to use. At least for children two years old: their stylus often breaks and the rod is pressed inward.
However, only by giving your child the opportunity to choose something of his own from a variety of options will you help him find his favorite “tool” for drawing.
Paints or crayons?
A two-year-old child can draw with almost anything: with finger paints and thick felt-tip pens - on paper, with bright crayons - directly on the asphalt or board. It is generally most convenient to draw last, since they are soft and leave clear lines behind them.
Mastering gouache and paint will be a little more difficult, because they imply not only the desire to sculpt something, but also a certain creative technique.
Miracle of technology!
IN Lately Stores began to sell amazing things for drawing: a set for creating glitter on velvet paper or amazing felt-tip pens that a child can blow into. And it's truly wonderful!
Drawing lessons for kids from 2 to 4 years old
Teaching a child who is 2-3 years old to draw begins with mastering the simplest techniques. At the same time, it is very important to be attentive to the child’s needs to create and not to ridicule his diligent scratching of a pencil on paper.
The condescending attitude of adults towards children's drawings leads to the fact that the child may consider drawing an empty activity and abandon it.
What will you need?
Take bright colors, paper (than bigger size there will be sheets, the better), good brushes, a soft sponge and a glass of water. It is best to dress in something that you don’t mind getting dirty - even a purchased apron for drawing will not save you from stains when the young artist is only 3-4 years old!
How much time should you spend studying?
You need to teach your child to draw for 10-20 minutes, 2-3 times a week, so that he doesn’t get bored, but also doesn’t lose his desire for creativity in the end.
Techniques for developing drawing skills
the freedom of action
To conduct this lesson, take glossy paper white And watercolor paints. Let your little one dip the brush into the paint can and drip it directly onto the paper! The whimsical patterns with which it spreads will look like magical pictures!
Sponge but not Bob
For this lesson, take gouache and large leaf paper. Have your child dip their hand in the paint and squeeze it out a little. Let him leave a “signature” on the sheet with his hand, and use a sponge rolled into a roll to make the final artistic “touches” nearby.
You can draw on paper with your fingers in a similar way: dilute the gouache with water so that it turns into “sour cream” and pour it onto a plate. Using a wide brush, apply paint to your child’s fingers and ask them to leave their autograph on the sheet.
Wet style
A thick and large sheet of paper needs to be wetted under water for a couple of seconds. Now put it on a tray and invite your child to scribble watercolors on it. Considering the condition of the surface, the paint will spread on it, mix and create amazing “wet” patterns.
Scarlet flower
To teach a child to draw something really memorable, you can do this: dip the child’s finger in green color and, holding his hand, draw a stem with him on the paper. The palm print will act as a bud, and the end result will be a wonderful flower!
This technique can be successfully used to depict other objects. Try using it to depict a tree or a cheerful giraffe with your baby.
Drawing lessons for children over 4 years old
The age of four is a fertile time for mastering more complex drawing techniques. Already during this period it is worth sending your child to an art school, but if for some reason this does not work out, you can teach him to draw yourself.
It's more fun together
Get ready for the fact that you will have to do this together, since it is from your drawings that he will begin to take correct example. Try to draw brightly, specifically and not be distracted by too small details.
Tell me everything
Accompany the drawing process with a fascinating story so that the child understands what you are doing.
Master the shapes
The most important thing is to teach your child to draw geometric shapes that will become the basis of the desired images, regardless of whether it is an animal or a person.
How to draw a tree?
At 4 years old, you need to start with something simple: with an ordinary green Christmas tree, which is cold in winter.
Below we attach step-by-step instructions for creating an “artistic” tree and a picture so that the child understands the principle of operation.
- Draw a line on the sheet leading from top to bottom. We spend a little time away from her curved lines, which will be the branches of our Christmas tree.
- Now we will try to “outline” these lines with needles: as shown in the figure. When all the branches become fluffy, paint the Christmas tree green.
Birch and other types of trees can be depicted in a similar way.
Learn to draw animals
Drawing a hedgehog
- Draw the hedgehog's quills on the paper using a zigzag, and then add his ears.
- Connect them with an oval to form a head.
- Draw the hedgehog's nose, eyes and mouth and give the hedgehog a belly.
- Draw his legs and arms.
- All that remains is to draw the needles as shown in the picture. The hedgehog is ready!
Draw a donkey
Drawing a donkey on paper is also much easier than you thought.
We perform the following steps step by step:
- We draw a simple oval on paper, then divide it with a line into two parts, in the upper of which we draw the donkey’s eye, and in the lower – the nostrils and mouth.
- Now we attach the donkey’s ears by drawing two “cucumbers” on the sheet. Just below the head we draw another oval - this will be the donkey’s body, which we will connect to the head with two “neck” lines.
- Now you need to add legs to the animal, drawing them at the bottom of the body, and a real tail, placing it on the side.
The donkey is ready! All that remains is to color it as your imagination dictates!
Drawing a cat and a dog
You can draw a cat and a dog using the same method. The step-by-step technique for depicting a cat is shown in the following figure:
The main thing is to let your child understand that drawing animals is not difficult if you take geometric shapes as a basis (in in this case these are circles and semicircles) and show a little imagination.
You can draw a dog in the same way:
How to draw a person?
How to teach a child to draw a man? Not as easy as you want, but not as difficult as it seems. Begin!
Diagram of a full-length image of a man
1. Draw an oval and a rectangle on the sheet (as shown in the picture), and then connect them with a line to each other. We finish drawing the legs and arms with fingers.
2. Then add two lines to the arms to make them appear thicker. Let's do the same with the legs. Now let’s draw the man’s ears (two semicircles on the sides) and make a hairstyle.
3. A person’s face deserves special attention, but drawing his features - mouth, nose and eyebrows - will be easy if you look at the drawing first. Add a neck to the person and draw a shirt with a collar.
5. Draw his trousers and boots, draw his palms. All that remains is to erase the auxiliary lines, outline the contours and color the person.
Drawing a human figure in motion and a face
In a similar way, you can depict a person in motion or draw his portrait. Step by step process detailed in the following picture:
Drawing circle: when and why?
By the age of 6, a preschooler who is actively involved in drawing already knows how to create with paints and pencils. If his drawings differ significantly from the creativity of his peers (in better side), send your preschooler to a club so that an experienced teacher can continue to work with him.
To choose a good club, just find out if there is a private school or a creative arts center in your area. Very often, ordinary art teachers teach similar classes right in schools (without age restrictions).
Individual lessons
If you want your child to create professionally at 6 years old, send him to individual lessons. Their advantages are that:
- the teacher visits you at a convenient time;
- you choose the program in which the child will study (for example, drawing portraits);
- Lessons are paid upon completion of the lesson.
Cons individual lessons There are also: they are not cheap, and finding a good teacher can be difficult.
Summing up
Any way of teaching a child to draw is good - both at 1 year old and at 5 years old, because it develops imagination and allows you to spend a little more time with the baby.
At the same time, it is not so important whether you strictly follow a certain methodology or independently develop an individual artistic program. It is important that these activities interest the child and are varied.
And even if your child does not grow up to be a real artist in the future, drawing lessons will still have a beneficial effect on his development and correct perception of the world around him.
It is better to start drawing from childhood - this is one of the most fertile periods for mastering the basics visual arts.
Step-by-step drawing for children is a way that will help you develop your child’s creative abilities, regardless of his natural abilities.
You will spend many exciting hours learning the basics of drawing step by step and then be able to turn all your creative fantasies into reality.
Step-by-step drawing is a drawing method that allows you to create a drawing sequentially, in stages, from simple to complex.
Sometimes the whole thing stands still simply because a person does not know where to start. Often a child asks mom or dad “Draw a turtle,” and the parent would happily fulfill the child’s wish, but doesn’t know how.
What if there was a diagram in front of him? step by step drawing the same turtle, he could easily cope with this task.
For children, step-by-step drawing - good help: firstly, they learn to draw without errors, following a certain order of actions, and secondly, in the process of repeated training, they develop an algorithm that will subsequently allow them to accurately depict many things without a diagram.
Finally, it’s just very interesting and exciting to watch how a whole image emerges from small figures and strokes, and failures rarely happen.
How to teach a child to draw step by step?
Of course, first it would be nice for the parents themselves to master this simple method. And if the child watches how he tries to creative work mom or dad, the desire to repeat after the elders will definitely arise.
At first, during step-by-step drawing lessons with a child, convenient and understandable diagrams are needed.
The essence of the method is that drawing something takes place in several stages.
That is, when drawing a cat, we will not start with the tail or face, but will follow a certain pattern that will allow us to avoid mistakes and inaccuracies in proportions.
The easiest way to start mastering step-by-step drawing is with pencil sketches. Paints and pastels will come in handy later.
Lessons on drawing a house step by step
To organize the process you will need:
- sketchbook good quality(the paper is quite thick and does not wrinkle in use);
- pencils of different softness;
- eraser;
- diagrams in which everything is clearly visible.
If pencil drawing has already been mastered, or you want to immediately move on to pastels or paints, all this should also be available.
Provide the aspiring artist with excellent workplace: comfortable table and chair, good lighting, absence of all distractions. The child should be comfortable.
If you have a board or easel nearby, great, you can attach the diagrams there. You can also use a book stand or wall.
Before you start drawing, be sure to tell your child about the following rules:
- there is no need to rush, everything works out only for those who try;
- you need to act strictly according to the scheme, especially if you are just starting to learn to draw;
- remember what you are doing, and next time you may not need the diagram;
- start with the simplest ones, gradually moving on to more complex drawings.
Next we show the child interesting schemes. Offer several schemes to choose from, let young artist will choose what he likes. Remember that it is best to start with simpler diagrams: first we master the step-by-step drawing of animals and patterns, and later we move on to drawing a person.
Examples of step-by-step drawing
How to draw a hare
Let's start with a stylized, cartoonish bunny, which a preschooler can easily create.
- We draw a large horizontal oval, and under it a small vertical one, but without a top.
- Draw the paws to the small oval.
- A small oval and two circles in a large oval - draw the muzzle.
- We draw the nose and pupils - exactly according to the diagram.
- We draw identical ears.
- We draw small details - mouth, eyebrows, mustache, fingers. The bunny should have a flower in its paw.
- And now all that remains is to draw a skateboard under the bunny’s paws - our bunny is very sporty and mischievous.
Cat drawing
Now let's draw a cute cat.
- First we draw a circle - this will be the head.
- Two triangles on top - they turned out to be ears.
- Inside each triangle there is another small one.
- Two dots and a triangle nose - a muzzle begins to emerge.
- From under the nose there are two arms going in different directions – the cat’s mouth. Let's not forget about the luxurious mustache.
- Draw the body - start with an arc.
- We draw a collar for our cat.
- On the other side we draw the foot.
- It remains to draw one more paw.
- Now you can take pencils or paints and make our cat colorful. Ready!
Drawing a dog
Now let's draw a charming puppy.
- We start with an oval and a semi-oval, they should not be connected!
- Now we draw the eyes and tail.
- Ears, nose, spot around the eye - we continue to draw the muzzle.
- We draw a tongue and connect the head with the body and the ears with the head using thin rectangles.
- Draw the paws.
- All that remains is to decorate the puppy. That's all!
Drawing a rose
- Draw a simple oval on a thin stem.
- Draw leaves on the sides of the stem.
- Inside the oval we draw two main petals.
- Inside the petals is the base of the bud, like a rolled up roll.
- Draw the side, small petals.
- Add colors and the charming rose is ready!
Drawing cornflower
- Draw a circle on a thin stem.
- Draw the core and small stems on the large stem.
- We draw buds on the stems. Separate the petals.
- We finish drawing the buds, highlighting the teeth of the petals.
- Erase the line of the circle with an eraser.
- We paint the cornflower in color.
Drawing a man
This simple diagram will help your child master proportions in drawing a person.
- We draw the head (oval), neck and triangle - the future base of the body.
- At the bottom of the large triangle is a small triangle, legs (knees are drawn).
- We draw the hands based on the marks indicating the length.
Tank drawing
Any boy will want to learn how to draw a tank, and it’s not difficult at all.
- We draw the base, observing the proportions as much as possible.
- We draw the caterpillar wheels and the barrel.
- Let's focus on the small elements.
- Using pencils we draw a tank in color.
How to draw a pattern
Perhaps, after mastering the drawing of these elements, the child will be interested in painting on wood - a very interesting, traditional creativity.
Drawing the “Grass Ornament” pattern
- A few curls will be the basis of the ornament. They should be smooth and graceful.
- Draw red petals in the two large corners.
- All that remains is to draw the smaller black petals.
Pattern "Leaves"
In many samples Khokhloma painting these elements are present.
- A thin stalk is a small, curved line.
- We draw an elongated oval on the stem in green.
- To “pair” him with two more leaves, in which yellow draw the veins.
So, step-by-step drawing is a method based on order and schematics. In order to consolidate a certain algorithm in the creative mind of a child, it makes sense to resort to this method. You should start with simple stylized drawings, images cartoon characters etc. It is simple and interesting, and the result will be successful.
When a child masters the basics of step-by-step drawing, he may want to continue his creative activities in a fine arts studio or art school. Or maybe he will continue to improve his ability to draw using patterns that will become more complex.