Develop interest in creative process, to the desire to achieve better results, to develop visual creativity in children, using unconventional drawing techniques.
- To introduce various methods and techniques of non-traditional drawing techniques using various visual materials.
- Instill interest and love for fine arts as a means of expressing feelings, relationships, and introducing the world of beauty.
- Monitor the dynamics of the development of creative abilities and the development of the child’s visual skills.
- Create all the necessary conditions for achieving the set goal.
- To develop in children a sense of form, composition, color, rhythm, proportion.
- To develop students’ knowledge, skills, and abilities in the field of visual arts.
- Develop a desire to experiment, showing vivid cognitive feelings: surprise, doubt, joy from learning new things.
- Cultivate hard work and the desire to achieve success through your own work.
Types and techniques of non-traditional drawing.
Considering age characteristics preschoolers, mastering different skills at different age stages, for unconventional drawing it is recommended to use special techniques and techniques.
Older children preschool age can master the following non-traditional drawing techniques:
Subject monotype
Means of expression: spot, color, symmetry.
Materials: thick paper of any color, brushes, gouache or watercolor.
Method of obtaining an image: the child folds a sheet of paper in half and on one half of it draws half of the depicted object (objects are chosen symmetrical). After painting each part of the object while the paint is still wet, the sheet is folded in half again to make a print. The image can then be decorated by also folding the sheet after drawing several decorations.
Landscape monotype
Means of expression: spot, tone, vertical symmetry, image of space in a composition.
Materials: paper, brushes, gouache or watercolor, damp sponge, tiles.
Method of obtaining an image: the child folds the sheet in half. On one half of the sheet a landscape is drawn, on the other half it is reflected in a lake or river (imprint). The landscape is done quickly so that the paints do not have time to dry. The half of the sheet intended for the print is wiped with a damp sponge. The original drawing, after a print is made from it, is enlivened with paints so that it differs more from the print. For monotype you can also use a sheet of paper and tiles. A drawing is applied to the latter with paint, then it is covered with a damp sheet of paper. The landscape turns out blurry.
Blotography with a tube
Materials: paper, ink or thinly diluted gouache in a bowl, plastic spoon, straw (drink straw).
Method of obtaining an image: a child scoops up paint with a plastic spoon, pours it onto a sheet, making a small spot (droplet). Then blow on this stain from a tube so that its end does not touch either the stain or the paper. If necessary, the procedure is repeated. The missing details are completed.
Leaf prints
Means of expression: texture, color.
Materials: paper, gouache, leaves of various trees (preferably fallen ones, brushes).
Method of obtaining an image: a child covers a leaf of wood with paints different colors, then applies it with the colored side to the paper to make a print. Each time a new leaf is taken. The petioles of the leaves can be painted on with a brush.
Finger painting
Means of expression: spot, dot, short line, color.
Materials: bowls with gouache, thick paper of any color, small sheets, napkins.
Method of obtaining an image: the child dips his finger in the gouache and puts dots and specks on the paper. Each finger is painted with a different color. After work, wipe your fingers with a napkin, then the gouache is easily washed off.
Palm drawing
Means of expression: spot, color, fantastic silhouette.
Materials: wide saucers with gouache, brush, thick paper of any color, large format sheets, napkins.
Method of obtaining an image: a child dips his palm (the entire brush) into gouache or paints it with a brush (from the age of five) and makes an imprint on paper. They draw with both the right and left hands, painted in different colors. After work, wipe your hands with a napkin, then the gouache is easily washed off.
Wax crayons + watercolor
Materials: wax crayons, thick white paper, watercolor, brushes.
Method of obtaining an image: the child draws with wax crayons on white paper. Then he paints the sheet with watercolors in one or more colors. The chalk drawing remains unpainted.
Candle + watercolor
Means of expression: color, line, spot, texture.
Materials: candle, thick paper, watercolor, brushes.
Method of obtaining an image: a child draws on paper with a candle. Then he paints the sheet with watercolors in one or more colors. The candle pattern remains white.
Means of expression: point, texture.
Materials: paper, gouache, hard brush, piece of thick cardboard or plastic (55 cm).
Method of obtaining an image: the child picks up paint on a brush and hits the brush on the cardboard, which he holds above the paper. Then he paints the sheet with watercolors in one or more colors. Paint splashes onto the paper.
Poking with a hard, semi-dry brush.
Means of expression: texture of color, color.
Materials: hard brush, gouache, thick paper.
Method of obtaining an image: the child dips a brush into the gouache and hits the paper with it, holding it vertically. When working, the brush does not fall into the water. In this way, the entire sheet, outline or template is filled. The result is an imitation of the texture of a fluffy or prickly surface.
Nitcography.
Means of expression: color, line, texture.
Material: fleecy thread, sheet of paper, paint, brushes.
Method of obtaining an image: children lay out threads painted in paint on half a sheet of paper, cover it with the second half of paper, hold the sheet and sharply pull out the thread. You can use threads of different colors.
Drawing on wet.
Means of expression: stain.
Materials: watercolor paper, water, watercolor, soft brush.
To complete the work, you need to wet the sheet clean water, and then apply the image with a brush or drops. It will look like it’s blurry in the rain or fog.
Soap bubbles.
Means of expression: color, texture, stain.
Materials: gouache, liquid soap, water, cocktail straw, thick sheet of paper.
In the lid mix 5 tbsp. l. gouache, 1 tbsp. l. soap, 1 tsp. water. Dip a tube into the mixture and blow to create soap bubbles. Take a sheet of paper and carefully touch the bubbles with it, as if transferring them to the paper.
Imprint with crumpled fabric.
Means of expression: stain, texture, color.
Materials: a saucer containing a stamp pad made of thin foam rubber, soaked in gouache, thick paper of any color and size, crumpled fabric.
Method of obtaining an image: the child presses the crumpled fabric onto a stamp pad with paint and makes an impression on the paper. To get a different color, both the saucer and the fabric are changed.
Fruit imprint.
Materials: any fruit cut in half, a saucer with gouache, thick paper.
Method of obtaining an image: the child dips the fruit in a saucer of paint and makes an imprint on paper.
Pointillism(drawing with a butt).
Means of expression: color, spot.
Materials: container with gouache, cotton swab, sheet of paper.
Method of obtaining an image: the child dips a cotton swab into a container of paint and applies the image to a sheet. In this way, the entire sheet, outline or template is filled. If necessary, the image is completed with a brush.
| Month(week) | Subject | Program content | Type of work |
| September (1 week) | "Butterflies". | Introduce children to the monotype technique and teach them how to create an expressive image. Develop imaginative thinking, neatness. | Mastering the technique of monotype (subject). |
| September (2nd week) | "Autumn Bouquet" | To introduce this method of depiction as blotography, to show its expressive capabilities. Learn to complete the details of objects (colors) obtained during a spontaneous image to give them completeness. Encourage children's creativity, initiative. | Mastering the blotography technique. |
| September (3rd week) | "Balloons" | To consolidate children's ideas about color diversity, to familiarize them with chromatic (primary) and achromatic colors. Expand knowledge of colors by introducing new shades and mastering methods for obtaining them. | Mastering the mixing of primary paint colors to obtain new, more complex shades. |
| September (week 4) | "Compotes and jam" | Introduce children to a new type of visual technique - fruit printing. Practice typing. Develop sense of composition, light perception, memory, observation. Generalize knowledge about fruits and berries. | Mastering the technique of fruit printing (impression). |
| October (1 week) | "Magic Forest" | Cultivate interest in autumn natural phenomena, emotional responsiveness to the beauty of autumn. Introduce a new type of fine art technique - “plant printing”. Develop vision in children artistic image and design through natural forms. Develop a sense of composition and color perception. |
Mastering the technique of printing with plants. |
| October (2nd week) | "Motley Kitten" | Introduce children to the technique of drawing with a poke (pointillism). Learn to draw with gouache using cotton swab, mix paints and get various shades colors. Develop a sense of beauty. | Mastering the technique of pointillism. |
| October (3rd week) | "Red currant" | To cultivate an aesthetic and moral attitude towards nature through the depiction of its image in one’s own creativity. Expand children's knowledge and ideas about the world around them, introduce them to appearance red currant. Develop a sense of composition and rhythm. Learn to unite different techniques in one job. (Poke technique, leaf printing.) |
Mastering the skill of combining, combining two techniques in one work (pointillism and leaf printing). |
| October (week 4) | "Underwater World" | Introduce children to the technique of drawing with soap bubbles. Continue teaching children to work with gouache. Cultivate an interest in creativity. Promote the development of creative imagination, thinking, artistic and aesthetic skills, fine motor skills, eye, attention. |
Mastering the technique of drawing with soap bubbles. (Preparing the background for the upcoming collage). |
| November (1 week) | "Colorful fish" | Arouse interest in drawing watercolor pencils. Strive to convey the image of a fish, to achieve an expressive image. Introduce children to the collage technique. Strengthen the ability to use scissors, stencils, and glue. Develop accuracy and independence. | Mastering the skill of drawing with watercolor pencils and collage techniques. |
| November (2nd week) | "It's a sad time! The charm of the eyes" | Teach children the ability to reflect in a drawing the signs of autumn, corresponding to poetic lines. Use various ways drawing trees (a spot closed by a contour, detailed detailing, a tree depicted with a fist, a palm). Develop emotional aesthetic feelings, imagination. Strengthen the ability to distinguish a landscape from paintings of other content. |
Drawing with palms and fingers. |
| November (3rd week) | “Drawing according to a template” | Expand children's understanding of the structure of complex objects, develop the ability to find the relationship between the main and the secondary. Teach children to look at the same shape from different sides, help them see the variety of objects, and develop their imagination. Teach methods of depicting different objects using the technique of outlining ready-made templates different geometric shapes. Develop coordination of movements, fine motor skills hands |
Mastering drawing from a template. |
| November (week 4) | "The Invisible Animal" | Introduce children to the technique of drawing candles. Continue learning to draw according to the template. Strengthen the ability to use various materials, idea of composition, combination of colors. Develop imagination, creativity, independence in choosing a plot. | Mastering the technique of drawing with a candle. |
| December (1 week) | "Bullfinches on the branches" | Introduce children to the technique of drawing a poke with a hard semi-dry brush. Learn to draw bullfinches. To consolidate knowledge about the wintering birds of our homeland. To cultivate love and a caring attitude towards birds, the idea that everything in nature is interconnected, and a sense of responsibility for the world around us. | Mastering the technique of poking with a dry, hard brush. |
| December (2nd week) | "Winter patterns" | Introduce children to image methods such as monotype (imprint), drawing with threads. Show expressive capabilities and features of drawing using these methods. Develop children's imagination, imaginative thinking, color perception, and creative abilities. Arouse interest, responsiveness, emotional response to creative activity. |
Continue mastering the monotype technique. |
| December (3rd week) | "Letter for Santa Claus" | Create pre-holiday chaos. Teach children to depict their desires and emotions through drawing, to independently choose and perform work using the technique they like. | |
| December (week 4) | “A Christmas tree was born in the forest” | Continue to teach children different things unconventional ways drawing, introduce new unusual visual material. Develop color perception, the ability to select appropriate color combinations for your composition. Learn to use glue carefully, apply it to the outline of the design in a thin stream. Learn to lay out the thread exactly along the drawn contour, develop coordination of movements, fine motor skills of the hands. | Drawing with threads. |
| January (2nd week) | "Sorceress Winter" | Introduce unconventional technology spray painting. Learn new ways to obtain images. Develop attention and thinking. Cultivate accuracy when working. | Mastering the painting technique - spraying. |
| January (3rd week) | "Fairytale winter forest" | Continue to teach children to independently convey the plot of a winter landscape using non-traditional drawing techniques. Develop children's interest in fine arts through the use of unconventional drawing techniques. Learn to draw with a cabbage leaf print. Learn to conceive and include familiar objects (Christmas trees, snowmen) in the drawing. | Mastering the technique - impression (cabbage leaf). |
| January (4th week) | "The Snowman Family" | Introduce children to the technique of drawing fabric prints. Create a joyful, pre-holiday mood, evoke positive emotions in children. Continue to develop imagination and imaginative thinking. | Mastering the technique of drawing fabric prints. |
| February (1 week) | "Musical drawing" | Develop a sense of color through music and drawing. Improve the ability to correlate color with music, based on the differences in the most striking means musical expressiveness(tempo, dynamics, rhythm, etc.) Stimulate children's creativity to improvise with a color spot. Develop compositional skills in the layout of a general panel. | Children's work based on their impressions of the music they listened to. Choice of technology according to the children's wishes. |
| February (2nd week) | "Colorful Sky" | Exercise children in drawing on wet paper. Develop a sense of color, shape and composition. Cultivate a desire to admire natural phenomena. | Mastering the technique of drawing on wet paper. |
| February (3rd week) | "Salt Sea" | Teach a new technique for image design: sprinkling salt on wet paint to create a three-dimensional image. Continue to develop children's imagination and creativity. Strengthen the skills of drawing with paints, the ability to mix paint on a palette to obtain the desired shade. |
Mastering the technique of painting with salt on wet paint. |
| February (week 4) | “Beautiful pictures from multi-colored thread” | Continue to teach children various unconventional methods of drawing, introduce them to a new technique - nitkografiya (drawing with thread). Develop color perception, the ability to select appropriate color combinations for your composition, develop imagination and creative thinking. | Mastering the drawing technique - nitkografiya. |
| March (1 week) | "Landscape by the lake" | To consolidate children's knowledge about landscape as a genre of fine art. Continue to introduce and show the unconventional technique of depicting landscapes - monotype visual features, consolidate the concept of symmetry. Lead children to the fact that a landscape can be drawn not only from life, but also invent it yourself. To develop children’s ability to create a composition and independently select colors in accordance with the invented plot. |
Continue to get acquainted with the drawing technique - monotype (landscape). |
| March (2nd week) | "Palm Transformation" | Improve the ability to make palm prints and draw them to a certain image. Develop imagination and creativity. | Drawing with palms. |
| March (3rd week) | "Gift for Mom" | Improve children's skills in various visual techniques. Develop a sense of composition and rhythm. | Independent work of children. |
| March (week 4) | "Spring Fantasy" | Practice drawing by washing paint on glass and imprinting glass onto a sheet of paper. Determine what colors “Spring” uses, develop fantasy and imagination. | Mastering the technique of drawing - glass imprinting. |
| April (1 week) | "Spring Tree" | Continue to introduce children to the non-traditional drawing technique “blotography”. Learn to combine two techniques in one image (claxography and pointillism). Strengthen the ability to use familiar types of technology to create an image, develop color perception, a sense of composition, and the ability to draw conclusions. Develop the respiratory system, imagination and thinking. |
Mastering drawing techniques - blotography, pointillism. |
| April (2nd week) | "Planets" | Strengthen children's skills in the collage technique. Improve your ability to use scissors, stencils, and glue. Develop accuracy and independence. | Prepare details for the future collage, practice cutting. |
| April (3rd week) | "Space distances" | Learn to create an image of a starry sky using mixing paints and spraying. Develop color perception. Practice drawing using this technique and collage technique. Develop the ability to independently place an image on a sheet of paper. Develop a sense of beauty, a desire to create something unconventional. Call emotional attitude to the image. | Mastering the collage technique. Continue to master spraying. |
| April (week 4) | "Festive Willow" | Explain why the willow is a symbol of Easter and expand your knowledge about the holiday. Introduce children to a new drawing material (pastel). Learn to draw a willow on toned paper with pastels. | Drawing with pastels. |
| May (1 week) | "Festive fireworks" | Introduce children to a new drawing technique - wax crayons + watercolor. To clarify and expand children’s knowledge about the upcoming holidays (May 1, 9), teach them to draw festive fireworks, follow the rules of composition and color scheme. | Mastering drawing techniques - wax crayons + watercolors. |
| May (2nd week) | "Dandelions - a fluffy miracle of nature" | Continue to develop children’s artistic and creative abilities using the “spray” technique. To teach the features of depicting objects using the “spray” technique, to develop fine motor skills, color perception, aesthetic perception, bring up careful attitude to nature through art. |
Continue to master the technique of spraying (multilayer). |
| May (3rd week) | “So summer has come” | Strengthen children's ability to draw using their favorite technique. Develop an interest in independent artistic activity. To cultivate aesthetic feelings, perseverance, accuracy in work, the desire to complete the work started. | Independent work, drawing technique of children's choice. |
Perspective drawing plan non-traditional techniques at the preschool educational institution. Preparatory group
Teacher Kharchikova Lyudmila NikolaevnaMDOU "CRR "Zorka" - Kindergarten No. 16" Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region
Description of material: This material will be useful for teachers preparatory group. It contains all the accessible and interesting non-traditional drawing techniques.
Long-term plan for drawing with non-traditional techniques in the preparatory group
September1 Memories of Summer (Wax crayons + watercolor)
Introduce the wax technique. crayons + watercolor." Contribute to the most expressive reflection of impressions of summer. Develop a sense of composition and color perception.
2 Butterflies in the meadow (Blotography)
Introduce the technique of “blotography”, with its expressive features. Develop interest in creativity, imagination, fantasy.
3 The apples are ripe in the orchards (Poke with a dry, hard brush)
Improve your portrayal skills fruit trees. Learn to draw apples using the “poke with a hard brush” technique. Generate interest in creative activities.
4 Autumn bouquet (Plasticine + spray + print with leaves)
Learn to combine several techniques in your work. Develop attention, perseverance, accuracy.
October
1 What autumn gave us (Drawing from life. Still life)
Introduce the genre of still life. Learn to analyze nature. Use a palette in your work, mix paints. Develop a sense of composition and color perception.
2 Autumn on the edge of the paint spread (Print with leaves)
Continue introducing leaf printing. Cultivate an interest in nature. Develop the ability to mix paints directly on leaves, the desire to most fully realize your idea.
3 Hedgehogs (Print with crumpled paper)
Learn how to make a drawing using the “printing with crumpled paper” technique, supplement the image with details, including dry leaves.
4 Animals that I invented myself (Blotography)
Introduce children to the “blotography” technique. Learn to supplement the drawing with new elements. Develop interest in creativity and imagination.
november
1 Semyonovskaya matryoshka (Drawing on a three-dimensional figure)
Learn to draw patterns based on Dymkovo toys, combine various previously mastered elements in new combinations, develop the ability to convey the color of Dymkovo patterns
2 First snow (Painting with a brush + cotton swab)
Learn to use several techniques in your work. Show the possibilities of plasticine, Cultivate interest in the image natural phenomena, the desire to create something unusual.
3 Bullfinches on a branch (Poke with a dry brush)
Expand children's understanding of birds, the ability to convey the image of a “bullfinch” in a drawing using the “poke” technique. Develop creativity and fine motor skills.
4 Gift for mom (Drawing with palm, fingers)
Learn to draw flowers using your palm and fingers. Cultivate love for loved ones, the desire to do something nice for them.
December
1 Winter has come (Print with leaves on a colored background)
Learn to mix paints to obtain shades: lilac, blue. Develop the ability to create a finished look by drawing details. Develop an interest in creativity and your own work.
2 Winter landscape (Drawing with PVA glue + salt)
Introduce drawing with PVA glue and salt. Develop an interest in depicting winter nature, a desire to draw it. Learn to work carefully and clean your workplace.
3 New Year is coming (Media and equipment of children’s choice)
Improve the ability to conceive a plot and choose the means to depict it. Help children realize their vision most fully on paper. Develop a sense of composition and color perception.
4 Decorative Christmas tree (Applique from torn paper + fingers)
Learn to make a Christmas tree using the “break applique” technique. Draw toys on the Christmas tree using finger painting
January
1 Hello New Year!!! (Techniques of children's choice)
Develop children's ability to use different techniques in their work.
2 Snow family (Crumpled paper + PV glue)
Learn to draw snowmen without first drawing with a pencil, using crumpled paper and glue. Promote positive emotions.
3 Northern Lights (Spray)
Develop color perception, the ability to select appropriate color combinations for your composition. Develop imagination and creative thinking.
4 Bears can be white (Poke with a hard brush)
Improve your poke drawing technique. Expand knowledge about wild animals. Develop a sense of composition and fine motor skills.
February
1 Wonderful scarves (Drawing with gouache)
Introduce the Pavlo Posad shawl. Learn to highlight color and pattern elements, and draw simple patterns. Develop a sense of rhythm and color perception.
2 Postcard for dad (Media and equipment of the children’s choice)
Teach children to be independent when making their own work. Achieve an emotionally vivid implementation of the plan. Encourage fuller use known means and technician.
3 Portrait of Dad (Colored pencils + felt-tip pen)
Improve your sketching skills with a simple pencil, color in color and highlight the outline with a felt-tip pen. Evoke an emotional response to creative activity. Encourage to show attention and care to loved ones.
4 Draw what you want (Techniques at the request of children)
Develop the ability to work on a plan and present the content of your drawing. Continue to develop spatial imagination, the ability to convey the character of the object being drawn using color, movement, and facial expressions
March
1 Early spring(On a wet layer)
Learn to draw on wet paper. Develop an interest in depicting natural phenomena. Create a sense of beauty.
2 Portrait of a mother (Colored pencils + markers)
Improve the ability to sketch with a simple pencil, color in color and highlight the outline with a felt-tip pen. Evoke positive emotions. Develop perseverance and the desire to bring your work to completion
3 Mimosa branch (Poke with a hard brush + finishing with the end of the brush)
Practice the ability to paint flowers with a hard brush. To form an aesthetic attitude towards the surrounding world. Learn to show attention to loved ones.
4 Magic patterns (Nitkography)
Develop color perception, the ability to select appropriate color combinations for your composition. Form aesthetic taste.
April
1 Fairytale fish (Mosaic)
Introduce children to the new mosaic technique. Expand children's understanding of the inhabitants of water spaces. Practice drawing fish using mosaics. Develop your imagination.
2 Easter gift (Painting with a foam sponge)
Help to master new way images with a foam sponge. Learn to complement the drawing with details. Develop creative abilities.
3 Flight into space (Spray)
Learn to draw an image of the night sky using spray paint. Develop cognitive interest, the ability to realize your plan.
4 Starlings have arrived (Watercolor + markers)
Introduce the technique of “watercolor + felt-tip pens” and carry out the work in stages. Develop attention and will.
May
1 Victory Day (Felt pens + crumpled paper)
To form ideas in children about the feat of the Russian people. Foster a sense of pride in your homeland. The desire to express this in your drawing.
2 Spring bouquet (Plasticine + drawing with crumpled paper)
Practice a combination of two techniques. Develop a sense of composition and color perception. Generate interest in creative activities.
3 Golden Khokhloma (Use of techniques: flat and with the end of the brush)
Introduce children to Khokhloma painting. Generate interest in folk art. Learn to draw a background for Khokhloma painting. Make decorative patterns. Cultivate accuracy when working. Drawing with paint on paint.
4 Hello summer! (Wax crayons + watercolor)
Strengthen the ability to draw with wax crayons, paint over watercolor paint. Teaches you to portray your mood, your impressions. Improve the components
Well, well, I promised a mega-plan, and I finally put it together (I spent almost half a day on this matter).
There will be nothing here about planning, efficiency and so on, here about the structure of learning to draw.
In the last post I mentioned stream with Oleg Shekhovtsev. So, in this stream Oleg tried and focused on information for beginning artists (no matter whether it’s a concept or not) and referred to a certain Vitaly Ivlev ( his channel on YouTube). I, like a decent citizen, went and looked.
Vitaly has an absolutely wonderful very short video about what drawing consists of and how to structure your learning. I highly recommend watching - 11 and a penny minutes of concentrated useful information. Also with pictures. I drew pictures for myself. And in general, my plan is based precisely on Vitaly’s recommendations.
So, first plan. I called it “Big Plan” because... it shows me the big picture of learning:
Yes, I will have to go back to the very basics, namely working with line and shape. And now for some reason I’m trying to be at the color stage and even beyond, but I don’t know the basics.
I also really liked the principles that Vitaly recommends to be guided by during training. Watch the video, Vitaly even drew a small explanatory picture for each principle! :) I also wrote down the principles: 
And here I want to explain some principles, taking into account some of my peculiarities:
- Every day. Well, everything is clear here, we swam, we know.
- Be aware, look around. Here Vitaly recommends watching and studying what is happening around, reading about other people - how they achieved what they achieved, and stuff like that. I already read and watch stuff pretty regularly, I’ll just have to reduce my time on this a little so that I have time to study.
- Trust the teacher, but don't limit yourself. A very important point for me, because... I love trying out tricks, trying new things, and I often get stuck in this. So, it’s important for me not to get stuck. I tried it, I learned it, well done, let’s move on.
- Research the teacher. As a professional and as a teacher. I love this :)
- Keep the future in mind. This is why I drew all these pieces of paper and hung them in a visible place. That is why a shortened version of this post will be attached at the top of the magazine. To remember where I was going :)
- Look for the complex, look for questions. Perhaps one of the most difficult points. The main thing is to continue to push on the difficult and formulate your questions, and not to get upset and give up after the first failures.
- You start and do it. This is also a difficult principle from the point of view of implementation: fear is a very strong inhibitor. So yes, you just take it and do it, the main thing is to start.
- Don't rush. A very important point for me, because I always want to get there quickly, to the color stage and other interesting things. However, such skipping over important stages will not bring me anything good, and will later force me to return to what I skipped. Which, in fact, is what I'm doing now.
- Record where you are. Vitaly apparently set himself a specific deadline, but I don’t really understand how he did it: how do I know how long it will take me to do something that I don’t know? Therefore, I will somehow record my results. That's why I added this point (Vitaly doesn't have it).
I got all this from Vitaly (in form - here), because he explained and drew it very well. I was especially pleased that Vitaly formulated the result of the training! That is, what to expect at the end of the stage of studying the form, what to strive for. This is very cool, in my opinion. I even happily highlighted this result with a marker :)
And now, actually, my plan for studying the form. Vitaly recommends spending 2 hours on each aspect - gesture, volume, line. Unfortunately, I don't have that much time due to work. I can allocate 1.5 - 3 hours. Another difficulty is that it is advisable to study all three aspects in batches (again, on Vitaly’s recommendation), and not so that one day is for gesture, another day is for volume, etc. Therefore, I have half an hour, half an hour to an hour for each aspect. And given Vitaly’s forecast for the duration of studying the form at 0.5 - 1 year (subject to 6 hours of classes), I’m scared to think how much time I will spend on this.
Well, okay, to the point, a specific list of what to study and what to do.
Gesture
Vitaly studied sequentially from the video - he started with Glenn Vilppu. I only found "teasers" his lessons on YouTube, in which he briefly shows and tells something. Full training already costs money, as I understand it.
Then Vitaly continued on Michael Hampton. I found his book Figure Drawing: design and invention in PDF format and a selection of lessons on YouTube.
Vitaly made a very interesting point about watching lectures: it is very important to repeat every move of the teacher in order to understand what he is talking about.
Additionally:
- Walt Stanchfield, “Gesture drawing for animation” (found PDF). According to Vitaly, the book is more “philosophical”, there is little practice in it, but more “ideological reinforcement for the artist, animator, designer...”.
- Mike Mattesi, “Force: dynamic life drawing for animators” (found PDF)
- Video Stan Prokopenko - How to draw gesture , and his other videos.
- Alex Woo course , costs money, so not yet.
First, watch Gary Meyer’s lectures “Fundamentals of Perspective”, learn the basics of perspective, how it works, terminology. I found all his video lectures and downloaded them on the Internet.
Next is the division of objects into simple forms and the perspective of simple forms. Good exercise: using simple forms to build combinations in perspective.
Then the Scott Robertson method of drawing using sections (a series of video tutorials). Afterwards - drawing complex technical objects according to the book Scott Robertson, Thomas Bertling - How to Draw: drawing and sketching objects and environments from your imagination (also found in PDF).
And then you can move on to the surroundings, landscapes.
Additionally:
- Peter Han Dynamic Sketching, found only demo versions, the rest is for money. Teaches you to quickly sketch and quickly analyze shapes.
- Koos Eissen - Sketching Drawing the Techniques for product designers (found in PDF). There are many examples, Vitaly learned from these examples - he redrew them, he understood how industrial sketchers build objects.
- I couldn't find Roselien Steur Sketching The Basics in the public domain.
- YouTube channel, where perspective, construction, and quick sketching are discussed quite simply.
In the process of studying the other two aspects. Robertson and Khan have exercises. And we also look at other artists, see how they use lines and try it ourselves.
Such a plan) Agree, it looks scary. Everything is also in English - at first this can greatly slow down my learning speed, but when should I start reading foreign literature)
Performed by a teacher of the highest category Elena Vladimirovna Korshunova Sevastopol GBDOU of Sevastopol "Kindergarten No. 91"
Second junior group
September "My favorite rain" Introduce the non-traditional fine art technique of finger painting. Show techniques for obtaining points and short lines. Learn to draw rain from clouds, conveying its character (small droplets, heavy downpour), using the point and line as a means of expression. Two sheets of light gray color with painted clouds of different sizes, blue gouache, napkins Finger painting
"Autumn Tree" (teamwork). Introduce the technique of palm typing. Learn quickly, apply paint to your palm and make prints. Develop color perception. Wide saucers with gouache, brush, sheets, napkins. Drawing with palms
October "Yellow leaves are flying" . Introduce the technique of palm typing. Learn how to quickly apply paint and make prints - leaves. Develop color perception. Landscape sheet, yellow gouache. Drawing with palms.
"Merry fly agarics"
Continue to introduce non-traditional fine art techniques of finger painting. Learn to apply dots rhythmically over the entire surface of the paper. Fly agarics cut out of white paper various shapes; white gouache, napkins, illustrations of fly agarics. Finger painting
november “Here is a hedgehog - no head, no legs...” Introduce a new way of drawing. Learn to draw animals using the crumpled paper imprint method. Complete the details of the hedgehog’s image with your finger. Landscape sheet, newspaper, gray, brown gouache. Crumpled paper imprint, Finger painting
"Autumn has come again" Expand your understanding of the signs of autumn. Learn to draw with all your fingers, picking up paint of different colors, and make the background of the drawing with a foam rubber print. Landscape sheet of paper with a painted tree, foam rubber, yellow and red gouache Finger painting, foam rubber imprint.
December "Bunny" Learn to paint along the outline with your finger. Develop a sense of composition. Sheets of gray paper with a picture of a bunny, gouache white. Finger painting.
"Snowballs" Practice depicting round-shaped objects and carefully painting them with a poke with a hard brush. Learn to repeat the image, filling the entire space of the sheet. Landscape sheet of blue paper, brushes, white gouache. Poking with a hard brush
January “The little Christmas tree is cold in winter” . Strengthen your finger painting skills. Learn to make prints over the entire surface of a sheet (snowflakes, snowballs). Learn to draw a Christmas tree. Tinted sheet of paper (blue, purple), green gouache, brush, white gouache in a bowl, napkins, samples of Christmas trees.
"The birds are pecking the berries" Learn to draw twigs, decorate using finger painting and cork printing techniques (making berries of different sizes and colors); strengthen your drawing skills. Cultivate neatness. Develop a sense of composition. gouache, brush, gouache red, orange and burgundy colors in bowls, corks, bird drawings, glue, napkins Finger painting, cork imprint
February "Flower for Dad" . Continue to teach how to use your palm as visual medium paint it and make an imprint. Strengthen the ability to complement the image with details. Whatman paper, gouache of different colors. Palm drawing.
"Boat for Dad" Learn to crumple the paper into a ball and glue it to the image. Cultivate neatness. Napkins, image of a boat, paste, napkins Rolling paper
March "Flowers for Mom" Practice your palm typing technique. Develop interest in doing work. Gouache, thick colored sheets, napkins. Drawing with palms, fingers, signets.
"My favorite animal" Practice the poking technique. Learn to depict an animal in texture Ready-made animal forms Poking
April "Night and Stars" Introduce the non-traditional visual technique of drawing with semolina. To cultivate an aesthetic attitude towards nature through the image of the sky. A sheet with an outline image of the night sky, glue, semolina, napkins Drawing with semolina, rolling napkins
"Two merry geese lived with granny" Continue to use the palm as a visual tool, adding details. Lake drawn in advance, gouache, markers for drawing details. Drawing with the palm.
May "Beautiful flowers for a bee" Continue learning to draw with your palm and finger on a sheet of paper, consolidate your knowledge of red and green, develop creative imagination. Sheets of white paper, green and red gouache, napkins Palm drawing
"We draw what we want" . Improve skills in free experimentation with materials necessary for working in non-traditional visual techniques. All available. Different