Tasks long-term plan:
- develop the ability to perceive a work of art, a sense of beauty;
- to form a sustainable interest in fine arts, desire in constant communication with him;
— deepen children’s understanding of painting (landscape, still life, portrait), sculpture, architecture, design;
- enrich emotional sphere children with new types of aesthetic experiences;
- teach the transfer of characteristic features of image objects (girl and Snow Maiden, boy and gnome, cheerful and sad, spring and autumn);
- support children’s aspirations for independence in organizing the workplace, choosing the theme of the drawing, material, methods of depiction, the theme of the drawing, planning activities, and implementing what is planned in the drawing;
- develop the ability to analyze works of art great masters, their own drawings and the works of other children.
TOPICS OF CLASSES ON THE PERSPECTIVE PLAN:
September(8 ocloc'k)
1). Drawing "Flowers"
Target: consolidate the concepts of primary and secondary colors; learn to paint with gouache paints, mixing them, use various techniques - strokes, dabbing, circling.
Material: Gouache paints; music by P.I. Tchaikovsky from the ballet “The Nutcracker” “Waltz of the Flowers”.
2). Drawing "Vegetables and fruits"
Target: learn to draw oval and round objects (tomato, cucumber, apple, plum, pear, cherry, beet, carrot); paint with round strokes, mix
Material: Gouache paints, riddles about vegetables and fruits.
3). Modeling “Vegetables and fruits”
Target: convey the shape of round and oval objects (carrots, beets, cucumbers, tomatoes, pears, plums), add details - holes, notches, using stacks.
Material: plasticine, stacks, samples of vegetables and fruits.
4). Application "Tomatoes"
Target: cutting out round shapes from a square, arranging tomatoes by color: from green, through yellow-pink, to red (a problematic task), and size.
Material: colored paper, scissors, glue; image of growing tomatoes.
5). Application “Apple and Pear”
Target: cut a round object from a square, an oval object from a rectangle, stick them on, placing them compositionally in a vase.
Material: colored paper, scissors, glue; a bowl of fruit.
6). Drawing "Still Life"
Target: explain the concept of “still life”, teach how to depict a group of vegetables and fruits, convey their shape and color, and place them correctly in the drawing.
Material: Gouache paints; reproductions of still life paintings; m/f “Plasticine Crow” (“About Paintings” to poems by A. Kushner)
7). Drawing "Grapes"
Target: depict bunches of grapes in a two-plane pattern, where some berries hide behind each other and lose half of their round or oval (optional) shape; convey highlights on the berries using the technique of mixing paints.
Material: Gouache paints, music by P.I. Tchaikovsky from the ballet “The Sleeping Beauty”, waltz.
8). Application - riddle “Still Life”
Target: determine by the color and shape of the blanks which vegetable or fruit to cut, consolidate the ability to cut round and oval objects.
Material: blanks of colored paper, scissors, glue; riddles about vegetables and fruits.
October(9 hours)
1). Drawing “Our Aquarium”
Target: consolidate the ability to depict animals from a circle and an oval, convey diversity through mixing colors and additional details, depict a composition of fish swimming in different directions.
Material: Gouache paints; music by A. Vivaldi “Spring”.
2). Application “Hen with chicks”
Target: teach how to work by cutting and pasting chickens, together in different poses, in any relationship with each other.
Form of the lesson: co-creation of the teacher (carving a chicken) and children.
Material: blanks of colored paper, scissors, glue; image of a poultry farm.
3). Drawing "Firebird"
Target: draw a fairytale bird, combining familiar images, convey its colorfulness and unusualness, its difference from existing ones.
Material: Gouache paints; music by P. Tchaikovsky “Dance of the Shepherds” from the ballet “The Nutcracker”.
4). Drawing "Pets"
Target: summarize children’s ideas in a conversation about animals living in the city and in the countryside; learn to draw 2-3 animals, using a circle and an oval, to convey the habitat (house, grass, apartment).
Material: Gouache paints; poems and riddles about pets
5). Modeling “Pets”
Target: learn to sculpt animals from plasticine using an oval shape and a circle (ball), and together create compositions from individual children's works.
Material: plasticine, stacks; drawings of pets from the previous lesson.
6). Drawing "Zoo"
Target: depict wild animals that were seen in the zoo (bear, elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe), convey their features, characteristic details, combining the shape of a circle and a square in the drawing.
Material: Gouache paints, riddles about wild animals, poems by S. Marshak “For the guys about animals”
7). Drawing "At the Circus"
Target: convey the movements of animals performing acrobatic acts (elephant on a ball, dogs with a ball, bunny on a drum, etc.).
Material: Gouache paints; music by G. Verdi “Triumphal March” from the opera “Aida”
8). Modeling "Circus"
Target: learn to work together, create compositions from animals performing in the arena - performing a circus act with additional objects.
Material: plasticine, stacks, children's drawings “At the Circus” from the previous lesson.
9). Drawing “Rope Animals”
Target: learn to draw animals with one smooth, unbroken line (string), with additional details drawn in. Black and white image.
Material: paper, coal.
November(8 ocloc'k)
1). Drawing “Autumn tree”
Target: learn to place trees “closer”, “further”; use the thin end of the brush to draw tree branches; form the concepts: “in front of the tree” (lower on the sheet), “behind the tree” (above).
Material:
2). Drawing "Trees and bushes"
Target: teach to convey differences in the structure of a tree and a bush, to consolidate the “closer - farther” arrangement technique.
Material: watercolor paints; music by A. Vivaldi “Autumn”.
3). Application "Mushrooms"
Target: learn to convey the composition of their 3 mushrooms - a large one and two small ones; secure paired cuttings of identical parts.
Material: blanks of colored paper, scissors, glue; image of mushrooms.
4). Application “Guess the animal” (from autumn leaves)
Target: learn to select leaves, laying them out on paper so that you get an animal, finishing the details with a felt-tip pen.
Material: dried autumn leaves, glue, markers.
5). Drawing “Colorful autumn”
Target: learn to paint with watercolors on wet paper, using the technique of spreading paints, develop the ability to see a plot in color and accentuate it.
Material: watercolor paints; music by V.-A. Mozart "Symphony No. 40".
6). Drawing “Cloudy autumn day”
Target: through the selection of colors, learn to depict the weather and mood; use the technique of toning the sky and earth, rain.
Material: watercolor paints; music by A. Vivaldi “Autumn” part 2 from the violin concerto “The Seasons”
7). Drawing “Autumn Landscape”
Target: learn to compose an album of autumn drawings, choosing the plot and mood of the landscape, combining visual materials.
Material: Gouache, Watercolor paints, colored pencils, crayons, felt-tip pens, charcoal; music by A. Vivaldi “Autumn”, part 3 from the violin concerto “The Seasons”
December(7 o'clock)
1). Drawing “We are building houses”
Target: create an image of square and rectangular objects - houses, windows, doors; introduce the concept of “architecture”.
Material: colored pencils, crayons, charcoal.
2). Drawing "Transport"
Target: learn to depict public and freight transport; conveying their diversity and differences; cut out the outline of the car from folded paper. Color with pencils and crayons.
Material: colored pencils, crayons, scissors.
3). Drawing “Under the Blue Sky”
Target: learn to depict air transport (plane, helicopter, balloon, airship); convey the features of their structure, differences from the ground (streamlined shape, wings).
Material: crayons, watercolors, aircraft models; music by V.-A. Mozart, overture to the opera "The Marriage of Figaro".
4). Application “Such different cars”
Target: consolidate the skills of cutting out car bodies for various purposes (tank, dump truck, truck), cabins, wheels, composing and adding car parts with parts.
Material: colored paper, scissors, images of vehicles.
5). Drawing “A car drove up to the store”
Target: depict a two-plane drawing with perspective (“further - closer”, the car covers part of the building).
Material: pencils, crayons; music by F. Liszt “Chromatic gallop”.
6). Collective application “We are building a new city.”
Target: learn to create a general composition of houses, kindergartens, shops, cars, trees; develop cooperation skills and a basic action plan.
Material: colored paper, scissors, glue.
January(7 o'clock)
1). Drawing "Winter's Tale"
Target: learn to depict trees, bushes and objects under the snow using graphic techniques (drawing on black paper with white “gouache”).
Material: black paper, Gouache paints; music by V.-A. Mozart "Fantasy"
2). Drawing “Snow Maiden near the New Year tree”
Target: create a plot picture, conveying the holiday, the Snow Maiden’s bright outfit, a beautiful Christmas tree.
Material: Gouache paints, New Year cards; music by A. Borodin “Polovtsian Dances” from the opera “Prince Igor”
3). Modeling “Girl making a snowman”
Target: learn to sculpt the figure of a girl in a fur coat in a simple movement (rolling a ball), placing a snowman next to it.
Material: plasticine, stacks, music by A. Vivaldi “Winter” from the violin concerto “The Seasons”.
4). Modeling “Children on a walk in winter”
Target: creating a collective composition of children’s figures in accordance with the plot (sledding, skiing, playing snowballs, rolling a ball)
Material: plasticine, stacks.
5). Drawing "Fun in Winter"
Target: depict winter walk— children in different poses, winter nature, snow; create your own plot and composition of the drawing.
Material: Watercolor paints, crayons; music by P. Tchaikovsky “Trepak” from the ballet “The Nutcracker”.
6).Applique "Snowflakes"
Target: learn to cut out snowflakes with small details and slits from folded paper.
Material: white paper, scissors; music by P. Tchaikovsky “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from the ballet “The Nutcracker”.
February(8 ocloc'k)
1). Application “Toy clown”
Target: convey the simple movements of the clown through the positions of the arms, legs, and head; use gaming techniques - show a sketchy clown on the board, and the children look for whose clown performs the same movements.
Material: colored paper, scissors, toy clown.
2). Getting to know the portrait
Target: to form ideas about a portrait, its features and means of depiction; teach verbal and fine portrait. Game "Guess the description".
Material: m/f “Plasticine Crow” (“About Paintings” based on poems by A. Kushner), portraits.
3). Drawing “Portrait of Mom”
Target: learn to convey in a drawing similarities with the appearance and mood of the mother; correctly position facial features.
Material: paints “Gouache”, “Watercolor”; music by J. Massenet “Meditation”.
4). Drawing "Fun and Sad"
Target: Using various techniques, teach to express a person’s mood (wide and narrow eyes, corners of the mouth up or down, eyebrows raised, lowered), after first examining several doll faces in the drawing.
Material: colored pencils, crayons, charcoal; music by A. Vivaldi “The Seasons” (“Spring” and “Autumn”)
5). Drawing “Funny gnomes”
Target: teach to see the differences between a person and a gnome, to convey in the drawing the comical and fabulous nature of the gnome through shape and color.
Material: Gouache paints; music by P. Tchaikovsky “March” from the ballet “The Nutcracker”
6). Drawing “My dad is ... (cook, builder, engineer)”
Target: depict the appearance and posture of a person in accordance with his profession.
Material: colored pencils, crayons.
7). Drawing “Portrait of a Friend”
Target: portray a friend, conveying his character, habits, hobbies; make up story drawing.
Material: Gouache paints, colored crayons.
8). Drawing “A doctor came to see me”
Target: draw up a plot drawing depicting people and the environment.
Material: colored pencils, crayons; music by P. Tchaikovsky “The Doll’s Disease” from “Children’s Album”.
March(8 ocloc'k)
1). Drawing-application “Postcard for Mom”
Target: prepare a gift for your mother (grandmother, sister), choose your own means of representation, create a composition from combined visual materials (colored paper, paints, plasticine).
Material: colored paper, paints, plasticine, pencils, crayons; music from the opera “Sylvia” by L. Delibes, “Pizzicato”.
2). Drawing "Dancing men"
Target: learn to convey a person’s pose, his proportions in a schematic image, and compose a small dance composition from them.
Material: pencils, crayons; music by P. Tchaikovsky “Chinese Dance” from the ballet “The Nutcracker”.
3). Drawing "Funny clowns"
Target: learn to portray a clown in motion, with objects (juggles, dances, shows a trick, acrobatic act).
Material: crayons, watercolor, music by J. Strauss “Gallop”
4). Modeling “There are clowns in the arena”
Target: compose a collective composition depicting a clown performance; choose your own number and outfit for your clown.
Material: plasticine, stacks.
5). Drawing and application “Circus poster”.
Target: learn how to create posters together, choose your own area of work and create an overall composition.
Material: paints, pencils, crayons, colored paper, scissors.
6). Modeling
a) “At Cinderella’s ball”
b) “Flight into space”
Target: girls and boys perform various compositions with images of people (Cinderella, prince, astronaut, aliens).
Material: plasticine, stacks.
April(8 ocloc'k)
1). Drawing “My Favorite Fairy Tale”
Target: independently choose a plot and compose a drawing composition; portray the main characters so that the fairy tale is recognizable.
Material: paints “Gouache”, “Watercolor”; music by K. Debussy “The Puppet Keck-Walk”.
2). Drawing “Spring Thunderstorm”
Target: depict a landscape with a mood: sunny or cloudy day, rain, nature or city, animals or people.
Material: watercolor paints; poems about spring; music by P. Tchaikovsky “Concerto No. 1” for piano and orchestra.
3). Drawing “Forest in the Fog”
Target: depict a landscape using muted colors, pastel colors, mixed with white paint.
Material: watercolor paints; music by J. Offenbach "Barcarolle"
4). Modeling “Plate with a pattern”
Target: learn to sculpt wide, flat dishes, decorate them with a three-dimensional pattern of snakes and dots.
Material: plasticine, sample plates.
5). Modeling “Fruit Vase”
Target: strengthen the ability to sculpt dishes complex shape with a stand, decorate with a three-dimensional pattern; add chopped fruit if desired.
Material: plasticine, sample vase with fruit.
6). Modeling “Cookware Exhibition”
Target: learn how to independently choose a modeling object, come up with a pattern, highlight your work with some element ( unusual shape, pen, stand) in order to be selected for the exhibition.
Material: plasticine, samples of dishes.
May(8 ocloc'k)
1). Dymkovo painting “Horse in the meadow”
Target: introduce the elements of Dymkovo painting - circles, dots, strokes; learn to paint the figure of a horse with bright patterns, stylized as Dymkovo painting.
Material: Gouache paints; samples or images of Dymkovo painting; music by V.A. Mozart's "Turkish Rondo" from the sonata in A major.
2). Gorodets painting “Mug decorated with a flower garland”
Target: introduce Gorodets painting - buds, leaves, flowers of pink and blue color, learn to paint mugs with a Gorodets flower garland.
Material: Gouache paints; samples or images of Gorodets painting; music by S. Rachmaninov “Italian Polka”
3). Picture book for kids
Target: learn how to make a folding book with a bright large drawing and simple text, independently choosing the plot and means of image.
Material: cardboard, colored paper, paints, pencils, crayons, scissors, glue.
4). Drawing “Beautiful Summer”
Target: depict summer as a dream, how you would like to spend it in your fantasies, select the means of depiction at your discretion.
Material: paints, pencils, crayons; poems about summer; music by P. Tchaikovsky “Waltz of the Flowers” from the ballet “The Nutcracker”.
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 palm typing techniques. 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 an image with details. Whatman paper, gouache 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 colour, develop creative imagination. Sheets of white paper, green and red gouache, napkins Palm drawing
"We draw what we want" . Improve skills and abilities in free experimentation with materials necessary for working in non-traditional fine arts. All available. Different
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.
- Do not hurry. 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 method of drawing using sections by Scott Robertson (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)
If you are under 25 and have the opportunity to spend 5 years, go ahead and enroll in an educational institution. If you don’t have enough money, go to the budget and earn extra money. Many people do this and have not died yet. A young body can withstand student drinking sessions and sleepless sessions, which means it can withstand combining study and work.
Also in many educational institutions There is an opportunity to sign up as a free listener. I highly recommend it. If you put in enough effort, you can agree with the teachers to go to productions. Try it, they haven’t beaten you for asking yet.
If there is no option for studying, I think the majority are like that, I offer myself as a free teacher-advisor. You're working - I'm checking. I don’t control, I don’t wipe away my tears. I give clear and understandable advice.
Of course, I wrote this for the average beginner in a vacuum. You can stretch or, on the contrary, run ahead of the locomotive, but you need to do the minimum.
The plan will be changed and supplemented over the next days, months and years. I set myself the goal of making a clear and understandable study plan. So suggestions, advice and feedback are welcome.
The plan is divided into months. There are 4 items in each month. Sketches, Art History, Plastic Anatomy And Educational Drawing.
About sketches FAQ.
An hour of sketching a day. Why an hour, and not 50 pieces, like Yana Frank. Because in the first month you still don’t really know how to hold a pencil, and the number 50 will kill you. Draw for an hour. As much as you get, you’re great, don’t chase quantity. See how much you can do and do more the next day. Now you are studying, not building a portfolio.
What to draw? Everything you see. Your cat, grandmother, husband, loved one, a flower in a pot, neighbors on the subway, colleagues at work, classmates, a mess on the table and in the house, the house outside and inside.
I strictly categorically prohibit drawing from photographs and videos.. The most important thing is to draw from living objects. From the living, in the sense of not photographed. Let's agree to be old-fashioned.
I advise you not to use erasers when sketching. Let them remain alive, so your hand will become firm faster.
Versus Pencils Pens. If possible, draw with liners or markers, felt-tip pens, so that it is not possible to correct it.
Paper. The most familiar and convenient format for many is A5; there is no need to waste money on paper. Regular printable sheets folded in half will do. But for full-fledged tasks you need pencils, erasers and good paper, the state sign will do.
What you need (materials)
Pencils from 2B to 8B.
Flat (a regular wide paint brush will do)
Textbook "Basics academic drawing" N. Lee
Paper, a lot of paper. Regular writing paper A5 and A4 and thicker and better quality A3.
Nature.
Go for it!
Plan for the year.
In the plan, I give clear and quantitative tasks. It is best to devote at least two hours a day to studying, at least for the first three months. An hour of sketches, an hour of assignments a day. Then time will correct itself. For some it will increase to six, while others will spit and abandon it. This is only 60 hours a month, which is slightly less than two full weeks of work. You read theory and art history in your free time.
How to find time? Just replace mindless browsing on the Internet with thoughtful drawing training. The plan will work if you draw every day, literally every day.
Set yourself a minimum and go a little over the target every day. A five-year plan in three years is your motto now.
I strictly forbid signing educational work, and especially to sell, there is no need to deceive either yourself or the buyer. Put the date on it and put it on the shelf. You can donate.
In the spring it's time to get out into the open air. As soon as your fingers stop getting stiff outside, take any pencils and/or watercolors and paper and go outside to paint. Go to parks, to the forest, or just go out into the yard.
First month.
The basis of the basics. In the first month, it is important to realize the full significance of the decision to learn to draw, and realize that everything is decay. Get scared, cry, get angry at yourself and start. In one month you need to understand the basics of composition, perspective and light and shade. It won’t be clear right away, but it will become clear in the end. First you just need to know: where to place the object in the sheet, where the light comes from and how the shadow falls, and be surprised to learn about the reflex. Fall in love and begin to see the aerial perspective.
Everything will be described in more detail in the following posts about the first month.
- We draw everything we see. We don’t really know whether it’s beautiful or not. We carry a stack of sheets with us and make sketches whenever possible. We learn to hold a pencil, we develop a callus. What exactly: cups, your room, kitchen, simple still lifes of two or three objects, vases, cats, tables, owl.
- Let's start reading "Fundamentals of Academic Drawing" by N. Li. Right from the first pages. Be afraid but read. It's necessary and boring. 15 minutes a day is enough. Until the chapter “Study and images of the human head” (p. 128)
- Exercise. Chiaroscuro + composition + perspective. “The Street of Your City” - putting the science of perspective into practice. "Jug with construction" - learn to draw complex objects with simple shapes. "Still life from simple figures" - we are working on knowledge about the constructive construction of forms and identifying the volumes of forms with chiaroscuro. All this is well described in Lee’s textbook.
- Composition assignment. We take any colored paper. We cut out triangles, circles and squares of different sizes. We do 5 works: Statics, movement, symmetry, asymmetry, a recognizable object from simple forms.
The first fear is gone. The first month is over. Let's start studying art history. We take the skull in our hands and marvel at God’s plan and brevity. We take out the drafts from January and compare the first and last (for the best effect, I advise you to compare the same topics). Differ considerably? Seeing progress? I give my word that if they didn’t mess around, the difference between them is colossal. We praise ourselves with something forbidden, a chocolate bar or an extraordinary book purchase.
- Still, at least an hour of sketches a day. In the second month you already get used to it. Be more thoughtful. When drawing a person, look at his light-shadow spots. Don't try to make it look similar. Learn to see light and shadow, contour line and silhouette. Where is the shadow? Start to notice that the windows in the shadows on the building are lighter than the walls, and those on the light part of the building are dark. Size ratio. and proportions.
- We open the textbook on art history. February is the month of ancient art. Straight from primitive art and up to ancient Rome inclusive. We carefully study and examine all objects of art. We are trying to learn to distinguish one statue from another. It's just amazing there. Yes, you will most likely get bored. Maybe you will force yourself to read. But we have to. Without history, nowhere. Yes, all of antiquity in a month. Not scary. You need to go over the basics.
- We begin to study the human head. (Textbook pages 128-141, 148-162) Skull (It would be very cool if you could turn it in your hands and draw a skull from life; if you don’t have life, we draw from photos). We remember all the main bones of the skull. We teach you to wake up at night and you can answer where the parietal tubercles are located. We look at our acquaintances with an attentive and crazy gaze and see their skulls with X-rays. We scare our friends and become happy.
- Exercise. A3 format. We draw 5 still lifes. In two we stop at the construction stage. We draw the other three with chiaroscuro. Let's learn to hatch. Do not rub the pencil on the paper. We position our hand correctly and don’t force it on the job. Remember: a dirty palm edge is a dirty job. Place a sheet of paper or napkin on your hand. We remove the elastic spools with a flute and not with our hands.
The most exciting and pleasant moment is coming. Let's begin a careful and thoughtful study of the parts of the face. We read about the boring Middle Ages. If at the end of the month you start to shy away from anyone G says he loves gothic and VilleVallo, it means everything is going as it should.
- Sketches. By the third month, the hand is already firmer, and it’s no longer scary to draw a line and mark the eye with just a spot. We look and notice how different people’s eyes, nose and ears are. You can exaggerate when drawing people. Here it is important to understand the plasticity of the face, what the portrait is made of, and how it all conveys character.
- Art of the European Middle Ages
- Plastic anatomy of the human face. (p. 142-148, 164-199) We study and understand the structure of the eye, mouth, nose and ears. I know from experience that the most difficult thing for many is the human ear; many people spit on it, but in vain. A poorly drawn ear reveals a novice artist.
- Exercise. A3 format. One portrait, just head and shoulders. We don’t try too hard to make a person look like (it won’t work), now the main thing is to draw correctly, observing proportions and construction rules. If it is difficult to find a nature, we draw a self-portrait. We put a mirror (preferably a large one so that the whole head can be seen).
This month we are honing our construction skills.
- Sketches. Making the sketches more complex. We introduce multi-figure compositions. We learn to place figures behind figures, to highlight the foreground. We place spots of objects in the sheet.
- Renaissance
- Anatomy of "Gypsum heads". If you do not have the opportunity to draw Laocoon, Socrates, Hercules, David, Zeus, Venus and Voltaire from life. That is, there are two ways. The first is to make copies of classic drawings of plaster heads (Here will be a link to a cloud with pictures) . The second option: find monuments in the city, draw our leaders and pioneers from life)) or go to museums and search.
- Exercise. A3 format. Two portraits. One angle, but different sources Sveta. Let's see how the face changes if the light comes from different directions. How deep shadows set a certain mood.
We fall in love with Titian, Caravaggio and Durer. Starting this month we are learning the most important thing - compositional sketches. Search and improvement of composition, development of material. Searching for nature, thinking through the plot and methods of transmission. All these are integral daily tasks of any artist.
- Sketches. We begin to do tasks on compositional sketches. Five topics, five drafts each. We try to solve the problems of composition, conveying the theme, and tonal solutions.
- New time. Baroque and Rococo
- Anatomy. Living head. Let's put together the knowledge we've gained so far. We understand that eyes, nose, ears and mouth are not a portrait yet. These are just individual parts of the face. Now the structure and construction methods are clear. All that's left is to learn how to put everything together.
- Exercise. A3 format. We find three people and paint their portrait. It is advisable to find older people, grandparents. People under 30 are not suitable for educational portrait. The smooth face has nothing to catch the eye on. There is no human texture. I assure you to draw young and Beautiful face you'll still have time. If you don’t find three, write from one in three classic angles: half-turn, three-quarters, front.
Sixth month.
Around this month, your hands should start to itch and start drawing pictures, no less. The rise of creative forces and the discovery of a second artistic breath.
- Sketches. We are working on a choice of 2 topics from the previous month. What we mean: We make separate sketches of details big picture, we work on angles, improve and try other compositional solutions. And we take three more new topics.
- Classicism and Romanticism
- Anatomy. Anatomy of the hands (upper limbs)
- Exercise. A3 format. Again we look for nature, draw a portrait with hands. We are looking for a position of the hands that will improve the portrait, complement the character, and show something that only one portrait cannot show. Three works, it is better if it is a portrait of one person, solved in three versions. Try to find positions of the head, torso and arms that tell your original story.
Seventh month.
Half the way has been completed. We praise ourselves. We are no longer afraid to draw in public places and at birthdays. Always and everywhere have a notepad and pencil with you. We look with curiosity and thirst strangers on the street. We admire the knobby fingers and fleshy noses.
- Sketches. And again. We are working on a choice of 2 topics from the previous month. What we mean: We make separate sketches of the details of the overall picture, work out angles, improve and try other compositional solutions. And we take three more new topics.
Sentimentalism, Pre-Raphaelism, Historicism (eclecticism)
Anatomy of the legs (lower limbs)
- Exercise. A3 format. We draw a portrait in the interior. We sit the sitter near the table/bookshelf/window sill, arrange objects, vases, books, cups, whatever your heart desires and looks beautiful. Let's draw two such works. We try to highlight the main thing and leave out the unimportant. Show a person surrounded by objects, rather than a person and objects on one sheet.
Eighth month.
In the eighth month we begin to study the human torso. We are trying to understand the mechanisms and attachments of muscles.
- Sketches. Now it’s interesting to get old sketches from life and draw new ones from the same angles, compare them. The result will be impressive, I assure you. We continue to make sketches from life.
- Realism
- Anatomy. Plastic surgery of the torso.
- Exercise. A3 format. 2 portraits in full height, one standing, one sitting, preferably nude. If you have a loved one, draw him. Convince your nature that it won’t turn out the same anyway, and you won’t show it to anyone.
Ninth month.
- Sketches. We come up with 2 of our own topics and work on them. We continue to make sketches from life.
- Modernism and avant-garde
- We study the skeleton.
- Exercise. A3 format. We take the most interesting and well-developed topic from the sketches and draw it on large sheet without using real life or references from the Internet. We create a real sketch for painting work. Just one job, but so thorough and good that you wouldn’t be ashamed to brag.
Tenth month.
- Sketches. We come up with our own topic and work on it. We continue to make sketches from life.
- Modern Art.
- Studying muscles
- Exercise. A3 format. We make a sketch on an invented topic from the sketches made this month.
Eleventh month.
We got to drawing a person in motion.
- Sketches. We make sketches of people in motion. We try to capture the feeling through a couple of lines and spots movement. In whomWe work on sports topics in positional sketches.
- Art of the East
- Human figure / figure in motion
- Exercise. A3 format. We draw a full-fledged sketch on a topic where there is movement
Twelfth month.
The year has come to an end. You can already praise yourself. We dedicate the month to summing up the results and making plans for the future.
- Sketches. We draw whatever we want.
- We take out all the works and admire them. We critically examine each one. Let's decide its value. Can a sketch turn into a real painting? If a sketch or work does not evoke any emotions, then we simply tear it up and throw it away. This is one of the most valuable lessons. You need to be able to get rid of unnecessary things, and not cherish every little squiggle. If you were able to draw it once, then you will draw a thousand more, or even more.
- We take A3 format. and draw a self-portrait. Happy and tired man.
- For the sake of experiment, you can do the same task as in the first month: compositions from simple figures.
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SEPTEMBER
Week Lesson topic Program content Methodological techniques Materials and equipment Literature
1 "Fun"
summer" Create conditions for reflecting summer impressions in the drawing. Learn to draw simple scenes, conveying human movements. Involve children in collective conversation, play and verbal interaction with peers. Describe the images in the pictures. Consideration
photos family vacation, conversation, asking riddles about summer, compiling an album of children's drawings. White sheets of paper of the same size for compiling a general album of drawings " Happy summer"; colored pencils and markers
(optional); simple pencils, erasers. The teacher has the basis for the future album “Merry Summer”. I. A. Lykova, p. 20
2 “The red summer has passed” Teach children to create a harmonious composition, conveying impressions of summer. Introduce a new way of creating an abstract composition - free, continuous movement of a pencil or felt-tip pen on paper (exercise “lines on a walk”). Improve your technique of painting with watercolors (wash and wet your brush often, move it freely in all directions). Examination of abstract illustrations about the seasons, the teacher’s story about the palette, children experimenting with color, reading Y. Akim’s poem “Shine, the sun is upon us!” White sheets of paper of different formats and sizes, watercolor paints, felt-tip pens or colored pencils, brushes different sizes, palettes, jars of water. Four abstract color compositions: summer (green-lime-red-yellow-blue), autumn (yellow-orange-brown-gray-blue), winter (white-blue-violet-blue), spring (pale green-white-pink-blue) . I. A. Lykova, p. 26
SEPTEMBER
Week Lesson topic Program content Methodical techniques Materials and equipment Literature
3 “Riddles from the garden” Learn to convey shape and characteristic features according to their description in riddles; create expressive and fantasy images; mix paints yourself to obtain the desired shade; clarify the idea of well-known subject objects. Guessing riddles about vegetables, drawing riddles.
Gouache paints, brushes of 2 sizes, jars of water, palettes for mixing paints, wet and dry napkins; vegetables (real and dummies) to clarify ideas about appearance. I. A. Lykova, p. 44
4 “Trees in our park”
Learn to draw deciduous trees by passing characteristics trunk and crown structure (birch, oak, willow, aspen), colors; develop technical skills in drawing with pencils, paints and other materials. Improve visual skills and develop the ability to create expressive images using various media.
Guessing riddles about vegetables, drawing riddles.
Examination of reproductions of paintings by Shishkin, Levitan, Vasnetsov, conversation on the content of I. Levitan’s painting “Birch Grove”, reading poems about trees, analysis of