Beautiful and unusual drawings with paints. Watercolor Painting Techniques - Tips and Tricks

In ancient Egypt, they painted with a sharpened stick with a piece of camel hair at the end with paints from crushed earth. This was the first watercolor technique, which is already about four thousand years old. Since then, watercolor painting has become firmly established in use in Europe.

The word "watercolor" itself has the Latin root "aqua" - water. Therefore, the main principle of the watercolor painting technique is the degree of wetting of the paper. It is water that gives the transparency of paints, the purity of color and allows you to see the texture of the paper.

For the artist, there is a choice of existing watercolor painting techniques:

dry watercolor (Italian watercolor);
wet watercolor (English watercolor);
combined (mixed) technique;
watercolor on partially moistened paper.

Dry watercolor (Italian watercolor)

Acquarello - this word sounds musical to the ear. Layers of paint are applied (one, if it is a single-layer watercolor) or several (if it is glazing) on a dry sheet of paper.

"Watercolor is the gentle promise of oil," and this technique is a direct confirmation of this.

The tone of the paint is thicker, the colors are brighter, the strokes are visible as if the drawing was painted in oil. The main difficulty is that if the oil endures everything, the work can be corrected, then it is practically impossible to make mistakes in watercolor. The Italians even have the term “A la Prima”, that is, “in one go”. The picture is painted without stages. With pure, undiluted colors, one must boldly grasp the essence, make a sketch from nature.

Steps of the artist in the technique of watercolor in a dry way:

drawing a contour drawing, development of shadows;
watercolor in one layer, or glazing;
smears are opaque, mosaic, accurate;
avoid dirty influxes, high speed of work.

From whom to learn the Italian manner: Russian academic painting of the 19th century. For example, "Italian Landscape" by A.A. Ivanov is kept in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

Wet watercolor (English watercolor)

The French call this technique "working on water" (travailler dans l'eau, fr.)

A sheet of paper is abundantly wetted with water. In this technique, the main feature is the unpredictability of the result. Even if the artist has correctly calculated the tone and color, the drawing, before it dries completely, may change more than once before taking on the final form. The contours of objects in this technique are vague, the lines smoothly flow into each other and are airy. A picture made in this technique is thought out and imagined by the viewer.

In his book How to Understand Watercolor, writer Tom Hoffmann said: “Watercolor painting is a dialogue between the artist and the viewer, each with their own role. If only one talks, the other will get bored."

Wet watercolor artist steps:

adding water to paints;
mixing paint, no matter where, on the palette or on the sheet;
wet the sheet abundantly, then smooth it so that there are no irregularities;
remove excess water from the sheet with a piece of cotton wool so that it stops shining;
perform the drawing, making extremely precise strokes;
drying the picture from 2 hours;
elaboration of foreground elements (if required).

From whom to learn the English manner: from the brilliant English painter William Turner. According to contemporaries, he created four drawings at once in this technique "with amazing, monstrous speed."

Among Russian artists, an example is the drawing by Maximilian Messmacher “View of Cologne Cathedral”.

Mixed media watercolor

Many artists combine several drawing techniques in one work.

Methods of combined (mixed) technique:

put the first coat of paint on a wet sheet;
elaboration of plans, creation of the required degree of blurring;
drying the drawing;
lay out the next layers of paint in stages;
elaboration of medium and near plans.

Basic rule of technology: paper is wetted not all, but in the right area (reserve); the pigment is applied to the surface from top to bottom.

The paper may be wetted in fragments. The artist himself decides which plan to work out by creating watercolor stains. With the help of a sponge, excess water must be removed so that water does not seep into those areas that should remain dry according to the artist's intention. Examples of combined technique in the work of the artist Konstantin Kuzema.

The next question for the artist is the creation of colorful layers. There are single-layer and multi-layer techniques (glazing).

Single layer watercolor technique

To paraphrase the famous satirist, one careless move, and at best you get graphics instead of watercolors. The paint is applied in one layer, adjustments cannot be made. The single coat technique can be applied dry-on-dry and wet-on-dry.

Features of a single-layer watercolor "dry on dry":

performance literally in one or two touches;
it is necessary to outline the contours of the drawing in advance;
choose the colors to use, for the speed of work;
for colorization, apply shades only on a wet layer;
more clarity and graphics, less overflow.

Features of watercolor in one layer "wet on dry":

more overflows, less graphics and clarity;
apply strokes quickly, until dry, one by one;
for colorization, have time to add paint when the smear is not yet dry.

A plus in a single-layer technique is the creation of picturesque watercolor overflows. On a dry sheet, it is easier to control the fluidity and outlines of strokes. Contemporary artists often hold master classes and post videos on Youtube. The technique of single-layer watercolor can be seen, for example, at the watercolorist Igor Yurchenko.

Those who tirelessly improve the technique of watercolor should master the multi-layer technique (glazing), in which famous masters work.

Multilayer watercolor technique (glazing)

This watercolor technique can give the green light to realist paintings. Glaze- multi-layer technique, applying watercolor with transparent strokes from lighter to darker, one layer on top of the other.

Features of the multilayer watercolor technique:

realism of the image: a picture in bright, saturated colors;
the bottom layer of light and transparent strokes should have time to dry before the next application;
borders of smears are visible;
paint does not mix in different layers;
strokes are done carefully, plans are airy, painting in a soft style;
you can divide the process into several sessions, perform a large canvas.

Glazed watercolor works look like oil or gouache painting. In order for the work not to have such a drawback, one must be able to work with light, apply glazing thinly and accurately.

Sergey Andriyaka is considered an unsurpassed master of multi-layered watercolors. In addition to creativity, the artist is actively involved in teaching, his work and his students are constantly exhibited.

“Oil painting is like driving a limousine, and watercolor is like driving a Ferrari. Not that respectability and safety, but it's really cool," Croatian watercolorist Josef Zbukvic wittily remarked. What is required in order to write a good watercolor, or "to drive a Ferrari with a breeze" according to the artist? He answers: "Follow the watercolor, or just paint."

To draw, you need brushes, paints, knowledge of technique and special effects. You can draw with a dry (wrung out), semi-dry and wet brush (core or squirrel).

Techniques in multilayer technique are also diverse:

smears you need to do it according to the principle “the work of the master is afraid”, invent your own technique, making dotted, linear, blurry, figured, continuous and intermittent strokes.
fill covers most of the picture with one color, used to ensure smooth color transitions.
laundering- applying no more than three layers of paint, one on top of the other after drying to enhance halftones, prescribing details and shadows. In this way the overall tone is achieved.
gradient stretch- strokes smoothly pass into each other, each next lighter than the previous one. This is done with the iridescent transition of colors.
Paint pull- a clean dry brush makes the tone of the stroke lighter, passes over the paper, collecting excess pigment.
Reservation- that part of the sheet that is left white.

Reservation types:

« detour"- the name speaks for itself, you need to carefully bypass the right places with a brush. In wet watercolors, you need to leave more space for the reserve due to paint leaks.
mechanical impact: scratching, masking. Avoid damaging the paper with sharp objects and sharp contrasts. Additional materials: razor, wax crayons, etc.
paint washout dry cloth or wrung out brush. It is possible to use a palette knife if the paint is dry.

You can create watercolors in the technique of grisaille (monochrome), dichrome (with ocher) and multi-color drawings.

You can also combine coloring materials and create special effects:

Mixing watercolor with whitewash, gouache, watercolor pencils, ink, pastels. This is no longer a pure technique, but a mixed one. What does it give? - clarity (pencils), shading (pastel), wash (ink), book illustrations (pen), reserve (white), linear strokes (watercolor pencils).
Special effect " drawing on crumpled paper» gives an amazing effect of chiaroscuro on the folds of paper.
Special effect with salt: salt crystals are applied to the drawing, fantastic stains appear as a result of friction with paper. Suitable for drawing a starry sky or water meadow.
Special effect " splashing"- this effect is familiar to all 1-2-year-old little ones. It turns out that the technique of splashing exists in painting, and they will not be scolded for it. Using a toothbrush, tiny drops of paint are applied. Suitable for writing the elements, storms, storms.
Watercolor with tea: For an aged effect on parchment-like paper. The sheet is tinted with tea leaves.
Special effect with cling film: the film soaked with paint abruptly separates from a sheet of paper. The resulting stains are used as a background.

And again about the principle “the work of the master is afraid”: each artist can create his own, author's techniques and techniques. Sharing or not with others is his business, but each artist is responsible for the originality of his work. As the aforementioned watercolorist Joseph Zbukvic said: “Watercolor is the boss. I'm just her young helper."

Drawing with a secret in three pairs of hands

When your child is 4 years old, we strongly advise you to resort to this method. It consists in the following. A rectangular sheet of paper is taken, 3 pencils. Adults and a child are distributed: who will draw the first, who will be the second, who will be the third. The first one starts drawing, and then closes his drawing, bending the leaflet on top and leaving a little bit, some part, to continue (the neck, for example). The second, not seeing anything but the neck, naturally continues the torso, leaving only part of the legs visible. The third one finishes. Then the whole sheet is opened - and almost always it turns out funny: from the mismatch of proportions, color schemes.

Blotography

It consists in teaching children how to make blots (black and multi-colored). Then a 3-year-old child can look at them and see images, objects or individual details. “What does your or my inkblot look like?”, “Whom or what does it remind you of?” - these questions are very useful, because develop thinking and imagination. After that, without forcing the child, but showing, we recommend moving on to the next step - tracing or drawing the blot. The result can be a whole story.

Drawing together on a long strip of paper

By the way, it is useful to change the paper format (that is, to give not only a standard). In this case, a long strip will help you draw together without interfering with each other. You can draw isolated objects or plots, i.e. work nearby. And even in this case, the child is warmer from the elbow of mom or dad. And then it is desirable to move on to collective drawing. Adults and the child agree on who will draw what to get one plot.

Drawing yourself or drawing from nature of your favorite toys

Drawing from nature develops observation, the ability to no longer create, but to depict according to the rules, i.e. draw so that it looks like the original in proportions, shapes, and colors. Suggest that you draw yourself first, looking in the mirror. And be sure to look in the mirror many times. Better yet, show how you adults will draw yourself, by all means looking in the mirror many times. Then let the child choose an object for himself. It can be a favorite doll, bear or car. It is important to learn to observe for a long time, comparing parts of the subject. And further. If a child moves away from nature, introduces something of his own, as a result of which a completely different object or toy appears, do not be upset. Praise your toddler: “You drew a new car today! Perhaps you want this?” But at the end of such a drawing, it is important to ask: “How does the drawn car differ from this one?”

"I draw my mother"

It would be good to continue drawing from life or drawing from memory (family members, relatives and friends can become objects for such an image). As supporting material, there may be photographs or conversations about the characteristic features of the appearance of absent relatives ... Photographs are taken and examined. A conversation is held: “Which grandmother Valya? What kind of hair does she have? Hairstyle? Favorite dress? Smile?" And the creative process begins. After a while, you can offer to draw girlfriends from memory. When there are enough drawings depicting relatives and friends, we advise you to organize a mini-exhibition “My relatives and friends”, where the first portraits of a preschooler are appreciated.

bitmap

Children love anything non-traditional. Drawing with dots refers to unusual, in this case, techniques. For implementation, you can take a felt-tip pen, a pencil, put it perpendicular to a white sheet of paper and start drawing. But here's the best way to get bitmaps with paints. Here's how it's done. A match, cleaned of sulfur, is tightly wrapped with a small piece of cotton wool and dipped in thick paint. And then the principle of drawing points is the same. The main thing is to immediately interest the child.

foam drawings

For some reason, we all tend to think that if we paint with paints, then we must also use a brush. Far from always, say Trizovites. Foam rubber can come to the rescue. We advise you to make a variety of various small geometric figures out of it, and then attach them with a thin wire to a stick or pencil (not sharpened). The tool is ready. Now you can dip it in paint and use the stamp method to draw red triangles, yellow circles, green squares (all foam rubber, unlike cotton wool, is well washed). At first, children will randomly draw geometric shapes. And then offer to make the simplest ornaments out of them - first from one type of figure, then from two, three.

Mysterious drawings

Mysterious drawings can be obtained as follows. A cardboard about 20x20 cm in size is taken. And it folds in half. Then a semi-woolen or woolen thread about 30 cm long is selected, its end is dipped in thick paint for 8-10 cm and clamped inside the cardboard. You should then move this thread inside the cardboard, and then take it out and open the cardboard. It turns out a chaotic image, which is examined, outlined and completed by adults with children. It is extremely useful to give names to the resulting images. This complex mental and speech work, combined with visual work, will contribute to the intellectual development of preschool children.

Drawing with crayons

Preschoolers love variety. These opportunities provide us with ordinary crayons, sanguine, coal. Smooth asphalt, porcelain, ceramic tiles, stones - this is the base on which chalk and coal fit well. So, asphalt disposes to a capacious image of plots. They (if there is no rain) can be developed the next day. And then make up stories according to the plots. And on ceramic tiles (which are sometimes stored in the remains somewhere in the pantry), we recommend depicting patterns, small objects with crayons or charcoal. Large stones (such as boulders) are asked to decorate them under the image of an animal's head or under a stump. It depends on what or whom the stone resembles in shape.

magic drawing method

This method is implemented like this. An image is drawn on white paper with the corner of a wax candle (a Christmas tree, a house, or maybe a whole plot). Then with a brush, and preferably with cotton wool or foam rubber, the paint is applied on top of the entire image. Due to the fact that the paint does not fall on the bold image with a candle, the drawing seems to appear suddenly before the eyes of the children, manifesting itself. You can get the same effect by first drawing with stationery glue or a piece of laundry soap. In this case, the selection of the background to the subject plays an important role. For example, it is better to paint over a snowman painted with a candle with blue paint, and a boat with green paint. No need to worry if candles or soap start to crumble while painting. It depends on their quality.

Drawing small pebbles

Of course, most often the child depicts on a plane, on paper, less often on asphalt, tiles of large stones. A flat image of a house, trees, cars, animals on paper is not as attractive as creating volumetric own creations. In this regard, sea pebbles are ideally used. They are smooth, small and have a different shape. The very shape of the pebble will sometimes tell the child what image to create in this case (and sometimes adults will help the kids). It is better to paint one pebble under a frog, another under a bug, and a wonderful fungus will come out of the third. Bright thick paint is applied to the pebble - and the image is ready. And it’s better to finish it like this: after the pebble dries, cover it with a colorless varnish. In this case, a voluminous beetle or a frog made by children's hands shines, brightly shimmers. This toy will participate in independent children's games more than once and bring considerable benefits to its owner.

Finger painting method

Here is another way to depict the world around you: with your fingers, palm, feet, and maybe with your chin, nose. Not everyone will take such a statement seriously. Where is the line between prank and drawing? And why should we draw only with a brush or felt-tip pen? After all, a hand or individual fingers is such a help. Moreover, the index finger of the right hand obeys the child better than a pencil. Well, if the pencil is broken, the brush is wiped off, the felt-tip pens are over - but you want to draw. There is another reason: sometimes the theme just asks for a child's hand or finger. For example, a child will better draw a tree with his hands than with other tools. With his finger, he will bring out the trunk and branches, then (if) he will apply yellow, green, orange paints to the inside of the hand and draw a crimson-mahogany tree on top. Well, if we teach children to use their fingers rationally: not just one index finger, but all.

Thread method

There is this method mainly for girls. But this does not mean that it is not suitable for children of the opposite sex. And it consists in the following. First, a screen 25x25 cm in size is made of cardboard. Either velvet paper or plain flannel is glued onto the cardboard. It would be nice to prepare a nice bag with a set of woolen or semi-woolen threads of various colors for the screen. This method is based on the following feature: threads with a certain percentage of wool are attracted to flannel or velvet paper. You just need to attach them with light movements of the index finger. From such threads you can prepare interesting stories. Develops imagination, sense of taste. Especially girls learn to skillfully select colors. Some thread colors are suitable for light flannel, and completely different colors for dark flannel. Thus begins the gradual path to the women's craft, needlework, which is very necessary for them.

Monotype method

Two words about this, unfortunately rarely used method. And in vain. Because he is fraught with a lot of tempting for preschoolers. In short, this is an image on cellophane, which is then transferred to paper. On smooth cellophane, I paint with paint using a brush, or a match with cotton wool, or a finger (no uniformity is needed). The paint should be thick and bright. And immediately, until the paint has dried, turn the cellophane over with the image down on white thick paper and, as it were, wet the drawing, and then lift it up. It turns out two drawings. Sometimes the image remains on cellophane, sometimes on paper.

Drawing on wet paper

Until recently, it was believed that you can only draw on dry paper, because the paint is sufficiently diluted with water. But there are a number of objects, plots, images that are better to draw on wet paper. We need ambiguity, vagueness, for example, if the child wants to depict the following topics: “City in the fog”, “I had dreams”, “It's raining”, “Night city”, “Flowers behind the curtain”, etc. You need to teach a preschooler to make the paper a little wet. If the paper is too wet, the drawing may not work. Therefore, it is recommended to soak a ball of cotton wool in clean water, wring it out and draw it either over the entire sheet of paper, or (if required) only over a separate part. And the paper is ready to produce vague images.

tissue images

We collect the remnants of fabrics of various patterns and different qualities in a bag. Useful, as they say, and chintz, and brocade. It is very important to show with concrete examples how the drawing on the fabric, as well as its dressing, can help to depict something very brightly and at the same time easily in the plot. Let's give some examples. So, on one of the fabrics flowers are depicted. They are cut out along the contour, glued (only with a paste or other good glue), and then they paint on a table or a vase. It turns out a capacious colorful image. There are fabrics that can serve well as a house or the body of an animal, or a beautiful umbrella, or a hat for a doll, or a handbag.

Volume application

Obviously, children love to do appliqué: cut something and stick it on, getting a lot of pleasure from the process itself. And you need to create all the conditions for them. Along with a planar application, teach them how to make a three-dimensional one: a three-dimensional one is better perceived by a preschooler and more realistically reflects the world around them. In order to obtain such an image, it is necessary to wrinkle applicative colored paper in children's hands, then slightly straighten it and cut out the required shape. After that, just stick it on and, if necessary, finish the individual details with a pencil or felt-tip pen. Make, for example, a turtle beloved by children. Remember the brown paper, flatten it slightly, cut out an oval shape and stick it on, then paint on the head and legs.

Drawing with postcards

In fact, almost every house has a lot of old postcards. Go through old postcards with the children, teach them to cut out the necessary images and stick them to the place, into the plot. A bright factory image of objects and phenomena will give even the simplest unpretentious drawing a completely artistic design. It is sometimes difficult for a three-, four- and even five-year-old child to draw a dog and a beetle. You can take them ready-made, and let him add the sun, rain to the dog and the bug and he will be very happy. Or if, together with the children, cut out from a postcard and stick on a fairy-tale house with a grandmother in the window, then a preschooler, guided by his imagination, knowledge of fairy tales and visual skills, will undoubtedly draw something for him.

Learning to make a background

Usually children draw on white paper. So you can see it more clearly. So faster. But some scenes require a background. And, I must say, all children's work looks better against a background made in advance. Many children make the background with a brush, moreover, an ordinary, small one. Although there is a simple and reliable way: make the background with cotton wool or a piece of foam rubber soaked in water and paint.

Collage

The concept itself explains the meaning of this method: several of the above are collected in it. In general, ideally, the following seems important to us: it is good when a preschooler is not only familiar with various image techniques, but also does not forget about them, but uses them appropriately, fulfilling a given goal. For example, one of the children of 5-6 years old decided to draw, and for this he uses a bitmap (flowers), and the child will draw the sun with his finger, he will cut fruits and vegetables from postcards, depict the sky and clouds with fabrics, etc. There is no limit to improvement and creativity in visual activity. English teacher-researcher Anna Rogovin recommends using everything that is at hand for drawing exercises: draw with a cloth, paper napkin (folded many times); draw with dirty water, old tea leaves, coffee grounds, pomace from berries. It is also useful to paint cans and bottles, reels and boxes, etc.

A monotype is an imprint with paints: applying spots of paint (with or without water) on a sheet of paper, another clean sheet is placed on top, pressed and smoothed. It turns out two sheets with an unusual spotted pattern. It can be used either as a background for a future drawing, or it can be refined, adding details, turning a shapeless spot into a full-fledged drawing.

If you take not two sheets, but one folded in half, the paint will print almost like a mirror. In this version of the technique, watercolor landscapes turn out very well: the clearer half is, say, a forest, and the more blurry one is a reflection of the forest in some kind of reservoir. It remains only to refine the details.

Watercolor and drawing ink

Since watercolor and ink are transparent, fluid paints that require an abundance of water, a monotype using them can be made in two ways. First, you can moisten a sheet of paper with water, and then apply paint with a wide brush or drops. Secondly, you can apply paint on a dry sheet, and then dilute it with drops of water. The results in both cases will differ markedly.

Don't use too much ink and not enough water - the prints will be too bright. If, on the contrary, it is necessary to get rid of excess liquid, blot the sheet with a crumpled paper towel or sprinkle coarse salt on the paper. It will also create unusual textures. After the paint has dried, the salt can simply be shaken off.

Acrylic and gouache

These paints, unlike watercolors and ink, are dense and opaque. The prints are also different: they are textured and textured (especially when using acrylic). Acrylic, by the way, absolutely anyone is suitable for monotype. If you use thick, undiluted paint, when you remove the second sheet (if you shoot without shifting), you will get beautiful tree or coral structures. If you move or rotate it slightly when removing the top sheet, you will get a beautiful and textured smearing effect.

Aging paper with lemon and milk

This is a "prepaint" technique that is used to make paper look like an old, yellowed page. Put drops of lemon juice on a clean sheet of paper, some can be smeared. Lime juice will work too. When the juice dries, iron the sheet with an iron. The lemon juice will darken, creating an aged effect. In addition, the sheet will also wrinkle slightly, which will give it an even greater resemblance to old paper.

You can use full fat milk or cream instead of lemon juice. This method has its roots in ancient times, when milk was used as invisible ink. Apply milk with a brush on a sheet of paper, let dry. Then iron the sheet with an iron or heat it in another way. The milk will turn brown and tint the leaf "antique".

Washing off black mascara

Another way to original toned paper (attention, the process is very dirty). You will need sheets of paper, white gouache, drawing ink, a large brush. The paper must be very thick so that it does not tear when washing. We paint over the central part of the sheet with white gouache (you can not try to make the contour even, chaotic strokes will do). We are waiting for the paint to dry. Now with black ink, carefully paint over the entire sheet. Let dry again.

Now we take a dried sheet and go to the bathroom. Gently wash off the mascara from the sheet under running water (you can rub it lightly with your hands). We wash the middle part of the sheet (the ink on top of the gouache should be easily washed off). And the edges of the sheet, since the ink has soaked into the paper, will remain black. Place the washed sheet on a stack of newspapers and leave to dry. While you wait, wash the bath, otherwise the mascara will strongly eat.

Drawing with shaving foam and ink

You can get very beautiful stains in this way. You need shaving foam or gel and colored mascara. Squeeze the foam onto a plastic palette (if gel, add a bit of water to it and beat with a brush), spread evenly over the palette and drip a few drops of drawing ink. With a brush handle, make stains from the ink on the foam. Now put a sheet of paper on top, press lightly, remove. Remove the remaining foam with paper towels.

Thread drawing

A very unconventional way of painting that gives amazing results. You will need paper, ink and thick knitting threads. Dip a piece of thread in ink and lay it out beautifully on a piece of paper (but the tip of the thread should go beyond the edge). Cover with another sheet of paper, put a book on top and press lightly with your hand. Now slowly pull the thread. When you put the book away and separate the sheets, you will see that both sheets of paper are covered with a beautiful intricate pattern. The pattern can be finalized by turning it into a full-fledged drawing.

Blob spots

Such ink stains can become a blank for a full-fledged work: they can be a background, or they can be the base of a drawing that needs to be supplemented with details. On a dry sheet of paper, apply a few drops of colored mascara (if you want a lot, it’s better not to apply them all at once). We take a tube for a cocktail and inflate a drop. You can simply blow, trying to stretch the blot as far as possible, or you can try to give the spot some form, so that later you can use it to create a picture.

"Crumpled" drawing

An interesting effect is given by paint on crumpled paper. You will need paper, wax crayons and gouache (watercolor). Draw the desired object (contour) on the sheet with crayons, paint over the space around the object with crayons as well. Now the sheet must be gently crumpled, then straightened. We paint over with gouache, and then, with the help of a sponge and water, quickly wash off the paint. The ink should remain only at the folds of the paper on the unpainted area.

Technology in action

You can paint with a regular toothbrush. And you can draw electric. A massage brush will also work. Unusual concentric patterns are obtained that can be used as a background for a picture (especially if you take more than one color). Required paint - gouache or acrylic.

Punching

With the help of various stamps (which, by the way, can be almost all small and not so small objects), you can create an interesting background for the drawings, the drawings themselves, and even decorate clothes and interiors. You can use both improvised objects with an interesting texture, and self-made stamps: cut them out of an eraser or from a potato (at one time). Then you just have to dip the stamp into the paint and start creating.

splashing

There are two ways to spray paint on a sheet. The first is stencil spatter, when an object is placed on a sheet of paper and its outline is imprinted with splashes. The second is purposeful spraying, with different intensity, paint concentration, droplet size. So you can create whole drawings, moreover, quite presentable and not "childish".

Point technique

Similar to stamping. In addition to the fact that the technique gives a rather unusual result, it is also a great way to relieve your stress. You will need cotton swabs, sheets of paper, paint of your choice. Dip a cotton swab in the paint and begin to apply the pattern on paper with rhythmic movements. It is very interesting in this technique to try to mix colors and shades.

foam drawing

The texture background or "fluffiness" in the picture can be created using an ordinary sponge. You can try this technique with soft foil or a thin plastic bag: dip a small piece of sponge (if the foil or bag is a small lump) into the paint and dip it on the surface of the sheet.

"Combing the Paint"

To create texture, try running a toothed comb or fork over the still wet paint. Lines can be made both straight and wavy. Just be careful not to damage the paper.

Grattage

This is also scratching with a sharp object, only here it is not the texture that is created, but the drawing itself. Rub a thick sheet of paper with a candle, apply ink or gouache over the wax layer (so that it completely covers the sheet, without gaps). Add a few drops of liquid soap to the mascara, so it will lie better. When the paint dries, take a sharp object and scratch the drawing.

Drawing with cling film

We apply large spots of paint on a sheet of paper, cover with cling film on top. But you don’t need to smooth it, on the contrary, wrinkle it slightly. When the paint is completely dry, remove the film. Thin lines and bubbles will remain on the sheet, which cover the sheet with a cobweb.

Believe me, these are not all the techniques, methods and techniques of drawing that you can try if you want something unusual in your work. In the end, no one bothers you to turn on your fantasy and try to come up with something new!

I. Using a variety of materials while drawing, you can achieve interesting effects:
1. to receive blurred outlines, drip water (or vodka) on a watercolor sheet. In this way it is good to depict the sky covered with clouds;
2. effect "flakes", snowflakes, "ice crust" can be obtained by sprinkling salt on the applied watercolor image;

3. chaotic uneven retouching is obtained thanks to crumpled paper;
4. stencil drawing has many options. Try attaching the cutout to a sheet of paper and painting them in watercolor. Now remove the stencil, allowing the paint to spread out. The contours of the stencil image will turn out blurry, and the color will intensify from the center of the figure to the periphery;
5. interesting texture can be achieved with sandpaper;
6.emerging "second" layer possible with multilayer image. draw crayons or a candle something on a sheet of paper and cover with watercolors. In those places where something is drawn with chalk or with a candle, the paint will not lay down evenly, and an image will be visible from under it;

7. "scratching" paint paintings. draw something crayons or a candle on paper (or just paint over the sheet with colored crayons). Now cover the sheet of paper with the image with a thick layer of paint (gouache) and let dry. After the paint has dried, you can start scratching the image. In those places where there is chalk, the paint will come off well, in other places it will remain an even background;

8. another interesting way to draw crayons and gouache can be called " mnew image". An object is drawn on paper with wax crayons, the entire space around it is also painted over with crayons. Now this sheet is carefully crumpled, straightened and covered with gouache. Now we quickly wash off the gouache with a sponge and water. The paint should remain only in places where the paper is folded;

9. an interesting effect is obtained from drawing sponge. Invite the child to "draw" with a sponge a crown of trees or a sea;

10. give "fluffiness" image can be done using gauze or cellophane. It's good to use this effect with stencil. Cut out an animal figure from cardboard and attach it to a piece of paper. Now we lower the gauze or cellophane into the paint diluted with water, and with light movements we pass along the contour of the stencil. When you remove the stencil, you will see a clear figure of the animal, and its contour will look soft and fluffy (for example, like a bear drawn with gauze by Valeria Koryavikova).
Nearby is a drawing made according to the same principle, only without a stencil, and instead of gauze, polyethylene bag;

11. try to use as an additional drawing tool threads. Good at drawing sinuous lines with the help of woolen threads from a loose product;

12. amazing colorful circles are obtained if you draw not with a brush, but electrical toothbrush or massage brush.

II. "Punching": baby might like it stamp"objects or in this way" draw "something." You can "stamp" any objects, it can be cubes (a set of geometric shapes) or an elastic band on the back of a pencil:

Prints can also be made with natural materials, for example, a spruce branch or a large leaf from a plant:

III. The kid may like to draw on a sheet if it lies on some convex surfaces. You can make your own curly stencil For "imprints", for example like this:

IV. If you draw on a wet drawing with watercolor back side of the brush, then you get " grooves", as in the picture with the trees. So you can “draw” wet with scissors, in which case the “grooves” will turn out the same and two at once.
V. Spray: interesting effects and images can be obtained by spraying paint from a brush or toothbrush onto a piece of paper. The same can be done by placing an object on a sheet. Then there will be a "dotted background" around the object, and the image of the object will be colorless.

With help spray you can paint the whole picture:

VI. blots: drip and let the paint spread over the sheet. You can blow into the center of the blot through a tube. Blot images can be made mirrored, if you first fold the sheet in half (or twist it), then straighten it and drip paint on it. Now fold the sheet again and press lightly. The rest is up to your imagination. See what the blots look like and draw the necessary details. Below is a mirror drawing from Yulia Mitko's inkblot.

VII.Monotype. This technique works well for postcards.Apply to glass (or any other material that does not absorb paint) multi-colored stripes or a pattern. Now place a sheet of paper on top and press lightly. Remove the sheet from the glass and examine the printed pattern.

VIII.Foam drawing.

1. Whisk foam and pick it up with a sponge. Now wring out the sponge so that the foam is in the paint container. Stir and apply foam with paint to paper with a brush. When the drawing dries, the excess foam can be blown away.

2. For creating effect use different shades take the colors shaving foam and gouache of the color you need. Mix shaving foam and paint in a bowl and apply with a brush to the drawing.

IX. Drawings with glue

1.Adhesive lining.Draw something on the sheet with a pencil. Squeeze out the glue along the contour of the image through a small hole in a tube of stationery glue and leave it to dry. Then paint over the space inside the contour.

The standard idea of drawing for many is associated with an album and drawing accessories: paints, pencils, brushes and felt-tip pens. Meanwhile, there are many ways to make a lesson in unusual and exciting ways that will evoke positive emotions not only in children, but also in adults.

Unusual drawing techniques for children, using non-standard tools and materials, is a great opportunity to show your imagination and create spectacular, memorable crafts.

We draw with our hands

A very simple way to draw unusual and varied pictures using the tool that is always at hand, namely the hand of the artist himself. From a very young age, simple abstract pictures can be used, and when the child gets older, you can complicate the task. A child's hand provides ample opportunities for creating stories, here are two of the simplest.

Butterfly

Take a sheet of paper, lay it horizontally. Bend in half, fix the fold line well, then straighten the sheet. Type a little gouache on the brush (let the child choose the colors on his own), and paint the baby's palm. If a child holds a brush well and confidently, then he can paint his own palm, this will give him a lot of pleasure. It is better to paint the fingertips and palm in different colors, this will make the drawing more vivid.

The young artist puts a painted palm on a sheet of paper. The base of the palm should be at the fold line of the sheet. Since the butterfly wing consists of two parts, once the child puts his palm, slightly turning his fingers down the picture, the second time, on the contrary, turning his palm up with his fingers.

Then attach the second half of the sheet to the resulting handprint - and you will have a wonderful butterfly. For reliability, you can draw the torso and head of a butterfly by hand or cut them out of colored paper and glue them with glue.

Tree

An excellent version of the image of a tree using the same hand, however, now you will need not only a palm, but also a part of the arm above the hand.

The technique is simple: the child paints the palm and a piece of the hand just above the wrist with brown gouache, and applies it to a vertically lying sheet of paper. It turns out a tree trunk, which is left to draw foliage. Options are also possible here: you can draw it yourself, or you can glue real leaves collected in the autumn forest.

Pictures in stamps

A creative solution that will make any drawing unexpected and eye-catching is drawing its elements with stamps.

What is a stamp? This is a piece of the base on which the desired pattern is cut or fixed with improvised means.

Anything can be used for making stamps:

raw potato tubers;
small apples cut in half;
plasticine;
Lego constructor elements;
lids from small jars;
matchboxes and string.

A versatile and inexpensive impression material that everyone can find.

Choose small tubers, wash and clean them.
Cut the tuber in half. On the resulting surface of the stamp, draw the imprint that you want to get, let's say it will be a leaf of a tree.
Use a knife to make incisions that mimic the structure of the leaf. Then dip the finished stamp into the paint and make an impression on a pre-prepared piece of paper.
To create a complete composition, you can make the necessary blank, for example, an image of a tree branch, the leaves on which can be drawn with the resulting stamp.

Attention: the potato quickly and well absorbs the paint, therefore, to obtain prints of different colors, each time you need to use a new stamp (potato tuber).

Stamps on plasticine

One of the kids' favorite ways to create their own stamps. To do this, you will need: a piece of dense plasticine and a ballpoint pen (for small details). For larger details that need to be pressed into the print, it is better to use a pencil with a thick lead.

Making an impression:

We roll a sausage 2-3 cm long from plasticine. We make the bottom of the sausage smooth and even.
We take a ballpoint pen and set, deeply pressing inward, a point in the middle of the base of the print. This will be the center of the flower.
We apply a ballpoint pen to the stamp as follows: with the pointed end to the center, press well. We make several prints, forming petals around the core of the flower.
We fill the resulting recesses of the stamp with paint, it is better if it is acrylic paint or gouache. The watercolor will spill out, giving unsaturated colors.
We print on paper. The composition can be diversified by making several stamps with different patterns.

apple postcards

For this “delicious” drawing technique, you will need: several small apples, gouache or acrylic paints, two or three sheets of thick colored cardboard.

Cut the apples into halves, dilute a few colors in an additional bowl. In order for the prints to be saturated, do not dilute the inks too much. Having lowered the apple with the cut side into the paint, invite the child to make several prints on pieces of colored cardboard.

Let parents not be afraid that when they see bright and appetizing prints, children will have a desire to put them on cardboard in an incredible amount. Once the prints are dry, the cardstock can be cut to fit the postcard size, or you can cut out the apple print square and stick it onto a large piece of cardstock in a contrasting color. Tails of apples can be drawn separately. It turns out a wonderful picture for the kitchen!

thread stamps

This type of creativity attracts children with funny geometric patterns resulting from the use of ordinary threads.

The basic materials for this unusual technique are simple and affordable - these are boxes of matches (only boxes are needed, no matches), thick threads of woolen or synthetic yarn, and paints (all but watercolors).

In order to make a stamp, you need to take a small piece of thread and wrap it around a matchbox. The thread should not be too thin and should fit snugly around the box. We dip the resulting stamp into the paint and get a spectacular print with a geometric pattern.

Unusual drawing and natural materials

The most interesting drawing techniques for children are associated with natural materials of various textures: wood, stone, plant seeds, and, of course, tree foliage.

Collecting leaves with children in the autumn forest, we sometimes do not suspect what scope for a flight of fancy and unusual drawings lies in an ordinary dried oak or maple leaf.

Drawings with autumn foliage

Leaves for these works need any: large and small elongated and round, green, yellow with or without cuttings. Walking in the forest, focus the children's attention on the variety of shapes and colors of autumn leaves.

leaf prints

Option one

We take a sheet of not very thick white paper, put it in front of the children on the table. It is better to fix its corners with tape, for this type of work it is important that the sheet does not slide on the table. We lay out three sheets of different shapes next to each other and “print” each sheet in turn, sketching it with colored wax crayon.

Second option

We “print” with leaves, having previously applied paint to them. This drawing method looks like this.

Take a few large sheets and invite the kids to work as autumn wizards. Have them color one side of each sheet on their own with the colors they like, in no particular order. Then let them put the leaves with the colored side to a white sheet of paper. Get bright, juicy prints.

This type of work will allow you to create interesting and bright collages on the autumn theme!

Making your own colored paper

Few people know that it is enough to simply create spectacular multi-colored paper at home on your own. As a result of this unusual technique, it will turn out to be a bizarre, unusual color, reminiscent of a marble stone pattern.

To create this type of colored paper you will need:

men's shaving foam;
watercolor or acrylic paints;
disposable paper plate for mixing paints;
paper;
a piece of thick cardboard.

We apply a uniform dense layer of foam on a plate. Lightly dilute the paints with water, the colors should be saturated and bright. Then we take a little paint of each color with a brush and “drip” a few drops of different shades onto a plate with foam in random order.

The next part is most loved by children of any age. Picking up a cotton swab (you can remove it from the cotton tip) or a toothpick, the child should dilute the colored drops in the foam. As a result, completely bizarre shapes are formed - blots, dots, stains and incredible combinations of colors.

Then you need to take a sheet of paper and attach it flat to the multi-colored foam formed in the plate. Turn the sheet over, lay it dry side down on the table. Now you need to scrape off the remaining foam from the surface of the sheet. To do this, just take a piece of thick cardboard, and holding it vertically, remove excess foam.

A sheet of the resulting colored paper in bright and cheerful colors can be used when it dries.

All of the listed variety of works made by children and adults in unusual drawing techniques is ideal for home art lessons, creating drawings using collage technique and decorating family albums using scrapbooking technique.

Lecturer, child development center specialist
Druzhinina Elena