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, are 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.

Painted palm young artist applied to 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 hand, 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.

Wood

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 make 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 ballpoint pen and put, deeply pressing inward, a point in the middle of the base of the print. This will be the center of the flower.
• Attach a ballpoint pen to the stamp in the following way: 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. When the prints are dry, the sheets of cardboard can be cut to fit the size of the postcard, or by cutting out the square with the apple prints, pasting it onto a large piece of cardboard in a contrasting color. Tails of apples can be drawn separately. It turns out wonderful picture for 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 painted side to white sheet 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 just to create a spectacular different 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 are ideal for lessons. home creativity, creating drawings in collage technique and designing family albums using scrapbooking technique.

Lecturer, child development center specialist
Druzhinina Elena

My brother returned from a long trip a week ago. Vitalik lived and worked in Australia for a year. Last night at a party I heard amazing story about what my brother saw and what amazed him while he lived in Sydney and traveled around interesting places this amazing continent.

I would never have thought before that painting could amaze me Australian aborigines. My brother got acquainted with local creativity in Uluru. This is a tourist village near the pink rock, which is considered sacred by the indigenous people. There he managed to get to the master class of a local artist. The craftswoman showed dot drawing technique using the other side of the brush.

Drawing for the Australian Aborigines is a kind of meditation. They create their paintings right on the street, sitting with a canvas and a brush in their hand. Focusing on your inner world, they draw colored dots, from which real masterpieces are subsequently obtained. Works in this technique are fascinating and seem to exude positive energy, attracting views and thoughts for a long time.

And all you need is to listen to yourself and start drawing a cascade of multi-colored dots. But it also has its own secrets.

Unusual drawings

Editorial "So simple!" prepared for you a selection of bright and unusual Australian aboriginal paintings. The energy is just over the top!

1. Bright colors, laconic expressiveness of the stroke, picturesque anatomical details - all this characterizes the painting of Australian aborigines, acquaintance with which will give pleasure to true connoisseurs of original cultures.

   
   
   
   
   

2. Do you know what native artists look like? In this case, the stereotype, as we imagine the artist, does not work at all. They look quite exotic, especially from a European point of view.

   

   Here, for example, is a fairly well-known Australian artist Jeannie Petyarre. Ginny's works are known all over the world and have a large number of connoisseurs. And with good reason, because these works of art are really amazing, you can’t take your eyes off!

   
   A reproduction of this painting, thanks to my brother, is now in my possession.

   
   
   

3. Aboriginal artists paint the world with dots and strokes. It is as if from atoms they create the most important thing in their life, what has the greatest weight, what they are proud of and what they live in: the country in which they were born, the earth, rivers, sun and sky.

   
   
   

   They also draw people who live nearby and whom they love, draw women, men and children, plant and animal world everything that surrounds them.

   

   The secret of the energy of the paintings lies in the encoded symbols, the artists write them down while working on a new masterpiece, turning the plots into bright ornamental canvases.

   
   Knowing and understanding these symbols, one can easily "read" works of art.

   

4. And here are the paintings of Australian Aboriginal artists, exhibited in one of the world's art galleries.

   
   They have a very special aura! From these abstractions there is such a feeling as from communication with nature - a light breeze, the smell of grass, the chirping of birds ... Very irrational, like waves of color.

   
   Gallery visitors admit that they like to stand in front of the canvases, listening to their inner state.

   

5. Australian aboriginal artists painted and continue to draw colorful fish, animals, birds, sometimes people, while along with external details, internal organs are also depicted - the spine, esophagus, heart, liver.

   
   This is the so-called x-ray style, which reflects the interest of the natives in expanding their knowledge of the anatomy of the animal world.

   
   In addition, such a thorough image of edible game was a kind of magical action and ensured success in hunting.

   

In case you decide to go on an exciting journey, we have prepared for you a fascinating selection of different countries peace. Take a few ideas with you on the road, an original approach to choosing souvenirs will bring you a lot of positive emotions.

What can you say about these works of art of Australian aborigines, unusual to our eyes? Personally, I do not have a soul in ethnic motives!

In addition, having tried to create such, at first glance, primitive works, you understand that drawing with dots is not at all easy. This requires great concentration and a huge internal resource, because you can create such works only in good mood without allowing a single negative thought.

If you were inspired australian art- share this article with your friends. I'm sure they will definitely find something new for themselves.

Nastya practices yoga and loves traveling. Fashion, architecture and everything beautiful - that's what a girl's heart aspires to! Anastasia is engaged in interior design, and also makes unique decorations with a floral theme. Dreams of living in France, learning the language and keenly interested in the culture of this country. He believes that a person needs to learn something new all his life. Anastasia's favorite book is Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.

All children love to draw. But sometimes the child does not turn out the way he wants. Or maybe he doesn’t have enough familiar ways to express himself? Then you can inspire him to experiment with different techniques, among which there is sure to be a favorite. After that, your child will probably want to invent something new.
Patterns from dots

First, draw the simplest squiggle. Then, using a cotton swab and paints (gouache or acrylic), we make intricate patterns, as the soul lies. Paints are best pre-mixed and slightly diluted with water on the palette.

Frottage

Since childhood, a technique familiar and loved by many. We put an object with a slightly protruding relief under a sheet of paper and paint over it with pastel, chalk or an unsharpened pencil.

Foam prints

Having dipped a sponge in thick gouache, a child can draw landscapes, bouquets of flowers, lilac branches or animals.

Blotography

One option: drip paint on the sheet and tilt it in different sides to get some image. Second: the child dips the brush into the paint, then puts the inkblot on a sheet of paper and folds the sheet in half so that the inkblot is printed on the second half of the sheet. Then he unfolds the sheet and tries to understand who or what the drawing looks like.

Other drawings using the clasography method can be viewed

Hand and foot prints

It's simple: you need to dip your foot or palm in paint and make an imprint on paper. And then use your imagination and finish drawing a couple of details.

You can see more about the method of drawing with palms

Paint Patterns

For such an application, you need to apply a thick layer of paint on paper. Then, with the back end of the brush, scratch patterns on the still wet paint - a variety of lines and curls. When dry, cut out the desired shapes and stick on a thick sheet.

Fingerprints

The name speaks for itself. It is necessary to paint the finger with a thin layer and make an imprint. A couple of strokes with a felt-tip pen - and you're done!

Monotype

On a flat smooth surface(for example, glass) a drawing is applied with paint. Then a sheet of paper is applied, and the print is ready. To make it more blurry, a sheet of paper must first be wetted. When everything is dry, you can add details and outlines if desired.

Grattage

The highlight of the work is that the drawing needs to be scratched. A sheet of cardboard is tightly shaded with spots of multi-colored oil pastels. Then black gouache must be mixed on a palette with soap and painted over the entire sketch. When the paint is completely dry, scratch the pattern with a toothpick.

air paints

To prepare the dye, you need to mix a tablespoon of "self-rising" flour, a few drops of food coloring and a tablespoon of salt. Add a little water to the consistency of thick sour cream and mix well. The paint can be placed in a confectionery syringe or in a small bag. Tie tightly and cut corner. We draw on paper or ordinary cardboard. We place the finished drawing for 10-30 seconds in the microwave at maximum mode.

"Marble" paper

Paint a sheet of paper yellow acrylic paint. When it dries completely, paint over again with diluted pink paint and immediately cover with cling film. The film needs to be crumpled and gathered into folds, since it is they who will create the desired pattern for us. We wait for complete drying and remove the film.

water painting

We draw with watercolors a simple figure and fill it with water. Until it dries out, we put colored blots on it so that they mix with each other and form such smooth transitions.

Prints of vegetables and fruits

Vegetable or fruit should be cut in half. Then you can cut some kind of pattern on it or leave it as it is. We dip into the paint and make prints on paper. For prints, you can use an apple, potato, carrot or celery.

Leaf prints

The principle is the same. We smear the leaves with paint and make prints on paper.

Drawings with salt

If sprinkled still wet watercolor drawing salt, then it will be saturated with paint and, when dried, will create a grainy effect.

Brush instead of brush

Sometimes, for the sake of experiment, it is worth trying something unexpected. For example, a household brush.

Ebru or water painting

We need a container of water. The main requirement is that its area coincides with the area of ​​a sheet of paper. You can use an oven roaster or a large tray. You will also need oil paints, solvent to them and a brush. The point is to create patterns with paint on water, and then dip a piece of paper in them. How it's done: www.youtube.com

cracked wax effect

With wax pencils, draw an image on thin paper. In our case, a flower. The background must be fully shaded. We crumple well and then straighten the sheet with the pattern. We paint over it with dark paint so that it enters into all the cracks. We wash the drawing under the tap and dry it. If required, smooth with an iron.

About drawing on crumpled paper you can see

Offset cardstock prints

We cut the cardboard into small strips, about 1.5 × 3 cm. Dip the edge of a piece of cardboard in paint, press it vertically against the paper and evenly shift it to the side. Wide lines will be obtained, from which the pattern is created.

Cam prints

For such a drawing, the child will have to clench his hands into fists. Then dip the back of your fingers into the paint and make prints, creating the desired shape. Fish and crabs can be created using fingerprints.

A talented person is talented in everything, and nothing is simpler than a simple pencil. Even a simple person will be more difficult, except that the so-called simple vodka is inferior in its world order to a simple pencil. It is known that talented people often give themselves to simple vodka, about how rare a “sober artist” is, we. Before the love of vodka, the artist is usually friends with with a simple pencil. If an artist is talented, then even with the simplest means of creativity he creates a Great Something, incomprehensible to a simple mind.

Our hero pencil is as simple as it is powerful. His name means "black stone", and what is stronger than a black stone? Just a black drop of ink from a modern printing press. Our hero is soft, dull, mechanical. With a pencil, you can draw a line 50 kilometers long.

A simple pencil with an eraser on the blunt end has the magic of correcting mistakes and erasing marks. It has the will to win and the talent for compromise. Pencil drawings- these are formidable contrasting drawings of the first, and unusually soft, more truthful than a photograph, portraits of the beautiful creatures of the planet.

Here is a simple pencil in the hand of a patient Chinese from Hong Kong named Paul Lun. He sits down to work and in 60 hours makes a penny piece of paper precious. He proves that elemental graphite is the best tool for recreating complex textures. In Australia and Austria, in downtrodden Somalia and prosperous Japan, people say out loud “usi-pusi, who is this fluffy one with us?”, seeing for the first time pencil drawings Paul Luna.

In his free time from cats, without losing inspiration, the artist Lun spends tens of hours of Hong Kong time on portraits of his friends and favorite artists. Here, for example, is the owner of a rice vodka factory, who virtually “posed” for Paul for 40 hours. The original format is A2.

The 38-year-old master has the opportunity to devote 3-4 hours daily to his favorite business. Lung makes a living as a graphic designer, earning good fees for less labor-intensive work than, say, this touching portrait of a forest master.

What cannot be played on the piano can be sung. What is not drawn with the hands can be drawn with the mouth. With his teeth firmly embedded in the wooden shell of a simple pencil, this is what St. Louis artist Doug Landis does. His hands, unfortunately, cannot hold a pencil after an injury sustained in student years in wrestling competitions. Lendis is able to drive a stylus on paper only with the help of his neck, once broken. For each one pencil drawing a wheelchair artist spends between 40 and 200 hours. And the phenomenal began with the fact that Landis argued with his brother that he would draw a Christmas card with his mouth no worse than his brother with his hands. Favorite characters in Doug Landis' portraits are endangered species. Pencil drawings are symbolic, animals and birds visibly disappear on them. It's like they came to say goodbye.

Young artist Melissa Cooke, who has five solo exhibitions scheduled in America this year, is obsessed with death by suffocation. Those who lack the air of freedom, sometimes, here and there, try on a plastic bag on their heads. It turns out beautifully, even sexy, albeit unsafe. You can add glue.

A series of works dedicated to melancholy is called "Vacuum".

From childhood unusual drawings pencil created by 50-year-old self-taught from Canada, Randy Hann. His works adorn many private collections, the money from their sale at charity auctions saves someone's life. Hannu's inspiration comes from his own children and friendly animals in the wilds of Newfoundland.

Chilean graphic artist Fredo dedicates his life to 3D pencil drawings. The guy is 18 years old, and he already knows how to play with reality, seeking complete submission from her.

You already understand where we are going. Why not now put the mouse aside and ..?

Unusual technique drawing opens up a world of fantasy and wide possibilities even for a person who does not know how to draw anything on paper at all. For a child, these are ideas for self-expression and scope for inspiration.

There are many interesting ways when it becomes possible not only to get an exciting drawing, but also to have fun with the baby.

Blotography

The method consists in applying an ordinary blot to a sheet of paper. This can be done by simply dropping the paint typed on a wide brush.

After that, the child is invited to think about what his inkblot looks like and finish the missing details. Perhaps it will be legs, tail or rays. Then the blot comes to life, then it will be possible to fantasize and draw the rest of the background.

In the course of drawing, the child develops imagination through the questions asked to him. He learns to fantasize and embody his plans on a piece of paper.

Drawing with stamps

Unusual drawing techniques for children do not require complex preparation and unusual instruments. You can easily create a masterpiece using ordinary things:

• halves of potatoes;
• apple slices;
• foam sponges;
• bricks from Lego.

To get a picture, you must first draw the future base. It can be a branch, stems from flowers, a road where houses will soon appear.

Then any stamp you like is taken and dipped in paint. After applying it to the sheet, a color print is obtained. So you can depict leaves on a branch, flowers, or with the help of Lego cubes, nice houses with brick walls come out.

Drawing with autumn leaves

A very exciting and unusual drawing technique, and the drawings are incredibly delicate and beautiful. To do this, you need to prepare and collect the leaves. And you will need completely different specimens: large, small, red, yellow, rounded or elongated.

strolling autumn evening with a child in the park, it is worth paying the attention of the baby to the beauty of autumn nature, to the riot of colors. Then you can offer to collect leaves and create a small miracle on a simple sheet of paper.

Leaf print options

There are several ways to get a picture using leaves.

1st way. Invite your child to turn into a wizard of the autumn forest for a while and go on a journey. It is necessary to choose a few leaves you like and coat them with paints on one side. Then the leaves are pressed against the paper, and prints are left that resemble trees in the forest.

2nd way. I really like small children, because it does not require special skills, and the drawing looks just amazing. Together with the baby, lay out 2-3 beautiful pieces of paper on paper. Next, it is better to secure them slightly with adhesive tape so that they do not slip during operation.

With a sponge or a wide brush, paint is applied over the entire remaining surface, including the spread out leaves. As soon as the watercolor dries, you can remove the leaves and admire the resulting miracle.

Create a whimsical drawing

Unusual drawing techniques for children at school will require some preparation and a little patience. But the result will please not only the kids, but will surprise even an adult.

So, you can offer younger children school age create your own colored paper. For this you will need:

1. Paper.
2. Disposable plastic plate.
3. Watercolor.
4. Thick cardboard.
5. Shaving foam.
6. Cotton buds.

First, the foam is squeezed out in an even layer onto a disposable plate. Then, using a brush, it is necessary to drip multi-colored paints in random order.

Next comes the time for magic. With the help of a cotton swab, the paints are gently stirred and a multi-colored, snowy foam is obtained. Now a sheet of paper is taken and pressed with the whole side to the plate. Excess foam is removed with a piece of cardboard.

When the multi-colored sheet dries, it can be used for further work. The result is a wonderful colored background that is suitable for all kinds of crafts.

Unusual watercolor painting techniques are suitable even for the smallest kids. And joint creativity not only brings adults and children together, but also gives a lot of wonderful works that can be framed and decorate a room.

The use of gouache in unusual art

Gouache, unlike watercolor, is heavier and more opaque. The colors are saturated, and when dried, they lighten slightly. Unusual gouache painting techniques are based on its properties.

You can offer your child drawing with dots. First, a child or an adult draws the outline of the future drawing. Then it is gradually filled with paint using cotton swabs.

Foam drawing is especially exciting for children. Gouache, diluted in water, gives a stunning rich color. If you dilute different colors in disposable cups and then start the bulbs, then the resulting foam can depict bizarre landscapes.

You don't have to be a wizard to be a wizard. magic wand. An unusual drawing technique will help show the child a small miracle.

In the absence of a child, draw a picture in advance with wax from a candle. And then offer the kid supposedly a clean sheet to paint over with paints. Surely he will be surprised where such beauty came from on the sheet.

adult hobby

Adults or older students can try creating an atmospheric drawing using watercolor. Hanging Gardens is an unusual painting technique where the image is created by spraying paint from a spray gun.

You should definitely try to portray this miracle in the presence of a child. To do this, apply several stripes of different shades of green on top of the sheet. Then spray water from a spray bottle, the watercolor begins to flow, intricately changing shape and movement.

One of the varieties of such drawing is the appearance of an image on wet paper. There are a number of landscapes that come out successfully only when an unusual painting technique is used.

First you need to teach the child to make the sheet slightly wet. If the paper is too wet, the effect will not work, and the paper will deteriorate. For this, a piece of cotton wool moistened with water is suitable.

After that, you can leave marks with a brush, touching the sheet, thinking over the plot in advance. It could be a rainy day, a city at night, or flowers in the fog.

There is no limit to fantasy and creativity. Teachers are advised to use all kinds of material in their work and not be afraid to experiment.