Drawing is a fairly enjoyable activity, but sometimes it seems like a difficult task. If you're having trouble coming up with ideas for your drawings, give yourself a boost with some stimulating techniques and other techniques. Inspiration can also be sought in other areas of art and interest. And developing a habit of drawing regularly will allow you to keep your creativity flowing.
Steps
Finding directions
- “draw a flock of birds hanging out at a club”;
- “draw something that scares you, but in a comical way”;
- “draw a restaurant where you would never dine”;
- “draw the scenery for a fictional game show.”
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Tackle your favorite drawing subject in a new way. Everything may seem like a chore to you, drawing the same thing over and over again. If you like to draw a specific subject, such as nature or fantasy scenes, you can continue to work with them, but only from a different angle. For example, if you like drawing people, you could draw someone:
- someone you know well, but in a place where you have never met him;
- in the usual way, but make one of the person's arms unusually large;
- presented as someone who is unlikely to be a superhero;
- the way you imagine this person 50 years later.
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Set specific frames or parameters for your drawings. Sometimes it is the wide openness of the question “What should I draw?” makes it so difficult. If you force yourself to think within certain boundaries, you can break out of the deadlock and create something interesting. Come up with a couple of rules and start drawing based on them.
- For example, you can draw the same object 20 times, but make one small change to it each time.
- In a similar way, you can draw 10 objects starting with the letter “M” that come to your mind first, regardless of what they are.
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Try relying on Oblique Strategies assignments. Oblique Strategies was originally a deck of cards created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt. Each card contains a unique instruction that should direct your thinking in an indirect way or provide you with an approach to a problem from an unusual angle. Currently, there is a Russified version of the cards in the form of an inexpensive smartphone application “Oblique Strategies - in Russian”. Choose a card and let it influence your drawing. Examples of tasks from the cards are given below:
- “Retrace your steps”;
- “Take a sudden, destructive, unpredictable action. Get your act together”;
- “Take a close look at the most embarrassing details and magnify them.”
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Draw with quick gestures. This style of drawing is the basis for depicting living objects; but it can also be applied in other situations. Set yourself a timer for one minute and try to have time to completely draw a shape or object. You will have to work quickly, forcing yourself to reflect only the essential features of the object. Make several of these drawings in 5-10 minutes.
Draw from photographs. Photos can be a great basis for drawings, especially when you don't have any ideas. If you don't have anything to draw, look for photos that will be interesting and fresh to draw. For example, you can give yourself the task of drawing what you find on the third page of the magazine, regardless of what it turns out to be.
Copy the masters. If you're stuck and don't know what to draw, you can always copy what someone else has already drawn! Trying to recreate the work of previous artists not only solves the problem of choosing a subject to paint, but also provides an excellent learning opportunity.
- Consider copying works by old masters such as Raphael and Rembrandt, or more contemporary artists such as Frida Kahlo and Francis Bacon.
- Many art museums allow you to sketch directly at their exhibitions. So grab a notebook and pencil and sketch out the work that inspires you the most.
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Refer to your drawing tutorial. Reading a drawing book may seem boring and uncreative, but when you're stuck, it can be a lifesaver. Even if you consider yourself an experienced artist, remembering the basics and doing basic exercises will keep you refreshed and come up with some amazing ideas. Below is a list of several classic books for drawing:
Work as directed. There are a number of websites where you can get assignments with drawing topics. You can find them with a simple search on the Internet. You can also use tasks from thematic groups in various social networks. The tasks usually look like this:
What to do at home with your baby when it's cold outside? Of course, creativity! And we have made for you just a huge selection in which we talked about all sorts of unusual ways of drawing. Let's get started soon!
Top 40: unusual ways of drawing!
If you have a pencil with an eraser at the other end at home, then this idea is for you! With a little time to prepare, you can create vibrant pictures. You will appreciate the simplicity and accessibility of this type of creativity, and the baby will have fun and usefully spend time.
Let's draw with an eraser!
We have an entertaining idea for you and your little ones that combines creativity and the study of the laws of physics! This activity will captivate the whole family!
Thanks to this idea, little ones will be able to better explore colors and their combinations. And the method will definitely surprise them!
Making magical colored milk!
We have a great idea for you on how to entertain your baby while developing him creativity. It won’t take a lot of your time and money, but the idea will definitely amuse your little one!
Let's spray paint!
If it suddenly starts to rain outside, this is not a reason to be sad! We offer you and your kids entertainment in inclement weather. Just don't forget to wear raincoats)
What are machines for? Of course, organize races, roll your favorite toys and give parents back massages in the morning) Have you tried using them as a drawing tool? We would like to offer you and your restless ones a simple but very unusual idea.
All kids love to do something unusual and interesting, discovering a lot of new fun. Therefore, we try to find only the most interesting and educational ideas for you and your little ones! And this time we invite you to make bright ice colors! In the process of drawing, the baby will easily learn colors and their combinations.
Have you ever drawn in 3D? We have found an extraordinary creative idea for you and your kids that combines painting, paper sculpture and nature study! It’s very simple to implement, but how much joy and new discoveries this activity will bring you!
After drawing with crayons, small “stubs” remain, which are no longer so convenient to use. We want to give you an idea on how you can use them. Keep drawing with them, just a little differently! Make paint out of them!
We will need: crayons, thick food bags, a hammer.
Place crayons of the same shades in a bag and close tightly. Tap the bag with a hammer to turn the crayons into powder. Be careful not to hit too hard, otherwise the bag may tear. Pour the resulting powder into a bowl and add water. The paint is ready! It's that simple! This paint will lay softly on paper or any other surface. Draw with pleasure!
This time we again want to invite your kids to draw, only now with ice-cold crayons! It turns out very beautiful and cool, besides, in the process the baby observes that the oil does not mix with water, and this can be used as an artistic technique.
In summer, nature appears before us in all its glory! Berries, fruits and vegetables are ripening, there is a riot of greenery outside, flowers are blooming and giving us their aroma. We invite you and your children to try one interesting summer fun - make natural watercolors! And if it’s cold outside, you can buy flowers in the store. This dye is completely natural and safe, plus it's so much fun to make! Try it yourself!
We want to tell you about one artist, whose name is Jackson Pollock, and about his painting technique, which your children will certainly enjoy. The great thing about this technique is that you get to “splatter” paint to your heart’s content! Jason Pollock's technique involves placing the canvas on the floor and spraying paint from the brushes without touching the brush to the canvas. In 2006, a painting titled “Number 5, 1948” was sold at Sotheby’s for $140 million!
We're sure you've never painted with frozen paint before! Today is the day to discover new horizons and try this fun form of drawing.
Is it still raining or has it stopped, but you didn’t get to see the rainbow?! No problem! Today we will make our own rainbow from colored rice (we will also tell you how to color it), and at the same time we will repeat all the colors and learn a funny rhyme about a rainbow. We can admire our rainbow at any time, regardless of the weather and time of year!
Have you ever thought about how you become an artist? That's right, with practice and training. In general, drawing teachers have a lot of interesting and entertaining exercises, while doing them you can’t even say that you are undergoing training. This is exactly how we treat them – as creative entertainment! Today we will share with you one of them - drawing circles.
Usually, at every holiday, balloons become obligatory guests. But then time passes, and the balloons begin to deflate. You think they can no longer bring joy, but you’re wrong! Today we will tell you how to create a wonderful portrait using a balloon. Fun guaranteed! :)
We want to talk about another fun type of art - drawing with film with pimples. So it’s time to get out the box from under the TV, mixer or juicer that has not been thrown away, the film from there will be very useful to us today in the creative process;)
Today we invite you to bring our hooligan idea to life. Let's combine water balloon throwing and art! What will we get? Of course great fun for warm summer day! Intrigued? ;)
Let's draw with watercolor pencils!
We decided to invite you and your children to master unusual look drawing, which is sure to amuse the whole family with its slightly hooligan attitude! Today we invite you to draw using old pieces of yarn or thick threads, which are probably found in every home!
We decided to show you a recipe on how to make body paints at home. The best part about this recipe is that the dye is absolutely safe for your baby’s skin! If your children are older, be sure to let them make their own paint, imagine their pleasure when they create the most beautiful paint from different materials. real paint for the body!
Everyone knows about drawing on asphalt with crayons! Today we will tell you about another interesting idea for asphalt art - painting with paints, and we will also give you a recipe on how to make these paints from scrap materials! With this idea, you will always have an answer to your child’s question “What are we going to do today?!”
Everyone knows about painting with fingers, palms or a brush. Have you tried to draw with a living flower?
Want to learn another unusual type of drawing? Then this idea is for you, because today we will draw on stones. The idea is very simple, but, nevertheless, it can successfully keep your child occupied for a very long time. This unusual drawing develops imagination and contributes to the development of a creative self in your fidget.
Coloring is always a fun activity for children. After reading this article, you will learn how easy it is to make your own unique drawing templates and color them! Abstract coloring encourages children to use their imagination and can keep them busy throughout the day. Drawing also actively develops fine motor skills, which has a beneficial effect on the development of speech and mental abilities.
Let's become artists today? But we will create our creative masterpieces in a very unusual way - by putting multi-colored stamps made from ordinary pepper. This simple method will allow even the smallest creators to create their first artistic work, and for older artists to show their imagination and understand that there are practically no boundaries for creativity.
We invite you to show your child what miracles there are in the world of science. Has your child ever seen colors grow before their eyes? If not, then try this unusual experiment. The child will be delighted when he sees that the picture has become three-dimensional!
Every child probably loves to embody their flights of fantasy in drawings. But are you already tired of ordinary paints and pencils? Try offering it to a little artist new way drawing with salt and glue. You will be surprised how much delight and emotion this will cause unusual way drawing. It’s so interesting to watch how the colors themselves “diverge” throughout the drawing, and the picture turns out bright and voluminous.
For many, autumn is a time of inspiration, some begin to write poetry or entire poems, some convey what they see in stories, and for others creative process pours into autumn paintings. It is on drawing that we want to stop and tell you about another unusual type - drawing on autumn leaves.
How wonderful it is when you can walk through the autumn park and enjoy the rustling autumn leaves. But the weather is not always conducive to such a walk. Today we invite you, together with your fidgets, to create a unique autumn mood in your home - we will make leaves with unusual, creative colors.
To make your walks more vibrant and colorful, we suggest you pour paint into spray bottles and paint a snowman you have built or draw a whole picture in the snow.
Drawing, as you know, develops a child’s creativity and imagination, so we decided to offer you another unusual way of drawing, namely drawing with soap bubbles. You can do it unusual picture, in which you can search for and represent animals, plants, or even various cartoon characters.
The experiment is very interesting and magical. You will see white flowers turn into colors. Moreover, on the nose wonderful holiday March 8th and such a spring bouquet will be a great gift for mothers and grandmothers!
All children love to draw. But sometimes a child doesn’t get what 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 you will definitely find your favorite. After this, your child will probably want to invent something new.
Dot patterns
First we draw the simplest squiggle. Then, using a cotton swab and paints (gouache or acrylic), we make intricate patterns to suit your taste. It is better to pre-mix the paints and dilute them slightly with water on the palette.
Frottage
A technique familiar and loved by many since childhood. We place 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
By dipping a sponge in thick gouache, the child can draw landscapes, bouquets of flowers, lilac branches or animals.
Blotography
One option: drop paint onto a sheet and tilt it in different directions to create an image. Second: the child dips the brush into the paint, then places the blot on a sheet of paper and folds the sheet in half so that the blot is imprinted on the second half of the sheet. Then he unfolds the sheet and tries to understand who or what the drawing resembles.
You can see other drawings using the klyasography method
Hand and foot prints
It's simple: you need to dip your foot or palm in the paint and make an imprint on paper. And then use your imagination and add 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 onto the paper. Then, with the opposite end of the brush, scratch patterns on the still wet paint - various lines and curls. When dry, cut out the desired shapes and paste them onto a thick sheet of paper.
Fingerprints
The name speaks for itself. You need to paint your finger with a thin layer and make an imprint. A couple of strokes with a felt-tip pen - and you're done!
Monotype
A design is applied to a flat, smooth surface (for example, glass) with paint. Then a sheet of paper is applied, and the print is ready. To make it more blurry, the sheet of paper must first be wetted. Once everything is dry, you can add details and outlines if desired.
Scratch
The highlight of the work is that the drawing needs to be scratched. A sheet of cardboard is densely shaded with spots of multi-colored oil pastels. Then you need to mix black gouache with soap on a palette and paint over the entire sketch. When the paint is completely dry, use a toothpick to scratch the design.
Air colors
To make the paint, mix a tablespoon of self-raising 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 pastry syringe or in a small bag. Tie tightly and cut the corner. We draw on paper or regular cardboard. Finished drawing place in the microwave for 10-30 seconds at maximum setting.
Marbled paper
Paint a sheet of paper yellow acrylic paint. When it is completely dry, paint it again with diluted pink paint and immediately cover it with cling film. The film needs to be crumpled and gathered into folds, since they are the ones that will create the desired pattern. We wait until it dries completely and remove the film.
Painting with water
We draw with watercolors a simple figure and fill it with water. Until it dries, we put colored blots on it so that they mix with each other and form smooth transitions like this.
Prints of vegetables and fruits
Vegetables or fruits need to be cut in half. Then you can cut out some kind of pattern on it or leave it as is. We dip it in paint and make impressions on paper. You can use an apple, potato, carrot or celery for prints.
Leaf prints
The principle is the same. We smear the leaves with paint and make prints on paper.
Drawings with salt
If you sprinkle salt on a watercolor painting that is still wet, it will soak into the paint and create a grainy effect when it dries.
Brush instead of a brush
Sometimes, for the sake of experimentation, it's worth trying something unexpected. For example, a household brush.
Ebru, or painting on water
We will need a container of water. The main requirement is that its area coincides with the area of the sheet of paper. You can use an oven broiler or a large tray. You will also need oil paints, a solvent for them and a brush. The idea is to create patterns with paint on water, and then dip a sheet of paper into them. How to do it: www.youtube.com
Cracked wax effect
Using wax pencils, draw an image on thin paper. In our case - a flower. The background must be completely shaded. Crumple it well and then straighten the sheet with the pattern. We paint it with dark paint so that it goes into all the cracks. We rinse the drawing under the tap and dry it. If necessary, smooth it with an iron.
You can see about drawing on crumpled paper
Cardboard prints with shift
We cut the cardboard into small strips, approximately 1.5x3 cm. Dip the edge of a piece of cardboard into paint, press it vertically to the paper and evenly move it to the side. You will get wide lines from which the drawing is created.
Fist prints
For such a drawing, the child will have to clench his hands into fists. Then dip the back of your fingers in the paint and make imprints, creating the desired shape. Fish and crabs can be created using fingerprints.
Ecology of consumption. Children: If your child periodically gets upset, saying: “I can’t draw this” or “it didn’t turn out nicely,” stop trying...
If your child periodically gets upset, saying: “I can’t draw this” or “it didn’t turn out nicely,” stop trying to draw according to a model, as is done in various drawing circles, and try spontaneous drawing techniques, not standard ones.
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Passepartout.
This is when a child’s doodles are inserted into a sheet with some shape cut out. Those. cut out a template, for example, butterflies and place it on top of the baby’s “drawing”. As a result, the child’s work forms a unique pattern of butterfly wings.
Drawing with feet.
Secure a sheet of paper to the floor with duct tape. Place a pencil between your baby's toes and ask him to draw something. You can create with both feet on one sheet of paper at the same time. Attach a large piece of paper to the wall and ask your child to draw something on it while lying on his back.
Frottage.
A sheet of paper is placed on a flat, relief object and then, moving an unsharpened colored pencil across the surface, you get a print that imitates the basic texture. You can rub pencil crumbs over a textured surface in the same way. Anyone who has tried to draw on a table with a relief surface knows how this drawing technique can be included in a drawing completely uninvited. You can create drawings by combining the relief of several objects.
Airy colors.
To prepare the paint, mix in a small cup:
- one tablespoon of “self-raising” (pancake) flour - this is flour with baking powder already added. You can simply add 1 tsp to flour (per 500 g). soda and 1 tsp. citric acid,
- a few drops of food coloring,
- one tablespoon of salt.
Then you need to add a little water to give the “airy” paint the desired consistency.
You need to apply the paint onto a thick sheet of cardboard (if you don’t have desired brush, you can use cotton swabs).
Attention! Cardboard should not contain synthetic materials or films; use regular cardboard or very thick paper.
Place the painting in the microwave on high for 10 to 30 seconds until the paint is dry. Drying time depends on the thickness of the paint layer and its consistency.
Marbled paper.
Needed: shaving cream (foam), watercolor paints or food coloring, a flat plate for mixing shaving foam and paints, paper, scraper.
Work plan:
- Apply shaving foam in an even, thick layer onto the plate.
- Mix paints or food coloring different colors with a little water to make a saturated solution.
- Using a brush or pipette, drip paint of different colors onto the surface of the foam in a random order.
- Now, using the same brush or stick, beautifully smear the paint over the surface so that it forms fancy zigzags, wavy lines, etc. This is the most creative stage all the work that will bring pleasure to the children.
- Now take a sheet of paper and carefully apply it to the surface of the resulting patterned foam.
- Place the sheet on the table. All you have to do is scrape off all the foam from the sheet of paper. For these purposes, you can use a piece of cardboard or a lid cut in half.
- Underneath the shaving foam you'll find stunning marble patterns. The paint has time to quickly absorb into the paper; you just need to let it dry for a few hours.
Drawing with cling film.
Apply spots of several colors of watercolor or gouache paint to the entire surface of the sheet. We put the film on top and draw various lines, lightly pressing the film. Let the paint dry and remove the film. We complete the drawing with felt-tip pens or pencils.
Soap painting.
You can mix the paints with soapy water and then apply patterns and shapes with a brush. When drawing, they are formed soap bubbles ki, which create the texture of colorful strokes.
Blotography.
Let the child drip paint onto the sheet, tilt it in different directions, and then finish drawing the blot so that it turns out to be some kind of image. Or a child dips a brush into paint, then places a blot on a sheet of paper and folds the sheet in half so that the “blot” is imprinted on the second half of the sheet. Then he unfolds the sheet and tries to understand who or what it looks like.
Drawing on a damp surface.
The technique is very simple: moisten a sheet of paper with water, let it dry for 30 seconds and start painting with watercolors. The colors spread in different directions and very interesting patterns are obtained (dawn, clouds, trees, rainbow).
Salt.
Make a sketch on paper first. Moisten it with water using a brush, sprinkle with salt, wait until it absorbs the water, sprinkle off the excess salt. When everything is dry, draw the missing elements and paint. Salt is good for drawing dragonflies, birds, jellyfish, butterflies, snow, smoke.
Wax.
Prepare a sheet of animal silhouettes that you will “draw” with a candle in advance. By painting over the drawing, the child will unexpectedly “create” images of animals.
Foam rubber or sponge.
By dipping a sponge in thick gouache, a child can draw landscapes, bouquets of flowers, lilac branches, and apple trees.
A bunch of pencils.
Securely secure a large piece of paper with duct tape. Gather colored pencils into a bun so that the sharpened ends are at the same level. Invite your child to draw.
Crayons and starch.
Pour a little starch onto a piece of paper and spread it evenly over the surface with your hands. Invite your child to draw with crayons on a slippery surface. It's better to use the primary colors of the crayons so that they give you new colors.
Colored glue.
Pour the glue into empty bottles, add a few drops of different colors to each, and you are ready to create works of art. Draw with colored glue on dark paper using the drip technique.
Gauze swab.
Invite your child to dip a gauze swab into paint and draw clouds, soap bubbles, snowdrifts, ducklings, and butterflies. The missing details must be completed with a brush or felt-tip pen.
Corn cobs.
Come up with some image. Dip the cob into the paint and roll it over a sheet of clean paper. Make an impression using the tail of the corncob.
Prints.
We make drawings using stamp imprints.
Drawing with dots.
The child, with light pressure from the pencil, outlines the preliminary outline of the object, then, using a dot technique, fills the space inside it, using felt-tip pens or pencils of different colors.
Painting with splashes.
The most important thing here is to master the “spraying” technique. Apply gouache to a dry toothbrush with fairly stiff bristles, a little less than you usually put in toothpaste. The consistency of the paint is slightly thicker than a paste, so water is usually not needed here. Hold the brush in your left hand with the bristles down at a distance of 3-4 cm from the paper and use the stick to scrape the bristles towards you.
The multi-colored “splash” (fireworks) and yellow-red ( golden autumn) on a white sheet; white “spray” on a dark blue background (winter landscape).
Magic balls.
Material: box lid, balls, paint, paper, brushes, water.
Work progress. Place a sheet of paper in the box and apply several multi-colored or plain drops of paint on it. Place 2-3 balls in a box and shake the box so that the balls roll, mixing the colors, creating a pattern. published
Idea generator for an artist suggests drawing this:
red snake
plays board game in a coffin
“Can you be more specific?” Yes easy:
modestly dressed red snake with an imaginary friend
playing board games in a coffin in the distant past
“What about the flowers, which ones to choose?” Perhaps these:
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The best subjects for illustrations and the most beautiful art
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