Introduction
Early childhood is a critical period for children to develop their creativity and artistic talents. Drawing is an activity that children like very much. It can cultivate their artistic talents, enhance their observation and expression skills, and also promote their mental health. This article provides babies with more than one hundred simple basic line graphics, illustrated with pictures, which are concise and easy to understand, leading babies to easily learn by themselves, allowing children to start drawing easily and happily.
1. Basic line practice
Line is one of the most basic elements in painting. The practice of learning lines helps babies accurately grasp shapes and exercise hand coordination and stroke control. Before starting to draw, babies need to learn how to do line exercises. Let the author recommend the following three most basic line exercises for you to make it easy for children to get started.
The first exercise: drawing a straight line, first let the children draw a straight line of a fixed length, and then let them gradually learn to write straight lines freely, while practicing curves of different lengths and angles.
The second exercise: Draw circles, let children freely draw circles of different sizes and thicknesses, and gradually practice drawing circles freely.
The third exercise: draw squares and rectangles, let the babies practice drawing squares and rectangles and play freely, while constantly increasing the difficulty and curve practice.
2. Simple drawing graphic tutorial
After learning the basic line exercises, let\’s now start learning 100 simple shapes. Let us recommend you three of the most basic and commonly used graphics to help your children learn and understand better.
The first shape: human face, by drawing a smiling face, a crying face, a smiling face and other very common and basic concepts, let children understand and develop their own creativity.
Second graphics: Animals, by drawing bears, rabbits, cats, dogs, birds and other animals, let children better understand different types of animals, while improving creativity and expression.
The third graphic: natural scenes. By drawing natural scenes such as the sky, sun, moon, stars, trees, flowers, etc., children can observe the beauty of nature and explore the beauty of the world from multiple angles.
3. Coloring skills
Painting with color enhances children\’s creativity and aesthetic abilities and gives them a better understanding of colour, shape and proportion relationships. This mode of expression is an integral part of the drawing process. Even if there are no painting tools on hand, babies can also use their fingers to draw colorful colors.
First Coloring Tip: Start with a basic understanding of color. Carry out color classification games and let babies become familiar with different colors and color matching methods, and master the use of colors.
Second Coloring Technique: Practice Coloring Techniques. Start by practicing the basic painting of straight lines, curves, and shapes, and gradually deepen the skills, such as drafting before painting, using color levels, adjusting colors, bolding colors, etc.
The third coloring technique: Use creativity in coloring. Since babies love creativity and free expression, they can be encouraged to imagine, choose their own coloring methods and colors, and experiment.
4. Creative expression
Creativity in the painting processExpression is a very important link. It allows children to express their feelings about the world and unleash their sensibility and creativity. Of course, it can also promote children\’s self-understanding and enhance their self-confidence.
First Creative Expression: Interpretation and realization of imagination through pictures and patterns. Sometimes, children\’s imagination and expression need to be transformed into patterns, which requires children to draw patterns to make them concretely expressed and realized.
Secondary Creative Expression: Expressing emotions and ideas. Let children understand that painting is one of the ways to express their emotions and ideas. They can express their thoughts and emotions in painting, express their mood and actual thinking.
The third creative expression: improve children\’s world view and positive cognition through painting. Children can express their understanding of society, culture and the natural environment through drawing. Painting can increase their understanding of life, develop positive abilities and attitudes, and cultivate their curiosity and spirit of exploration.
Summary
This article provides children with learning content in four major aspects: line practice, simple drawing graphic tutorials, coloring skills and creative expression. It helps children master basic skills, encourages creativity, and improves children\’s aesthetic awareness and expression ability. By learning these basic techniques and methods, children will be able to begin drawing their own works of art and develop their own artistic talents.
