During drawing, the child shows his imagination, reflects thoughts and feelings on paper. It is not in vain that children's psychologists can tell about the psychoemotional state of the baby by drawing. Nevertheless, first of all, this is creativity, which can be diversified using unusual materials or performance techniques. Consider how blotography is used in kindergarten.
What are classes for?
Blotography classes are recommended for children aged 3 to 6 years. They allow you to develop a creative imagination of the child.
Experts also note that the process of blowing blots helps to strengthen the lungs and serves as an excellent prophylactic for cough and other diseases of the respiratory system.
After the drawing is ready, the teacher is recommended to ask leading questions to the children. What does the stain look like? What mood does it convey? Is it an animal, plant or item? This dialogue allows you to develop the speech and thinking of children.
Blotting lessons in kindergarten teach to perceive and recognize silhouette pictures, use the surrounding space of the picture and correctly position objects, improve coordination of movements. This technique reveals the potential and liberates the child, as some are embarrassed to draw surrounded by other children, believing that they are not doing very well. This technique is not only very useful, but also a fun pastime.
Positive sides
Over the past couple of years, blotting has become extremely popular. This kind of art creation captivates both children and adults. According to some reports, while drawing, brain cells are actively involved, the flexibility of thinking, patience, perseverance, accuracy develop. Classes have a beneficial effect on the nervous system.
Materials used
The ink painting technique in kindergarten has been used more and more recently.
For the lesson you will need the following components:
- A4 sheets of paper.
- watercolor paints or gouache.
- a tube for drinks, a straw or a dropper.
- thick brush.
- a glass of water.
- wet wipes or a cloth for wiping hands.
- cotton buds.
- plasticine, if the details of the blots will be fashioned.
Stages of the creative process
Before starting the graphic process, it would be good to determine its focus, that is, choose the theme of the picture. If it is a landscape outside the window or a space theme, most likely, you will need a few small spots. If a single character, animal or fish, then start with one big blot. For this, a blotography technique with a tube is well suited. In kindergarten, this is the most popular method.
First of all, the baby must come up with what he wants to portray. Then try to inflate the blot and paint the final details with a brush. It depends on the child whether it will be a good picture or an evil black spot. In addition to drawing an image, children may want to talk about what they wanted to portray and why.
Drawing techniques
Each method of applying a blot pattern in kindergarten should be carefully studied with the kids. The technique implies some differences in the methods:
- The drip method is most suitable for painting pictures with many details. A large brush is soaked in the desired color with watercolor paint and shaken over a sheet of paper where there should be a large stain. If you want to get a lot of randomly scattered blots, gently tap the wooden finger with your index finger. In this case, the tool can be washed and applied blots of different colors. For spot application it is recommended to use a pipette. The resulting spots of different sizes expand the creative range.
- Spreading method. You can use any brush to draw. It is abundantly moistened in water and paint, a large blot is placed and, with the help of a tube or straw, is inflated in different directions. Then the brush draws the details of the image. Reception of a blotography with a tube in kindergarten is very popular with kids.
Drawing techniques
Drawing an image in this way involves the use of a variety of tools:
- Cotton buds. This technique is performed using one of the listed techniques. Depending on the idea of the young artist, a large blot or a lot of small ones are put on a sheet of paper, you can supplement the drawing immediately or after blowing. Using cotton swabs, they finish the details. This technique is best suited for drawing flowers, trees and landscapes. Since brushes are not used when creating the drawing, such creativity is considered creative.
- Folding a sheet of paper. Any number of spots is applied to the base, the size does not matter. Then the sheet is folded: if symmetry is needed, then in the middle, if not, then at will. Then the paper unfolds and the creative process begins.
- Combination of several methods. The more advanced stage of blotography combines the use of several visual techniques at once.
Motivation of children
In order to motivate children to the creative process in a certain subject, you can come up with an entertaining game or tell a little background.
For example, leaf fall took all the leaves from the trees and they need to be returned back. After that, invite children using the technique of blotography to draw a tree. Or the time has come for the bees to collect honey, and the flowers have disappeared from the meadow, how can we help them? Children must realize that it is necessary to return the flowers, and draw them by the drip method.
Drawings with a blotchography with a tube in kindergarten are very popular with kids, it is also a kind of motivator for action.
Older children can tell a story about the wonderful country of Klaxland, where unusual residents live. To get there, you need to portray yourself as an unusual creature. In addition to the creative process, klaxography in kindergarten helps to develop kindness in children. It’s also good to use old tales for motivation. During the lesson, the children can tell any story and in a place where the protagonist is experiencing difficulties, offer to portray a character who will come to the rescue.
To help the teacher in the classroom blotography in kindergarten - Pinocchio. He can be a great motivator. The hero of a children's work with his nose put spots on paper. Children will love this look.
Features of classes in different age groups
Classes and selection of topics on blotography should be carried out taking into account the age group.
To work with kids, it is recommended to start with the simplest, for example, depict a salute or starry sky. In subsequent classes, the task is complicated and the group is invited to revive the blot, draw eyes, nose and so on. Blotography in kindergarten is the initial stage in which children learn the basics of technology.
In older groups, children should show more creativity and imagination, be able to harmoniously fit a blot into a full-fledged drawing, combine two or more spots in a single composition. In addition, the lesson can be divided into two parts. In the first lesson, children draw in one of the techniques of blotography, and in another, additional details are molded using plasticine. For example, if you attach a spot to your ears and paws, you get a hare, a bear or another animal. You can add fins, tail to small blots and get fish in the sea or aquarium.
The oldest pupils fantasize on the subject of emotions blots. They are offered not only to revive the character, but also to endow him with traits of character, make them good or evil, sad or funny. In this case, the child must explain why the blot is in a particular mood.
Any parent and teacher should know how to find an approach to the child, what he loves and what he is fond of. Presenting the information in a playful way, it will probably turn out to interest children of this kind of creativity.