It's no secret that the attention of preschool kids attracts everything surprising and unusual. It is knowledge of something new, unconventional research and creative experiments that develop children's artistic taste and imagination, stimulate the manifestation of independence and expression of individuality.
Unconventional drawing techniques in kindergarten
It is often observed that children do not need paints or pencils to display their impressions of the world around them in fine art, they draw with pleasure with their fingers on misted glass, sticks on sand, water spilled on a table, and sometimes toothpaste or mother’s lipstick on a mirror in the bathroom. Therefore, the task of teachers is to make such work more focused for children, using a variety of non-traditional drawing techniques in kindergarten. To do this, there are a great many tricks, using which you can create original work, without having any special artistic skills. The child receives not only great pleasure from such activities, but also benefits: memory, attention and fine motor skills of hands develop better and faster .
Types of unconventional drawing techniques
All children love various surprises, and the first question that they will ask before each lesson is: “What are we going to draw today?” Such kind of lessons will always be a holiday for them, they are so interesting and fascinating. To work with kids, as a rule, they use such unconventional drawing techniques in kindergarten as: finger drawing, fist, palm, blot drawing, monotype, thread drawing, soap foam drawing, coastal drawing method, glass painting, foam rubber print, painting method of poking, drawing with a candle and watercolor, the technique of drawing with charcoal, etc. Each method is a kind of small game that brings joy and positive emotions to the kids. For example, the method of blotography is that the educator teaches children to make blots, and the child, having included his imagination, should see a certain image in the resulting figure and supplement it with details.
Kids really like this, the unconventional drawing technique used in DOW, like drawing with a candle. The pointed end of the candle draws a specific image (herringbone, house) on a white sheet of paper, then paint is applied with a brush on top. Of course, the paint does not fall on the greasy trail left by the candle, and in front of the children’s eyes magically appears the still invisible picture drawn by them.
Foam drawings are no less loved by kids. For them, various geometric figures are specially cut out of foam rubber, which are then attached to a pencil using an ordinary wire. Children dip various figures in paint alternately and at first randomly, and then, in order, they stamp hearts, circles, squares and triangles on a piece of paper, making simple and complex ornaments. Children always draw with great pleasure and interest in all techniques.
Unconventional drawing techniques in kindergarten and their effectiveness
In the process of creativity, kids learn to create various things with their own hands, explore, discover and skillfully use everything that the surrounding world gives them, and also develop a non-standard vision of objects. They peer into any junk material, whether it is a box of matches, the remains of yarn, a plastic bottle or a pigeon feather, show imagination, gain self-confidence, learn frugality and practicality, while creating their little masterpieces.