Plasticine as a material for creativity involves a wide range of uses. Adults can use it to cope with stress, solve psychological problems, and just do creative expression. For children, this is simply a vital element of game development! And how many options for plasticine creativity exist - ten fingers on children's pens will not be enough to count. Let us turn to such a type of stucco work as plasticine painting.
Plasticine painting ... What is it?
You can create pictures not only with paints that ordinary plasticine can perfectly replace. Experimenting with work techniques, you can create real plasticine masterpieces, unlike each other. Plasticine painting can be embossed, it can be made using the technique of “scratching” or scratching, it can evenly lie on the canvas, like a watercolor mark from a master’s brush, or it can playfully show off flagella, curlicues and peas, creating an integral picture in the best traditions of pointillism.
Particular attention should be paid to plasticine painting for children, which, in addition to the noble goal of creating an artistic and aesthetic perception of the world in children, also has the goal of comprehensive development of the brain through the training of fine motor skills, the activation of speech centers and such mental processes as memory, imagination, thinking , Attention.
Types of plasticine
For children's modeling, there are many different materials that have their pros and cons. So, you can sculpt from:
- salt dough;
- dough for modeling industrial production;
- masses for modeling ;
- sand (living, kinetic, smart, space);
- cold porcelain;
- clay;
- modeling pastes;
- plasticine.
Not every material for modeling is suitable for the manufacture of stucco paintings on a rigid basis; plasticine is ideal. However, it should be borne in mind that plasticine also varies by type:
- Domestic plasticine.
- Play doh.
- Wax plasticine.
- Floating plasticine.
- Ball clay.
Floating clay can be the very first for a baby. It is inconvenient in that it pours, the crafts made of it do not have sufficient strength, but it is soft, does not stain pens and clothes, and also keeps perfectly on the water.
Plasticine painting from foreign plasticine takes place only on a glass basis using the inside-out molding technique, provided that the painting is pressed between two glasses. It is too soft, the parts are poorly fastened together. It is better to leave this type of plasticine for acquaintance with modeling, for kids up to three years. It has rich colors, mixes easily with each other, and is suitable for experimenting with molds, syringes, rolling pins and stacks.
Domestic plasticine is good for sculpting after three, because it perfectly connects parts to each other, has sufficient strength to preserve the picture, but is too hard for small children's fingers and is difficult to wash in case of careless use.
Plasticine painting in the second younger group can be carried out using ball clay, which has a pleasant to the touch structure, bright colors and sufficient plasticity to create the first children's masterpieces. It is even better that such plasticine dries in air, and crafts from it, if properly stored, can remain for a long time.
An interesting idea is to create paintings by combining various types of plasticine and additional textures: sequins, foils, ice cream sticks, fabrics. Such plasticine painting in the dhow! The older group can already experiment with wax plasticine, which is characterized by too good adhesion of parts. But it has bright colors, is pleasant in work and for a long time preserves the quality of the finished work.
The basis for stucco painting
You can paint pictures with plasticine on completely different bases! Often used ordinary cardboard, which can tolerate all the options for creative expression of the baby. For older children, glass is the basis for a plasticine painting, to which plasticine is firmly fixed and holds for a long time. Glass is especially good for "reverse pictures" when the plot is stuck from bottom to top, from light to dark, from the main elements to the background.
Kids will be interested in plasticine painting on improvised materials, for example, an old mp3 disc, a boring white cup or an ordinary plastic plate. Such a "picture" does not require additional design and can become the perfect gift for your beloved adults for any occasion.
Ideas for children's plasticine creativity
Ideas for creativity can be drawn from everywhere! The first snow fell outside the window: the kid dazzled the first snowman this year in the yard and then repeated it in miniature on a cardboard. Mom brought a bucket of garden strawberries, you can dazzle a berry glade on glass. The family traveled to the sea in the summer and brought some beautiful shells, they will ideally fit into the clay clay surf, created with the baby as a keepsake.
Plasticine painting for children should have a number of properties:
- simple and understandable forms;
- the presence of the main element and a minimum of background details;
- clear and vibrant primary colors.
It follows that plot ideas can be sought in ordinary children's coloring. The main thing is to choose high-quality plasticine, a solid foundation and stock up on a good mood. Then the creation of a plasticine masterpiece is simply inevitable!
A bit about color
As already mentioned, young children perceive the world in bright colors, so plasticine needs to be selected pure primary colors. Closer to school, the child himself will want to experiment with colors, mixing them, choosing interesting shades.
Plasticine painting teaches the child the science of color, which colors are combined, complement each other. It is necessary to highlight the main colors of the picture and several additional ones. Then, along with the molding, the child will acquire a sense of style and taste, feel the beauty and harmony, which, of course, will be useful to him in adulthood.
Age restrictions or plasticine without borders!
Plasticine painting in kindergarten is offered at the end of training in the second early group, that is, after three and a half years. However, you can engage in modeling with kids much earlier, introducing them to the basics of stucco painting.
The work of small fingers allows you to develop fine motor skills, spatially-shaped thinking, to study causal relationships. The child learns to create and enjoy the process of creation.
Features of sculpting with children under three years of age
The smallest creators learn simple actions with plasticine: pinching off a piece, rolling it into a ball or sausage, attaching the plasticine part to the base by pressing with a finger or rubbing.
Plasticine painting for peanuts may consist in filling in the missing small elements of the picture in the form of patches of the corresponding colors. The child nibbles off a piece, rolls up the ball and covers it with a patch in the appropriate place of the finished painting. The kid learns to regulate the amount of plasticine taken, to understand the basic colors, and also to form a complete holistic look of the picture.
The beginnings of plasticine painting for children 4 to 5 years old
Plasticine painting for children 4-5 years old involves the development of the main plasticine elements and the features of working with them. Techniques for rubbing plasticine based on, kneading with fingers, creating pictures using techniques with peas, curls, plaits can be used.
Children can both independently come up with a plot and fill plasticine with the contours proposed by adults. Children of this age can already choose the color scheme of the picture, not limited to the primary colors. For registration of a picture can use additional textures.
Plasticine masterpieces of children 6 - 7 years old
Plasticine painting for children 6-7 years old is characterized by a wide variety of techniques. Children of this age can fashion not only simple plots, but also detail the main element using the entire color palette. They can experiment with color mixing, using various textures.
Older preschoolers can already create two and three-level plots, relief plasticine paintings.
Basic techniques for working with plasticine by elements
The main plasticine element is called a small indivisible plasticine piece of a certain shape, used to create a picture. Elements include:
- Ball - a piece of plasticine is plucked off and the ball rolls with the help of a finger on the palm of the second hand or between two palms. The ball is attached to the base by clicking on it in the center and rubbing uniformly in all directions.
- Drop - a plasticine ball is shaped like a drop. The drop is transferred to the base by pressing the middle and rubbing it in the direction of the "tail" of the drop.
- The tourniquet is obtained by rubbing a piece of plasticine between the palms to form a sausage, or using a syringe to draw plasticine into a thin long volume strip. In the picture, the bundles are folded in the desired way and are attached to the base with a light, even pressing of fingers.
- A snail is a bundle folded in a spiral. With its help, you can create interesting paintings by uniformly pressing elements to the base in turn.
The main techniques of plasticine painting
We list the main techniques for creating paintings from plasticine:
- Plasticine painting on glass with the image from the back. Modeling is conducted from light to dark, from the main element to the background.
- Plasticine pea painting involves filling the details of the picture with balls of appropriate colors.
- Plasticine drawing with your fingers or stack. The technique is based on grinding plasticine base.
- Plasticine scratching. First, the background is formed by applying plasticine, then the main image is scratched by the stack.
- Plasticine painting from a syringe or plaque paintings. The bundles are folded together, forming the details of the picture.
- Plasticine bas-relief assumes the presence of volumetric details of the picture.
Stages of creating a simple picture of plasticine
Now you know how diverse plasticine painting! We will offer you a master class on creating a simple picture now. For plasticine creativity, it is not necessary to have a solid body of knowledge and practical skills in the stucco field. It is enough to have a little experience in sculpting dumplings or pies, and maybe there is enough burning desire to try your hand at this new kind of creativity. Let's get started.
- Sketch selection of a future painting. You should start with simple children's coloring. For example, on the eve of the New Year, images of a cheerful snowman, fluffy Christmas tree or Christmas ball will be appropriate.
- Transfer the sketch to the selected foundation. For the first time, it is preferable to use plain cardboard.
- The choice of plasticine in appearance and color. It should be preferred domestic plasticine with good stucco properties, choose bright and pleasant colors. If there is no desired color, you can mix the available colors to obtain the desired.
- The selection of suitable elements, preparation, if necessary, a stack for the smear technique. You should practice with the main elements of plasticine modeling: a ball, a drop, a snail and a tourniquet.
- Filling the picture starting from the background and long-range plans in the smear technique, then moving to the central elements, use already embossed techniques. It is preferable to work from dark tones to light, from top to bottom.
- The design of the picture.
How to store and exhibit a picture
It is best to store plasticine paintings under glass. If the elements in the picture are embossed, then a mat or a special substrate should be provided to preserve the free space between the glass and the picture.
Hang the plasticine picture in a place where direct sunlight does not reach, away from heating appliances and on a flat surface to avoid deformation. You can store finished work in boxes under a transparent film. A more long-term storage will allow for photographing works and giving them to the most expensive and closest.
Enjoy your creativity!