Master class in monotype technique for children “Crystal Winter. "Winter landscape"

Natalya Shishlyannikova

Subject: "Winter landscape"

Goals:

Introduce children to new technology unconventional drawing - monotype.

Develop children's creative imagination, cultivate diligence, perseverance, and accuracy. Learn to use a brush and watercolors, paint with cotton swabs.

There are many ways - how to do it monotype, but for kids I chose the simplest one. It consists in the fact that paint is applied to one surface of a sheet folded exactly in half and printed on the other. With the help of this technique, you can prepare a background for a future drawing, For example: aquarium, summer meadow. winter landscape.

Since winter is approaching and nature has already pleased us with the first snow, I decided to invite the children to draw winter landscape.

To begin with, we prepared the material.

Let's get started work.

Fold the landscape sheet exactly in half and quickly paint one side of the sheet with a brush using blue watercolor paint.

Fold the sheet exactly in half and smooth it out well

Carefully open the leaf

We get a unique print - a ready-made background for winter landscape

Cut the sheet in half

Then a physical education minute:

It's freezing outside

To keep your nose from freezing

We need to stomp our feet

And clap your hands

Snowflakes are falling from the sky

Like in a fairy tale picture.

We'll catch them with our hands

And we'll show the house to mom.

Relax and let's get started work.

My kids drew a tree and a snowball

We draw a snowball with white gouache and a cotton swab

The result is such masterpieces.

Publications on the topic:

Circle work “Little Patriots” Relevance of the problem Children, starting from preschool age, suffer from a lack of knowledge about their native village, republic, country, and characteristics.

How are you you know, to something new Every year we usually make crafts with our children as gifts for mom, these are the cards we made last year. We needed:.

Goal: To consolidate the skill of drawing using the nitcography method. Develop fantasy and imagination. Learn to see familiar objects in chaotic images.

Circle work “Skillful Fingers” Goal: to teach children to listen to speech, to delve into the meaning; relate words to actions.

Circle work in the middle group “This amazing clay” Approximate lesson planning. September Lesson “Getting to know clay” Program content: introduce children to clay and its properties:.

Topic: "Fruits and vegetables" Goals: expand and clarify children's understanding of vegetables and fruits, their characteristics, place of growth, teach them to guess.

Lesson objectives:

• create a landscape using the monotype technique;
• create conditions for the development of a full perception of the surrounding world through the connection of all sensory channels, for the formation of research actions, the development of an emotional and aesthetic attitude towards the subject or phenomenon under study.

1) develop skills in working in the “monotype” technique;
2) teach techniques of the “monotype” technique, depicting nature;
3) develop children’s creative activity and creative abilities by creating quick and effective work;
4) cultivate interest and love for art.

Lesson type: combined.

Type of lesson: drawing from an idea.

Method: explanatory and illustrative.

Techniques: pedagogical demonstration, comparison.

Equipment: computer, projector.

Materials: A3 paper, oil paints, low-smelling solvent, plexiglass, brushes, napkins, roller.

The topic of our lesson: “Landscape using monotype technique.”

What is monotype?

Monotype is a unique non-circulation technique that combines the qualities of printmaking and painting. Monotype: two words: “mono” and “type”. Monotype (from “mono” - one and the Greek “typos” - imprint, imprint, touch, image...) is a type of printed graphics.

Works made using the monotype technique are characterized by subtlety of color relationships, smoothness and softness of the outlines of forms, which outwardly brings monotype closer to watercolor.

The monotype technique has been known since the 17th century, but it became widespread only from the end of the 19th century. Among the most famous masters: Italian Giovanni Castiglione (1616-1670), Englishman William Blake (1757-1828), Frenchman Edgar Degas (1834-1917), who combined monotype with tempera (“Concert at the Ambassador Café”). Slide 3

The appearance of monotype in Russia is associated with the name of Elizaveta Sergeevna Kruglikova, who re-discovered this technique at the beginning of the 20th century and created her own school. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Russian artist Elizaveta Kruglikova, who was working on color etching, independently “discovered” monotype. Lyrical, contemplative, calm landscapes, bouquets of roses, daisies, and daisies are immediately remembered when the artist’s name is mentioned. Slide 4

The main difference between monotype is the uniqueness of the work, and a large element of chance in the final result. Using monotype it is easier to create an abstract image than a figurative one. However, even in the creation of visual images, monotype has great potential for entertainment and surprise.

The main difficulty when performing fine art with flowing paints is to anticipate and control the behavior of the paint after separation of the matrix and paper.
The element of unpredictability, uniqueness, ease of implementation, and wealth of possibilities well characterize monotype as a graphic technique.

The method of performing monotype can be described simply - any coloring substance is applied to any smooth or textured hard surface, then printing is done by pressing the target surface of the print onto the matrix.

With this type of graphics, one print (mono) is obtained on paper from glass (copper sheet, etc.) on which paints are applied. Place a sheet of paper on top and press it to the surface. An impression is formed on the paper with unusual patterns that cannot be repeated by the artist. The image on the print is random (stokha) in nature. After printing, the artist selects those prints that satisfy him in terms of aesthetic appeal and subject matter. Of the many impressions, only a few are selected.

Let's move on to a more detailed consideration of the material part of this technology.
Let's start with colors. This technique is omnivorous in relation to paints! “Watercolor, gouache, tempera, acrylic, oil paints, etching, typographic, for complete tearing you can also use construction types of paints. Paints are used both with thinners and in pure form - depending on the task. The choice of surfaces from which impressions can be made is also wide and varied: paper, different kinds cardboard, plastic of different thicknesses, plates of different metals: zinc-copper-steel-brass. And also glass, hardboard and plywood! Canvas and wood, stone! The main thing is that the surface texture corresponds to the artist’s tasks and goals.”

Regarding the types of paints, it should be noted that depending on the purpose, the artist must vary the thickness and fluidity of the paint according to the goals of his work. With high fluidity, the paint forms characteristic fractal formations, and with high density or, conversely, with strong dilution and a thin layer of application, textures similar to dotted or formed small spots. These textures are uniform when the paint is thinned and repeat the movements and texture of the brush (like a semi-dry ink brush) when the paint is thick. However, a final generalization cannot be made here - it all depends on the type of paint material chosen by the author. For example, when working with oil, fractal formations will most likely be in the area of ​​the volumetric texture of one color spot.

As for the surface, any choice will determine the type of work. The wettability of the matrix surface and its ability to absorb ink and solvent (water or other) should be taken into account as factors important to the creation of the work. In particular, for example, with watercolor monotype, if the surface absorbs the dye strongly and high transparency is required, then white spots should be expected. With monotype, for example, with gouache, if the surface strongly absorbs the solvent, then it can be assumed that the paint density will be higher, etc.

Thus, with the help of the ink material, the surface of the matrix and the surface on which the print is made, the final result can be indirectly controlled.
Paint is also applied to the surface using various tools: the artist’s hand and fingers, brushes, palette knives, various spatulas, including curly ones. Rollers with different textures are also used. And finally, whatever comes to your creative mind.
Etching machines are used to make prints from sheets of plastic and metal sheets. To make a print from a lithographic stone, a lithographic printing press is used.
To remove paint from the printing surface, they use everything from simple fabric to all sorts of specific materials: matches, steel sponge for cleaning dishes, cotton swabs...

The first method, one of the simplest, is also called - “fractal monotype”.

Take the selected hard surface, in a creative impulse apply paint with the tool you need, lay paper on top, press it on top with your hands or a rubber roller. Smoothly remove the sheet. Examine the resulting impression. As a rule, this method is quite difficult to manage. Especially if you use water-based paints: watercolor, gouache, acrylic, tempera. Then many artists, peering at the resulting print, try to see some image, landscape, composition and slightly modify the print, trying to enhance and reveal what they saw in the monotype.”

It should be noted that the creation of the image and the location of fractal patterns can be controlled. This is done by placing more fluid paint where fractal patterns should appear. The important thing is that the patterns begin to appear when the surface tension film is broken, which happens when the work is separated from the matrix. Thus, the direction of branching of fractals can be controlled using the direction of separation of the work. That is, if you tear the work from top to bottom, that is, by the top edge, then the fractals will most likely branch in the opposite direction.

Second way. Slide 6

When paint is applied to plates of metal or plastic, paper is placed on top and an impression is made using an etching or lithographic press. In this technique, as a rule, oil and etching paints are more often used. This method allows you to accurately control the creative process and accurately predict the desired creative result. Here you can create almost picturesque realistic works. To prevent ink oil from sticking to the paper, it is moistened with water before printing!

Third way. Slide 7

You paint a work of art with oil paints on canvas or cardboard. Then you apply paper, fabric or the same canvas - carefully, but maybe not very carefully. It all depends on your temperament. You press the paper, also using various pressing techniques. As experience shows, you can make up to three prints, and none of them will repeat the previous one. The result is very subtle paintings that can be finished on top of the monotype. But it will already be mixed media.

Fourth way. Slide 8

This method requires the artist to draw with firm confidence, since corrections are impossible.

Take plastic or glass. Using a roller, apply an even layer of paint to the desired area or the entire surface of the sheet, having previously removed excess oil from the paint and placed it on newspaper for a while. If you are not sure that you can immediately draw and compose the work on a sheet, then, before you put it on the paint, lightly a simple pencil You can outline the main composition and then, without pressing, lower the sheet onto the surface rolled with paint. And then you begin to draw what you have outlined, working with a pencil, a simple pen, or a brush handle - it all depends on the thickness of the line you want to get.

It is advisable not to rest your hands on the paper. After completing your exercises on paper, carefully remove the sheet.

Like any type of monotype, it can be modified and completed.

Fifth way. Slide 9

Pour water into the photo tray. Take printing inks, dilute them in different jars until liquid with gasoline or a special solvent. Then you take brushes and, depending on the internal painting state, splash paint onto the water, adjusting which color you need more or less of. And then the fun begins: by mixing the paints with the handle of the brush, you can see the unique pattern that you think is necessary.

You need to work quickly, but carefully: place a sheet of paper on the water (one edge, and then only, as if in an arc, the second edge). And it must be removed in the same way: first one, and then the second one in an arc. Mixing in water, the colors create amazing picturesque combinations, like in a kaleidoscope.

Sixth method - mixed technique Slide 10

When the created monotype is taken as a base and then refined with various other materials: oil pastel, dry pastel, acrylic, oil, tempera, textured pastes, and so on.

The very beauty of monotype is that there is unpredictability in it, which brings this amazing feeling of expectation of a miracle to monotype! Albeit a small one, but still a miracle that makes the artist’s heart tremble with joy. The monotype process is probably the most exciting of all the activities! Slides 11-23

III. Formulation of the practical work assignment

Exercise. Draw a landscape using the monotype technique.

Before moving on to practical work, let's remember what “landscape” is?

A genre in which the main subject of the image is nature, wild or transformed by man, is called landscape(from the French paygag - nature).

The diversity of nature has given rise to various types of landscape genres in the fine arts.

In the work of landscape artists, what is interesting is not the fact of a realistic depiction of nature, but rather the reflection of a subjective, individual view of it. Yours emotional condition people often associate with the state of nature. Landscapes are able to express people’s feelings, as in them artists creatively reproduce views of nature. It appears to them colored by emotions, for example, “joyful” or “gloomy,” although these states are not at all inherent in nature.

First stage:

For work we will need material:

• A3 paper;
• oil paints;
• roller;
• brushes;
• a cloth or napkins for wiping paint from brushes and from the surface;
• plexiglass;
• a jar of solvent;
• palette for mixing colors;
• newspaper.

Third stage:

Selecting a topic color range(depending on the emotional coloring of the landscape motif). The work is carried out in the same way as you paint from life or fantasize, come up with your own color combinations colors. Try to take the color clean, bright, saturated. The shades of color are noble and pleasant to the eye.

You can correct the pattern on the glass using a spatula, cotton buds. Spray with solvent.

Fourth stage:

After we have completed the sketch in color, we take a sheet of paper, previously moistened with water, so that the oil does not stick to the paper, and apply it to the painted surface.

Fifth stage:

The next step is that you need to carefully press down the sheet and roll it with a roller. On top, depending on the idea, you can draw details with the handle of the brush.

Sixth stage:

Next, you carefully remove the sheet of paper from the plexiglass. Please note that the drawing must be removed by holding a corner of the sheet and slowly lifting the second corner of the sheet so that the sheet does not move when removed from the surface.

Seventh stage:

Then the resulting print can be finalized by clarifying the details of the drawing.

During work, the music of Vivaldi “The Seasons” and the sounds of nature are played.

What do you do when you feel anxious? Or anxiety? Have you tried art therapy? They say it helps a lot. One type of such psychological release is monotype. Moreover, this technique has been used since kindergarten. Of course, not for stress relief (except perhaps as a teacher), but for development creative potential toddlers. Let's consider the intricacies of creating a lesson on monotype in a children's educational institution.

What is the essence of the impression technique?

Translated from Greek, monotype means a drawing of one print. An image is applied to the surface (smooth, rough), then a sheet of paper is applied to the picture, pressed, carefully separated - the drawing using the monotype technique is ready.

Professional drawings using the monotype technique are a completely unique genre of creativity.

Monotype originated by accident, and we owe its spread in Russia to the artist of the early twentieth century Elizaveta Kruglikova, who spilled paint on the printing board, applied paper to wipe the stain, and when she lifted the sheet, she saw interesting image. Subsequently, she repeatedly used this technique to create her paintings.

IN kindergarten monotype begins to be used in working with children 4–5 years old, that is, in middle group. At this age, children can already complete drawings own images, and not just repeat the actions of the teacher. The images obtained with the help of a print can be left in the form in which they were obtained, or you can add individual details for a more clear picture.

• Monotype is useful for:
• development of imagination;
• expanding ideas about the world around us;
• development of creativity and imagination;

fostering independence at work.

Features of the preparatory stage

The implementation of the assigned tasks depends on the thoroughness of the preparation of the lesson by the teacher. So the planning stage needs to be given enough time and effort.

Paints and base

For monotype you can use gouache and watercolor. As for the latter, you should not dilute it too much with water, otherwise the image will turn out fuzzy. Watercolor has an undeniable advantage - it is easily washed off if, for example, the print is a little blurry. But gouache makes very beautiful stains.

Gouache diluted with water produces very bright and beautifully shaped stains In some kindergartens, fine arts classes use acrylic paints

. But for monotype they are very inconvenient, since they dry quickly and are practically not washed off.

Professionals use oil paints to create paintings using the monotype technique, but they are difficult for children to work with.

• As a basis for the drawing (that is, the “signet” itself), you can use:
• thick sheets of paper (for example, whatman paper);
• thick glossy paper;
• film (due to the complexity of working with this type of material, it is rarely used and only in classes with older children);
• plastic board;
• glass;

tiles.

Getting acquainted with the technique begins with learning how to create object images. This means that a sheet of paper is folded in half, on one part we draw half of the image and, until it dries, we cover it with the second part of the sheet. This is how symmetrical drawings are obtained.

With older children, you can use landscape monotype: on one half of the sheet (or a smooth surface) we draw a landscape, combine it with the second part and get a whole image. This method is convenient for drawing, for example, the reflection of a forest in water.

The next option for creating a print on paper requires certain skills in the work. We need a plastic board. It is applied to it dark paint, then a plot is drawn with a cotton swab and a sheet of paper is applied - a print is obtained that looks like a drawing made with a candle.

For dark background you can use a cotton swab, which will simply wipe off the outline, and to draw a pattern on light-colored paints, use a brush with dark paint

If light colors of paint are used for the picture, then the image is drawn on the board with darker paints, and a brush is used rather than a cotton swab.

Another unusual way to make a print is to crumple a piece of paper and unfold it before applying paint to it. This will make the print more textured.

Video: an unconventional version of monotype with paint applied to water

How can you complete a picture?

You can supplement the resulting picture in two ways:

• gradually adding elements and combining surfaces to obtain an impression;
• finishing the finished picture.

For creating bright drawings often the print is completed with pencils, wax crayons or even felt-tip pens.

• This allows you to make the necessary accents in the image. In addition to supplementing the composition with tracing, you can use:
• coloring (filling individual details of the picture with color);

finishing drawing (some elements are applied to the finished drawing, for example, animals in the forest).

Scheme of compilation and example of lesson notes

To create a situation of success in the classroom, when every child feels involved in a common cause and enjoys the work, the teacher needs to develop a lesson outline in great detail.

Monotype allows children to experience the joy of creativity without much effort and without much time investment.

• Objectives of a drawing lesson using monotype:
• continued acquaintance with monotype;
• nurturing love for nature;
• development of imagination;

It is equally important to rationally distribute the time allocated for each stage of work on the topic.. Traditionally, these are three stages of covering a topic:

• Introductory part (up to 5 minutes). At this stage, the teacher uses various techniques to properly motivate the children to work (reading books, reciting poems, role-playing games, dramatizations from studied fairy tales, etc.).
• Main part (up to 20 minutes). A stage that includes work on the drawing, as well as a “break” for physical education and finger gymnastics. Physical education can be replaced with articulatory gymnastics, especially if the kids had sports games or a walk before drawing.
• Final stage (up to 5 minutes). This time is allotted for praising the kids for their work and creating an exhibition. finished works and children’s reflection (in the form of answers to questions, for example, “Did I like the lesson?”, “Am I satisfied with my work?”, “Whose drawing seems to me the most successful? Why,” etc.).

Since monotype does not require too much time, the main part can be cut in favor of the introductory and final stages. But no more than 6–7 minutes.

Fragment of drawing notes for the middle group “Magic Butterflies”, author Yulia Golomazova

Below is a fragment of a summary that can be used in preparing lessons with children in kindergarten.

1. The teacher takes out pictures of butterflies from the envelope and
   places them on the easel. Children look at them, identify similarities and differences in colors, shape, size, and come up with names for butterflies. Educator: “I’ll now wave my magic wand, and you, too, will turn into butterflies and fly a little.”
2. Fizminutka: A flower was sleeping and suddenly woke up,
   (torso to the right, to the left.)
   I didn't want to sleep anymore
   (torso forward, backward.)
   He moved, stretched,
   (hands up, stretch.)
   Soared up and flew,
   (hands up, right, left.)
   The sun will just wake up in the morning,
   The butterfly is spinning and curling.
   (spin around)
3. Educator: “The butterflies have rested and it’s time for them to go back. I
   I'll wave my magic wand and you'll turn into children again. Guys, let's try to draw butterflies today! But we won't have simple butterflies, but magical!
4. Children apply paint as desired to one half of the sheets of paper. Educator: “Add more water, we need it in order for our miracle to work.”
5. -Okay, well done. Now let’s bend the sheet in half and gently stroke it with our palm and unfold it. What happened? The design was symmetrically imprinted on the second half of the sheet, thanks to which the Butterfly straightened
   wings and is about to take off!

Examples of work using the monotype technique in kindergarten

Below are several instructions for working in the monotype technique.

"Butterfly"

Children apply paint to create the outline of a butterfly wing

Instructions:

1. Guys, bend the sheet in half, placing it horizontally.
2. We will draw on the left half of the sheet. So, closer to the middle we make a thick line with blue paint.
3. From this line we place spots of red, orange, yellow tones, making them as if in the shape of a butterfly wing.
4. Fold the sheet along the fold and iron it with your hand.
5. Expand the drawing and draw the antennae.

Video: butterflies using monotype technique

"Winter"

For this design you will need a base sheet (or tile) and a cotton swab.

The brighter the shade of blue, the more clearly the patterns will be visible.

Instructions:

1. We dilute the blue gouache with water and dip the brush.
2. We apply paint strokes to the tiles, trying to make them as thick as possible.
3. Use a cotton swab to make chaotic lines, wiping off the paint.
4. We attach a sheet of paper and press it to the base.
5. Carefully remove the sheet. The drawing is ready.

“Summer Day” (landscape monotype)

This monotype example shows how to create a reflection in water.

Landscapes using the monotype technique turn out very lively and bright

Instructions:

1. Fold the sheet in half vertically.
2. Draw at the top. On the left we designate the tree trunk and draw the leaves.
3. We make strokes in the background green paint- forest.
4. At the top right we draw horizontal strokes-clouds.
5. Fold the sheet along the fold and press.
6. Slowly remove the top edge. The picture is ready.

Photo gallery: drawings using monotype technique

Thanks to monotype, children learn to create symmetrical images
Butterflies can be drawn with dots using fingers or cotton swabs. Drawings using the monotype technique can be supplemented with appliqué, for example, penguins watching the northern lights. Some images can be planned in advance, and some are obtained after the print has dried. The complexity of the butterfly drawing also depends on the shape of the wings : the simpler it is, the younger the children

Learning the world, preschoolers always strive to reflect their impressions through visual arts. Drawing brings children a lot of positive emotions; the need for it is inherent in them at the genetic level. To Creative skills children received maximum development, classes in a preschool institution should not be reduced only to standard methods Images. It is non-traditional techniques, creating an atmosphere of ease, that contribute to the revelation of children's individuality. One of the most interesting and original ways of drawing in kindergarten is monotype.

Features of organizing drawing classes using the monotype technique in kindergarten

The essence of drawing using the monotype technique is that paint is applied to a flat, smooth surface and then printed on another (the base can be one of the sides of a sheet of paper folded in half, or a separate material - a machine). The result of such a process is always unique; works are rarely similar. The resulting print is left in its original form, but more often the image is supplemented with characteristic details.

The initial stage of drawing The most interesting stage work The finished image can be supplemented with details

Monotype contributes to the development of the child: improves fine motor skills, forms such important mental functions as thinking, imagination, memory. Color perception develops - the baby learns the possibilities of color and becomes imbued with it. The very process of creating a drawing turns into a magical action, a game, a trick.

Using this technique in kindergarten classes (they can be included in the plan directly educational activities or taken out as a group work), very original images are obtained. Monotype classes can be conducted already in the second younger group. At this age, kids usually depict simple objects - air balloons, flags, cubes, etc. The drawing process turns into a fun game for them.

The first works of preschoolers are simple figures

Children love practicing monotype techniques

At the middle level, preschoolers already successfully draw a butterfly, a fish, and flowers in a vase.

Butterfly - traditional drawing using monotype technique

Drawings by middle group students

Drawing in the middle group using monotype technique

In the senior and preparatory groups, preschoolers are encouraged to create beautiful landscape compositions using monotype technique. This autumn trees with falling leaves, snowy winter forest

, sea overflows, seabed, as well as various fantasy works. Note that when drawing using this technique, a sheet of paper can be folded in different ways: horizontally, vertically, and even from a corner. The first method is usually to depict trees reflected in water (a river or lake), or a fish. The second method is to create the image of a butterfly, a flower bouquet, some animal or fantastic creature (in This is how they even draw aliens).

Materials and base used (including specific shapes and patterns)

Monotype can be performed on any smooth surface, which distinguishes it from other types of printing. The variety of this original technique comes from the shape of the surface and the method of applying paint.

Traditionally, classes use a regular sheet of paper as a basis. It may have a square shape: in this case, the paper can be folded in half diagonally. Sometimes, the teacher offers preschoolers templates - this can be a cut out silhouette of a butterfly, fish, bouquet of flowers, etc.

In addition, there are other base options - cardboard, cellophane, plastic, linoleum, glass. Please note that the latter material is not used in kindergarten due to safety reasons. Monotypes are usually printed on paper (but in rare cases also on fabric). It is advisable that the size of the base matches the size of the sheet on which the image needs to be printed.

Watercolor and gouache paints are suitable for the monotype technique. You can even use melted wax crayons if you wish. The texture of the image depends on the thickness of the paint. So, gouache is almost opaque, gives beautiful stains, however, when drying, it can become faded (since it is based on chalk). Watercolor is more suitable for children's creativity- you just need to apply it thickly onto the base, leaving no gaps.

Note that the texture of the image depends on the thickness of the paint - from a light “openwork” effect to a bright, saturated one.

With monotype, you can use paint of one color (monochrome drawing) or several shades. Likewise, the base can be white or colored (tinted). Children can add additional details to the resulting drawing as a result of printing. different instruments

- brush, colored pencils, wax crayons, felt-tip pens and even a gel pen.

Drawing techniques used: standard and specific

When creating compositions using the monotype technique, preschoolers need to master the following basic techniques. This is, first of all, folding a sheet of paper in half, pressing, smoothing and gently rubbing the two surfaces. Another technique is to draw on a plastic board. Spots are applied to the surface a certain color . If the child has not yet come up with a specific idea for the drawing, he can simply use the colors he likes. For It is better to choose appropriate colors - green, blue, a little yellow and red. The paints must be mixed quickly, otherwise they will have time to dry. Note that there is no point in drawing complex pictures, although if a preschooler has such a desire, then you can try.

After all these steps, take a sheet of paper (ideally its size and shape matches the base) and lightly press it onto the plastic with your hands. You need to lift the drawing carefully, by the corners. The result is a unique print that cannot be exactly repeated. This result will undoubtedly cause the child delight and pleasure from the opportunity to experiment. Each time his actions will be more confident.

After the drawing has dried slightly, you need to examine it, evaluate all the “successful” and “unsuccessful” places, use your imagination and complete the missing details. For example, for a butterfly it will be antennae, the outline of the head, a motley pattern on the wings in the form of circles, stripes, etc., for a fish - a tail, fins, and scales. Thus, the mysterious spots are transformed and an original image is born.

Depending on the tools that the child uses to complete the image, appropriate techniques are practiced.

If it is a brush, then the baby uses the painting skills with the entire bristle or tip. When drawing with pencils, the pressure is adjusted to obtain the desired tone and attention is paid to the tilt of the tool.

Examples of drawings by preschoolers using the monotype technique with comments on how to complete the work

The butterfly is one of the most popular objects depicted using the monotype technique. Each work is unique. A variegated pattern distinguishes the butterfly in the “Beauty Butterfly” drawing; the outline of the silhouette is outlined with a felt-tip pen, which makes the drawing even brighter. “Moth” has a delicate, mysterious color in yellow and blue tones. The compositions “Sunny Butterfly” and “Blue Butterfly” are decorated additional details: sun, grass, flowers. The butterflies themselves here have an interesting wing shape. The butterfly in the picture looks original and elegant “ Beautiful butterfly": this effect occurs due to a combination of two unconventional techniques - monotype and leaf printing (the tendrils are painted in watercolors).

Photo gallery “Butterflies using monotype technique”

Drawing in watercolor Drawing in watercolor and felt-tip pen Drawing in watercolor Drawing in watercolor Drawing in watercolor A combination of two unconventional techniques - monotype and leaf printing

Charming sea inhabitants that look like magical creatures are depicted in the drawing “Fish”. Let us note the very beautiful background of the composition; the seabed with algae is realistically and at the same time magically conveyed. A threatening looking fish is shown in the “Sawfish” picture. The drawing “Fish in an Aquarium” turned out to be unusual. Their color complements each other: red with white spots and vice versa white with red spots.

Photo gallery "Fish"

Drawing in watercolor Drawing in gouache Drawing in watercolor

Using the monotype technique, very beautiful flower bouquets are obtained. A bright composition with yellow-red buds is presented in the picture “Bouquet for Mom”, and “Vase with Flowers”, on the contrary, is made in delicate pastel colors. A mysterious and mysterious plant is the work “Magic Flower”.

Photo gallery "Flowers"

Drawing in watercolor Drawing in watercolor Drawing in watercolor

Landscape works made using the monotype technique are always fascinating. You can look at them for a very long time. Drawings with horizontal symmetry are, as a rule, trees reflected in a body of water (lake or river). In this regard, the compositions “Beautiful Trees”, “Forest over the River”, “Colors of Autumn” are interesting. Works with vertical symmetry are separate beautiful trees(drawings “Spreading Tree”, “Tree with Pears”. The composition “Apple Orchard” also looks charmingly summery - it amazes with its multicolored colors. Interesting variations on winter theme - « Christmas tree" and "Winter Miracle".

Photo gallery “Landscape compositions”

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Children's works by design are of great interest. A child’s imagination, combined with the monotype technique, sometimes creates the most unexpected and bizarre images. So, the “Pink Bull” looks mysterious, from which it emanates kindness. The drawing “Cheerful Sun” creates an anthropomorphic image of the sun with big eyes and a smile. The “Queen of Light” is charming and mysterious. And the “Running Bunny” differs from an ordinary animal with its vague, unusual figure. Cheerful twin sisters smile at us from the composition of the same name. And for some reason the “Jolly Ducklings” turned their backs on each other.

Photo gallery “Fantasy motives”

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In the senior preschool level, children enjoy fantasizing about space themes. With the help of monotype, whimsical fantastic images aliens - inhabitants of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. Children even come up with names for them and write them on the drawing. Let us note that all the creatures, each unusual in its own way, have a good-natured appearance, because the majority of children’s works are always positive.

Photo gallery "Space"

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The more diverse and more interesting than technology and techniques of visual activity when working with preschoolers, the more they develop artistic ability kids. In this regard, monotype is truly a magical way of drawing. In the perception of children, it is similar to a fairy tale or a magic trick. The original technique allows the creative nature to reveal itself, which leads to the most unexpected results: the child will admire his drawing and want to draw again and again.

Monotype "Lake Baikal". Drawing a landscape step by step for children 6-8 years old

Master class on landscape drawing for children 6-8 years old "Lake Baikal"

(Alexander Tvardovsky, 1959)

Progress of the master class:

We begin work by preparing a sheet of paper for work, since the main part of the drawing will consist of prints, we need to bend the sheet in half horizontally and smooth the fold line well. Then, using a simple pencil, you need to draw the lines of the future terrain.