In the process of drawing, they can exercise their cognitive ability, creative ability and thinking ability. Moreover, painting can also help children to vent their excess energy and express their inner feelings, thus becoming more calm, optimistic and cheerful.
But in fact, although the above contents are the benefits of children drawing, they are not the benefits of learning to draw. Hiring a painting teacher for children too early will not only make children's imagination not be exercised, but also have a negative impact.
Victor Ronfield, a famous American art educator and psychologist, divided the law of children's painting into six stages. Children in the first three stages, that is, children before the age of 9, have no concept of figure. In this regard, some experts also said that for children under the age of nine, the focus of painting is not how similar they are, but that they can paint independently, use their imagination and like painting. This means that children before the age of 9 don't need to learn to draw. What are the specific rules for children before the age of 9 to draw?
When the child is 2-4 years old, during the graffiti period, the muscles, fingers and brain are just in harmony. At this time, the child can only use the pen to unconsciously slide on paper or other places. Although they are drawing with pens in their hands, they don't necessarily look at the place they are drawing.
When they are 3-4 years old, they will make meaningful paintings and give meaning to their paintings.
When children are 4~7 years old, they are in the pre-schema stage. Because of the improvement of cognitive ability, the enhancement of physical coordination and the increase of contact with the environment, they will consciously draw what they see when drawing. But at this time, children can't draw people or things exactly like reality, and they can only use some simple symbols to express them. Moreover, there is no arrangement law between these symbols, and they are all painted where they want to draw.
When children are 7 to 9 years old, they are in the schema period. At this time, children not only have more and more diverse spatial expressions in painting, for example, they will draw things that exist at different times on the same painting. Moreover, in the use of colors, they tend to be more realistic. For example, Huang Xiangjiao, a red apple, won't use their own imaginary colors as before.
Zhao Mei, a famous painter in torii, once published a book "Early Teaching of Painting". He thought that children after the age of 9 would paint like adults. Don't judge their paintings at will. After seeing children's paintings, don't immediately judge what they draw. Such behavior will not only misinterpret the wishes that children want to express, but also fix their thinking. Then when praising painting, it can be said that there are many colors and beautiful lines. Don't teach them to draw in person. Some parents don't like what their children draw, so they draw a picture for their children to copy. In fact, this will hurt their self-confidence in drawing. Some children hate painting when they see their parents' paintings and find that they can't draw.
Prepare an environment for children to draw. Many times, parents don't need to ask their children if they like painting first, and then prepare materials for their children. They can prepare materials from the beginning, because painting is almost the will of all children. Even if there is no pen and paper, they will paint on the wall at will.
Prepare the painting environment and materials in advance, so that children can be more independent and interested in painting. Stimulate children's creative desire. Usually, you can buy more picture books for your children, or take them to observe the environment, tell stories, stimulate their creative desire, and do a good job in aesthetic enlightenment.