Drawing for a child is both a pleasure and a benefit. This process is one of those that help the baby to express their feelings and emotions, and parents – to draw conclusions and what is going on in the head of their child.
Children are interested in all colors
Orange greens, orange camel
There is an opinion that calm, balanced children have “good” colors in their drawings – green, blue, pink, yellow, orange and blue. But if dark, gloomy shades dominate, then the child is worried or depressed.
However, not everything is so simple. At an early age, starting from 2 years old, children are just starting to master color, they are interested in all the colors in the box. Therefore, often, conducting their experiments, the child can get carried away and put several layers of paint on the sheet, which will eventually become “dirt”. Do not rush to sound the alarm, look after the baby’s reaction: he may be quite happy with what he did. In addition, children often choose black or purple only because they are bright, saturated and paint over white paper well.
Lots of red and purple – the child is tense
By the age of 3, the child begins to consciously choose colors for his drawings. Offer him sets of pencils or paints in a variety of shades to choose from. Each toddler has their own favorite colors. But more often mobile children choose bright colors – crimson, for example, while calm, quiet children will prefer darker and paler shades.
If red is not your baby’s favorite color, but he persists in choosing it and painting over large areas, this may indicate emotional overload or even aggression. Often, children highlight in red some detail of the drawing that they want to emphasize. The frequent presence of purple in the child’s drawings indicates some kind of tension, and parents should pay attention to this.
“Kind” drawing on the whole sheet – the child is comfortable
Who’s in charge?
A sheet of paper for a child is his idea of the world around him. By the age of 4, children are more or less able to express themselves objectively in their drawings. And from the image you can judge the affection of the baby, his sense of himself in this world.
Often, children try to occupy as much area of the sheet as possible with a drawing. This is good, it means that the child is comfortable, he feels himself the center of what surrounds him. If the details of the drawing are small, take place somewhere in the corner or at the very bottom, this indicates low self-esteem or that the child feels weak.
It’s good when family members hold hands.
Bigger size depicted, as a rule, people who are most important in the life of the baby, who have authority. And not only people. Any object in the picture, highlighted by its dimensions, indicates its importance. Not a bad test, by the way: ask your child to draw a typical day for your family, and you will see what is worth working on.
It’s good when family members are in the picture hold hands… Individuals or completely absent characters are those with whom the baby does not have a comfortable relationship. The child draws the closest and beloved people in the same color as himself, adds details to them – for example, jewelry in clothes. Sometimes children paint fictional family members or pets that are not really there is a sign that speaks of your child’s hidden desires. Pay attention to the items shared by family members. According to the child, this is what prevents you from getting closer.
If the same there is no child in the picture, this is evidence that the baby seeks to isolate himself from his family, to live in his own way, or is experiencing difficulties with self-expression, feeling superfluous.
Big head – to the smartest
Reading faces
Much head drawn to the smartest member of the family. Small mouth – to someone who does not have the right to vote in the house. An underlined mouth, highlighted in a bright color, does not necessarily decorate a character who speaks a lot and loudly, it can mean that the person often makes sharp, offensive remarks. And the one who usually scolds the child can be drawn without a mouth at all. In general, children early learn to depict emotions with the help of the lip line, so it is quite easy to draw conclusions here just because the character smiles, is sad (the corners of the lips are down) or angry (a straight line of the mouth).
Deserve special attention eyes characters in the figure. Anxiety is caused by too large eyes, as if expanded. Those characters to whom the child draws such drawings need help and support. Conversely, small eyes, indicated by dots, in persons who are unable to ask for help, cannot show their feelings.
Rђ RІRѕS, ears are often ignored by children, therefore, for the time being, their presence and size does not matter much. Nevertheless, if most of the people in the picture have ears, and one is not, then this one does not listen to anyone, does not perceive criticism.
Neck – a rather complex detail, children do not immediately add it to the heroes of their drawings. Having a neck indicates the ability to control your emotions. The better this ability, the shorter the neck, children themselves and other peers, as a rule, draw with a long neck.
Much can be said arms drawn family members, because they express interaction with each other. If everyone is holding hands, then there is complete harmony in the family. The strongest people are endowed with big hands with many fingers. Small hands or their complete absence (“handles are hidden”) is a symbol of weakness. Uncommunicative children draw themselves with such hands. But the pose of a character with raised arms is considered not very good and even aggressive. If a child portrays himself this way, he wants to be feared.
Legs Is a support. The larger the area of contact of the legs with a hard surface in the drawing, the more confident the character feels.
Paint your fear
Drawing is as natural for a child as eating and drinking. Children have no doubts about what they draw and how they do it. An adult will see something shapeless, while a child will prove that it is a bouquet of flowers or a car.
Since the drawings express emotions, children often draw what scares them, and highlight these plots with a stronger outline, shading, and paint over with a dark color. Pay attention to these drawings and help your child deal with their fear. This can be done perfectly here, on paper. A creepy babayka can be easily “put behind bars” or hidden behind a high wall, a crying child can be given a candy or a ball in his hands. You will see that after such therapy a smile will appear on the face of your baby.
Arrange exhibitions of your child’s drawings
Encourage drawing, praise your little one for drawing, you can even arrange exhibitions of his work. So the child will see that his work is important to you. Offer different materials for drawing – crayons, pencils, paints, felt-tip pens.
But just don’t force him. True emotions spill out entirely voluntarily. And don’t limit yourself to the choice of color and shape. It is adults who think that flowers cannot be brown, and a cat has four legs. In a child’s drawing, everything can be if you give the child the opportunity to experiment. And even if the little artist is angry, invite him to draw how angry he is. A blank sheet of paper is the field where the baby will train to be independent and independent. Let him get this opportunity, so that in life later he will not be afraid to make responsible decisions.