Children like painting. When they reach the right age, they should choose art training institutions to make their children develop better. The right choice is the first step.
Parents can consider three criteria when choosing an art training institution:
First look at the semester teaching objectives set by the training institutions. It is necessary to develop children's thinking and creativity through artistic enlightenment, rather than just paying attention to painting techniques.
The second is whether the teaching method is scientific. It is necessary to provide children with observation materials and guide them to draw by themselves after thinking, instead of letting them copy.
Third, whether to pay attention to improving children's aesthetic (aesthetic) level. The improvement of aesthetic level is very important for the development of children's life.
Give parents some tips on choosing training courses, and make a choice after careful observation. Focus on what this training institution does and doesn't do.
What not to do:
(1) Avoid coloring children with ready-made patterns;
Letting children fill in colors mechanically will limit their expressive ability. If children have to do it, there is no need to deliberately prohibit it. It can be suggested that when they are coloring, they don't have to fill only one color in a color block, they can also mix several colors, or use their own designed graphics to fill the colors.
(2) Avoid using a single result-oriented aesthetic package:
The difference between a craftsman and an artist is that the artist has his own ideas and expressions, and the craftsman is just a repetitive and familiar action. Therefore, try to reduce children's use of aesthetic materials with set results in the market, or let children work like processed goods workers.
(3) Avoid demonstrating with other students' works;
If you need reference materials for the course, you should try to explore various possibilities by using diverse images or artists' works, animal pictures, pictures taken in daily life, etc.
(4) Don't help students draw:
Because students can easily imitate other people's images, they will become dependent and have no own style.
(5) Try not to make a complete work during the demonstration: if the demonstration is too complete or too direct, most children are easy to imitate, so that the works drawn by students are similar. Therefore, teachers need to be cautious if children want to create works with multiple results.
(6) Avoid teaching speculative skills:
In some art courses, it is meaningless to teach children to splash or pour paint on paper to create special effects. These skills will not accumulate creative experience and improve the control ability of children's hand-eye coordination. Physical entertainment is greater than the meaning of learning, which will cause them to cherish material things.
(7) Skills to avoid collision:
Make a turtle out of clay quickly and Mickey Mouse out of three circles. These step-by-step teaching methods can easily make students not think like craftsmen. In order to cultivate students' sensitivity to creativity, students should observe slowly and draw the observed results.
(8) Don't criticize the creative process and results easily;
Don't be too dominant in how children should draw, give children room in their hearts and wait a little patiently. As long as they are still willing to concentrate on their work and leave them alone, you will often find surprising results.
(9) Don't give children toys with single results:
When choosing toys, we should find some toys with various results, such as various building blocks, puzzle cards, puzzles, domino games, etc., so that they can construct their own habit of discovering self-learning ways in the game.
What should be done?
(1) Correctly demonstrate the purpose and function of the materials:
Inclusive of children's creative development, but also can not let go of the sharpness of materials. Art can be without standards, but education can't be without principles. It is the teacher's responsibility to teach students how to use brushes, scissors and other tools correctly.
(2) clearly define the rules of the game:
Appropriate restrictions will stimulate children's creativity, such as drawing a picture with two colors, developing different patterns with the same eight circles, drawing a picture that can be seen in every direction and so on. These rules will make them feel challenging, but don't make them feel difficult, but have enough space to develop their ideas.
(3) Provide materials with different properties:
Materials can stimulate new creative motives. Sometimes, students finish their works quickly. Instead of forcing them to do more, it is better to provide them with extra materials, which will also make their creative inspiration more active.
(4) Encourage the courage to try different creative behaviors:
Encourage students to try, not afraid of making mistakes, but the basic principle does not encourage the wrong use of materials and tools. The behavior of painting with a pen needs to be stopped in time, because it is difficult to control even adults, and it may also affect the works of other students.
(5) Encourage them to tidy up and restore their working environment:
People who can cook must learn to wash dishes first. Children cleaning up their working environment will enhance their understanding and guidance of media materials, but don't help them completely, and cultivate them to establish a responsible personality.
(6) Clearly point out the reasons for appreciating the works:
This is a "self-esteem"-oriented teaching. Unconditional praise for children is easy to immerse children in the illusion of a sense of accomplishment. If they are not praised for the wrong reasons, they will think that everything they draw is the best, which is not good for creativity. They won't know what good it will do.
(7) often discuss works with children:
Children's works are the reflection of their inner thoughts. Understand their creative background and motivation, and encourage them to try to explain their creations. So don't judge your child's paintings, find the advantages from what he expresses, and he will feel valued when sharing with you, thus enhancing his self-confidence.