Regarding how parents guide their children to paint, a friend of mine once described it as an example: "I have loved painting since I was a child, and I can paint whatever I like." For example, hamburgers, chicken legs and ice cream, but my mother always won't let me draw these. She said that you always draw delicious food for the teacher at school. The teacher will think you are a foodie, so don't draw. "

"Then I began to draw planes and cannons. When my mother talks about me again, you will draw these and nothing else. Later, I stopped painting because I couldn't draw anything else and I didn't know where to start. Moreover, my mother always said that I don't want to draw this picture like that, so I can't even draw a straight line now, and I am embarrassed to draw it. "

In fact, it's not just painting, many things are like this. An unthinking standard of us adults may stifle a child's genius and creativity, and even change his life trajectory.

So how to protect children's beautiful and fragile creative wings?

First of all, childhood painting has unique characteristics. It is a way for children to express their feelings, feelings and understanding of things, and it reflects children's understanding of the world around them. Many parents have not received professional painting education, do not know whether their children draw well or not, and do not know how to appreciate them. Then how can we better evaluate children's paintings? Can be considered from the following aspects.

1 Are you imaginative?

I once showed three children a movie about African animal life, and then gave them a topic, so that each of them could draw a picture about Africa's impression.

Three people drew three very different pictures, and I like the picture of one of the children best. She drew a lion with zebra stripes eating grass. She wants the lion to be friends with the zebra, so that the zebra will not be eaten and the lion will not be hungry. This is an imaginative painting, not a purely realistic depiction, full of emotion and innocence.

The cultivation of painting imagination is an important aspect of children's painting, and it is also an essential ability for creative talents. In the process of painting, children can exercise and develop their imagination through such activities.

Appreciate turtles taller than giraffes. The tortoise wants to be as tall as the giraffe. It borrowed a balloon to take him to the sky. That's a good idea. ↓↓

Thanks for seeing a doctor. Anyone can get sick. If the earth is ill, who will cure it? Leave this task to Sun. ↓↓

2. Is there a good visual effect?

An excellent children's painting is inseparable from smooth lines, beautiful layout and rich colors. Every child has his own personality and aesthetics. Some children like warm colors, some like cool colors, and some like colorful colors. Some children draw large objects, some draw small ones, just like people write, some are neat and some are crooked. As long as a painting looks comfortable, clean and tidy, and the picture is rich and full, it has a good visual effect. It makes people look happy.

Enjoy Garfield on the roof. The chubby cat, the red roof, the purple night sky, the yellow stars and the black outline make the combination of several colors so warm and harmonious. ↓↓

Appreciate the second picture of "Lovely Girl", which is comfortable and neat, with many colors and no mess. There are prominent figures and warm backgrounds. The proportion is just right. ↓↓

3. Does it have a distinct theme?

A good children's painting, with a clear theme, makes people feel what the children want to express for the first time. What is the theme, what are the important things or plots to be portrayed. Have a prominent focus, one master and two deputies. Be clear at a glance.

Appreciation: There is a big cat, five kittens with closed eyes leaning on its belly, a cat nest, blue sky and white clouds, birds, flowers, butterflies, grass, fish and milk in the picture of the mother cat feeding. This painting consists of many elements, but the successful layout and description of the young painter makes people see at a glance that he wants to paint a warm picture of a cat mother feeding her kitten and the kitten falling asleep after eating. ↓↓

4. Does it truly reflect children's lives?

Some children's paintings are full of * * thoughts and appreciation, and it is easy to find the ideas instilled by * * in the paintings. Lack of childlike innocence and innocence. A painting with children's life feelings and summaries will make viewers feel real, let people understand children's hearts and experience their happiness.

Appreciate a picture of a child riding an adult's bicycle, but his feet can't reach the ground. He should hold on to the handlebars so as not to fall off. ↓↓

Enjoy the second painting "Milking", in which the child sits on a small bench with his head up to the height of the cow's belly. This is a work that can only be painted after experiencing the milking process personally. ↓↓

Now that we know how to appreciate children's paintings, how to guide them?

Creation comes from cognition.

Many parents find that children like to draw some fixed and single content. For example, boys like to draw planes, tanks and cannons, while girls like to draw Barbie Fairy Princess. This is actually human nature. Boys naturally like handsome and tough things, while girls like gentle and beautiful things. Painting is first and foremost an expression, not a skill. It is an art form that expresses and narrates feelings with brushes and pigments. Just like singing and writing, children can express whatever they like.

Parents can take children's interests as the starting point and enrich their cognition through moderate guidance. When children's cognition is rich, the works presented will naturally be full.

For example, your child likes to draw airplanes. Parents can watch videos, pictures or take their children to observe real planes. Children will find that there are many kinds of planes: transport planes, passenger planes, fighter planes, helicopters and so on. Parents will continue to guide children to observe and analyze the characteristics of aircraft. What do wings look like? What does the propeller look like? With good observation, children can grasp the particularity of objects and draw good works. After drawing the main items, parents can also guide their children to draw a scene: Is your plane flying in the sky or parked on the ground? If you fly in the air, is it day or night? What color is the sky during the day and at night? What else will there be in the sky besides airplanes? Hot air balloon? Eagle? Flying saucer? By analogy, parents can guide children to associate, connect scenes and objects one by one, and expand endless imagination from basic cognition.

Guide children to observe, think and discover the beauty of nature in life, and children will have materials in their hearts. These are the best sources to enrich children's painting inspiration. Only through personal experience can children draw vivid, sincere and emotional works, so that they will not always draw empty, unchanging and single paintings. Such a work, even if it is not mature in technique, can touch the painter's heart, and children can get more satisfaction in the process of painting.