REVIEW: "Animals: draw step by step", Ed Amberley
Books / / December 19, 2019
child's fantasy - it is a dialogue with things. The child does not distinguish even the imagination of the things with which he plays. Lev Vygotsky
Here is an unusual review of the book. You see the results of mini experiment, which was conducted in one of the kindergartens of the city N. It is an ordinary kindergarten, without any "deviations" and "in-depth study" - it brought up the most ordinary children.
We asked their teacher to spend with the kids class in graphic activity, based Ed Amberley technique that using the simplest figures teaches children to draw a variety of animals. What came out of it, read on.
Methodology step by step pictures
Its author - Ed Amberley.
Ed Amberley
Ed was born in the town of Malden (Massachusetts, USA). He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Massachusetts School of Art and studied at one of the prestigious American College of Art and Design - Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Fame and recognition Amberley received through his children's books. His paintings decorate the more than 50 books, many of which have become bestsellers. For example, «Go Away», «Big Green Monster!» And others.
But the main thing - Ed Amberley developed his own painting technique. He believes that everyone can draw. Anyone who knows how to draw on paper, circle, square, triangle, point, letters and numbers. And to these elements get a picture, he develops a simple step by step instructions. Thus the painting becomes a game.
The book "Animals: draw step by step" - one of them. It Amberley teaches to draw a gorilla, horse, wolf, raccoon and other animals. The author dedicated it to himself as a child - a boy, who did not have such a book.
Children's age
In the summary of the book said that even 3-year-olds can draw on Amberley method. In our experiment, we took the boys 5-6 years of participation (older preschoolers).
According to the psychological and educational characteristics of this age, children 5 years actively developed verbal-logical thinking, they begin to talk general categories (part / whole object / objects system, space, time and etc.).
Aesthetic attitude to the world at the senior preschool all the more conscious he is not just to understand the beauty, but also can create it himself. In this case, children at this age are increasingly interested in nature - animals, plants, natural phenomena.
Well, it turns out that the book "Animals: draw step by step" - that is necessary for children 5-6 years.
experiment Progress
Children offered to paint a composition of three animals - deer, foxes and owls. Here are instructions designed Ed Amberley:
But what happened in children:
As you can see, more or less recognizable deer, fox and owl turned all the guys. Someone better have someone a little worse.
For example, Sasha was given the hardest fox and Sonia did not orient at once, like a triangle "turn" in the head of a deer.
I liked the deer. He is big. First you have to draw a rectangle, then the head and neck. The easiest way - the legs and horns, just sticks. Arina, 5 years
In general, the children were satisfied he had proposed drawing method. Although some of it was not easy the first time to learn the teacher's instructions.
Julia M., teacher iso-activity:
Step by step pictures - beautiful pedagogical device. With this technique, you can learn to draw even those children who do not have this predisposition. Moreover, to draw step by step like even children who do not like to do that. It's not just a picture - it is rather a game. In my opinion, Amberley came up with a kind of designer, constructor on paper.
This technique is very relevant in the preschool age. Firstly, children 5-6 years already know all the elements that are used in it - points, lines, geometric shapes, letters and numbers. Secondly, it promotes the development of design and artistic thinking of the child, which is only beginning to emerge in this period.
Output
Edda book Amberley - the perfect base for the development of children's creativity. It is useful to parents whose children about 5 years. In an earlier age book can be a bit confusing, but in the older - uninteresting.
This book will help you teach your children to draw a funny little animals, to make them different compositions, and the main thing - fantasize. After having mastered the technique step by step drawing, they can thus draw anything.
"Animals: draw step by step", Ed Amberley
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