Almost all children, without exception, love to draw, but many parents, due to their own laziness and excuses like “he’ll get dirty himself and smear everything around him,” “I don’t know how to draw to show an example of how to do it,” “he’s too small, he’ll still get full.” these paints” they don’t give the kids brushes and paints, which is a pity... We hope that our marathon of children’s drawings will be autumn theme will inspire creativity in everyone without exception. There are plenty to choose from, dear Creators!

We tried to collect for you the most interesting drawing ideas in order to organize your child’s leisure time more interestingly when it’s time for rain, “dull charm” and sitting at home. Read on for ideas on what you can do at home with your child in bad weather.

Idea #1

You need to put the dried leaves between sheets of paper, and then paint over the sheet with solid strokes using soft colored pencils or crayons. A sheet with all the veins will appear on the white paper. Using this method, you can create compositions: a bouquet in a vase, an autumn landscape, etc.

Idea No. 2

A similar method, only you need to rub the leaves with wax (a candle or white wax crayon), and then cover a sheet of paper with watercolors. It is convenient to paint large surfaces with a wide squirrel brush or a foam sponge.

Idea No. 3

Paint is applied to the sheet from the vein side. Then the sheet is applied to the paper and an imprint is made. The effect will be different depending on what paint you use.

You can come up with many compositional solutions: the imprint of a large leaf can become the crown of a tree if the trunk is completed; A few prints are already a whole forest!

Prints made with white paint on a colored background look impressive. You can combine several techniques and complete the images with pencils or felt-tip pens.

Idea No. 4

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By blowing paint through a straw you can paint fancy trees. This method gives you endless possibilities for experimentation! You can, for example, draw trees using a previously prepared background.

Idea No. 5

Fill your child with the background yourself or offer him some colored cardboard. Let him draw the crown of a tree and fallen leaves, dipping his finger in the paint.

Idea #6

The crown looks voluminous if you make it clear of colored pencils. Apply glue precisely to the desired places and sprinkle with small shavings. The trunk and branches can be blown through a tube or drawn in any other way.

Idea No. 7

It is convenient (and completely non-marking) to draw the crown with a cotton swab. In the same way you can depict a bunch of rowan berries, a sprig of currants or other berries.

Idea #8

Very unusual picture can be done using foil. Place the dried leaf (or several) on a sheet of cardboard, veins up. Cover it with thin foil and carefully, so as not to tear it, smooth it with your fingers so that the design appears. Cover the foil with dark paint (you can use gouache, acrylic, tempera, ink) and let it dry well. Rub the painting very gently with a stiff dishwashing sponge. The protruding veins of the leaf will shine, and dark paint will remain in the recesses. Now you can frame your work!

Idea No. 9

Those who love textures will surely enjoy filling different silhouettes with patterns. Draw or trace an autumn leaf according to the template, divide it into small planes, like a stained glass window. Have your child fill in each piece with a different pattern. You can do this with a gel pen or felt-tip pens.

Idea #10

A similar task can be performed using the scratching technique. Paint a sheet of smooth (polished) cardboard with paints and rub it with wax (candle). You can use wax crayons to create a background. Cover the surface with black ink and dry. Scratch the drawing with a sharp object.

Idea No. 11

Using a stiff bristle brush or toothbrush, splatter paint. This method is suitable for drawing tree crowns and creating compositions based on plant imprints.

Idea No. 12

You can paint not only with a brush! Why not use a kitchen brush?

Idea No. 13

Even a preschooler can trace his palm. All that remains is to turn it into a trunk and add a crown to the tree. Bright orange leaves can be “stuffed” with foam rubber or a wine cork.

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Idea No. 14

You can draw a beautiful background using dried autumn leaves as a stencil. This paper can then be used to wrap gifts.

Idea No. 15

It is convenient to draw fruit trees using halves of small apples and pears.

You can come up with infinitely many ways to paint autumn, because she herself is a Great Artist! Trust your children with paints and brushes and let them create!!!

Dear readers, tell us in the comments what drawing techniques you tried with your children, what they liked the most.

Leaf prints on paper: drawing with children. Step by step description non-traditional technique of drawing with leaf prints. Examples and ideas for children's creative work.

Leaf prints on paper: drawing with children

Leaf prints on paper - unconventional technique drawing with children preschool age, which allows you to get an interesting texture of the image using paints. This technique uses natural tree leaves.

There are several stages in drawing using this technique.

Stage 1. Autumn leaves of trees and shrubs are collected together with children on an autumn walk. Leaves of different shapes and sizes are selected.

Stage 2. A plot is invented from the collected elements - leaves. What can be depicted using collected leaves, using them as mosaic elements to create a pattern or plot? What are they like? What can be added to bring the picture to life?

The child lays out a “sketch” of leaves on paper - his future plot. Maybe I can add something with a simple pencil. Think immediately about what kind of background you will need so that it matches the plot and contrasts with the color of the autumn leaves.

Stage 3. We begin to create in the background - create a drawing using the “leaf prints on paper” technique. First we make the background - paint it with a wide flute brush.

Stage 4. When the background is dry, we make leaf prints on it according to our sketch.

For this:

- Step 1. We paint a leaf of wood on the reverse side (the side where the veins are clearly visible) with the desired color of thick gouache.

The paint should be thick.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT: You should not put too much water on the brush, so we remind the child of the rule: after wetting the brush in a jar of water, you need to remove excess water by applying the brush to the edge of the jar several times. Excess drops of water will drain from it. And only after that you can apply thick gouache paint to a damp brush.

— Step 2. Place the prepared sheet of paper, paint side down, onto the background. This must be done very carefully and carefully. Place a paper napkin on top and press it down with your palm.

— Step 3. Carefully remove the leaf and napkin from the background. The image is ready. Then we repeat everything with the next leaves.

— Step 4. We supplement the resulting image with details.

Let's look at this technique using examples of drawing an autumn forest with children 4-6 years old using the “leaf prints on paper” technique.

Drawing using the “leaf prints on paper” technique: example 1

Topic: Drawing an autumn forest

To work you need to prepare:- gouache paints; - white A4 album sheet; - a flat, wide brush (for example, No. 12), - fallen leaves from different trees.

How to draw an autumn forest with children using the technique of leaf prints on paper: step-by-step description

Step 1. Draw the sky on the background.

Let's start with decorating the background. Place the A4 size sheet horizontally. Dip the brush into white and blue paint and, moving from left to right, paint the sky and blur it a little with water. Going down the sheet, we try to take more white paint onto the brush than blue. The sky can be drawn on 1/4 sheet.

Step 2. Draw the earth on the background.

Invite the children to remember what colors autumn has? Let them think about how old trees differ from young ones? What trees will they depict in the drawing? Let's paint the ground with fallen leaves using brown-green paints by moving the brush from left to right.

Step 3. Draw a tree using the technique of leaf prints on paper.

Choose a piece of paper you like, preferably a large one. We paint it on the reverse side with paint of any color in accordance with the colors of autumn. This is an important nuance, since the veins on the back of tree leaves are more pronounced, which means they will give us a more beautiful print.

Reminder: In this painting technique, the paint should be thick enough. Do not wet the brush too much in water, otherwise the print will be smeared.

Also paint the tail of the leaf.

Then you need to take a leaf, place it carefully on the prepared background in the background so that there is no shift of the leaf on the paper. Cover the top of our sheet with a paper napkin. It will protect your work from smearing the paint that has come out from under the piece of paper. Next, you need to press the napkin with your palm or lightly stroke it with your fist.

Remove the napkin. Carefully remove the leaf by the tail.

So the first painted tree appeared in our autumn forest!

Step 4. We draw large old trees with leaf prints.

Similarly, we draw several more trees with prints of different large leaves and paints of different colors. These are old trees, they are larger in size. Try coloring the leaves in several colors. This is what happened to four-year-old Nastenka.

Step 5. We draw young trees and bushes with imprints of leaves.

Now let's select a few smaller leaves - these will be young trees and shrubs. Let's paint them with different autumn colors and make prints in the foreground. Thus we get a landscape - an autumn forest. This is the autumn forest seven-year-old Lisa painted with leaf prints.

Drawing using the “leaf prints on paper” technique: example 2

Topic: drawing an autumn tree

We decided to draw a tree together with a group of children. On a sheet of Whatman paper in A1 format, I outlined a tree trunk and branches. And Mark and Lesha painted the trunk with brown paint.

Nastya and two Polinas painted leaves and made prints on the tree. Once the boys had painted the trunk, they also joined in with the leaf prints.

This fabulous autumn tree during leaf fall was invented and drawn by children.

We could not throw away the leaves that were painted after the prints. We glued some under the tree using PVA glue. And the rest were dried - they will be useful for future creative works.

Drawing with leaf prints– a very interesting and exciting activity. Give free rein to children's imagination and they will “create” wonderful works!

Creative task:

During the discussion autumn work talk to the children and ask:

— What deciduous trees do you know?

—Have you been to the autumn forest? What happens to the leaves on the trees in the fall? Tell us, on which trees the leaves turn yellow, and on which ones they turn purple?

— Draw an autumn forest with leaf prints.

— Devote an hour to family creativity. Sit in a close family circle and draw on whatman paper a large tree with imprints of autumn leaves. Have fun and decorate your home or your dacha or kindergarten group with this children's creative work.

I am sure that your children will have unforgettable impressions for the rest of their lives. Good luck to you in your family creativity!

Drawing with leaf prints on paper in kindergarten

And here is how children from Saratov drew with imprints of leaves on paper. This photo was sent to our competition “Autumn Workshop” by Natalia Vasilievna Ilyushina (Saratov, MDOU kindergarten No. 196 compensatory type, teacher of the 1st category).

Such drawings—prints of autumn leaves—were made by Natalya Vasilievna’s children.

Leaf prints on paper: materials for activities with children

Before drawing with leaf prints, when discussing the subjects of future children's works, read one of the poems about autumn to the children, discuss what color palette autumn has, how autumn differs from other seasons. Place the leaves of different trees around the children and play the game “We walked through the forest” (the description of the game is given below) and discuss how the leaves of different trees differ from each other in shape, size, color, and how they can be recognized.

To help teachers and parents, a small selection of poems for discussing them with preschoolers before drawing autumn trees using the technique of leaf prints on paper: these are poems about the colors of autumn. Choose those poems that best suit your plan and the child’s plan. These poems also contain hints about what can be drawn in the autumn landscape.

Poems about autumn colors for drawing classes using the technique of leaf prints on paper

Autumn on the palette
mixed paints:
Yellow- for linden,
for rowan - red.
Ocher of all shades
for alder and willow -
All the trees will
to look nice.
The wind blew
dried the leaves
So that the rain is cold
the beauty was not washed away.
I didn’t decorate
just a pine tree and a Christmas tree,
Too many girlfriends
prickly needles. (O. Korneeva)

Who paints the leaves?
near oaks and birches.
maples and aspens -
So outfit them toss!
I peeked in the morning
like on a maple branch
tiny autumn
in a green dress,
yellow scarf,
and red boots,
taking with you
different watercolors -
deftly paints leaves
V different colors.
So, here it is born
this beauty! (G. Ryaskina)

Autumn colors scattered
On trees and bushes.
And they burn brighter
Like summer bonfires.
Golden and crimson
Yellow festive outfit.
The last leaf falls,
Leaf fall is coming!

I draw autumn orange –
The leaf that flew away with the last greetings
Unripe berries of tart mountain ash,
Small baskets of fragrant flowers.
A path to the house with a bed of leaves,
And a smart red fox fur coat.
And yellow - grass and weeping willow,
And the prankish maple has a lush mane.
I paint autumn with blue paint:
A rain of pages in a slanted line,
And a flock of nimble flying clouds,
And a puddle with a brave seagull boat.
There is a lot of work for red:
Here the sun rose before the wind,
Viburnum fireworks sparkle on the branches,
And the berries of late raspberries are hiding.
And here is a fly agaric in a bright red beret
Standing on a hill, dreaming of summer.
I'll draw him white polka dots
AND full skirt on a thin leg.
Now I'll paint emerald
And I’ll add green color to the trees.
And then, beyond the forest, up to the sky,
I paint expanses of winter bread.
I'll use a little black:
I will paint the clothes of crows and woodpeckers.
I paint trees and branches brown,
And white mushrooms are tight berets.
And again I draw the fire of falling leaves...
I need so many colors for autumn!

Autumn gives miracles,
And what kind!
The forests are depleted
Gold hats.
A crowd sits on a tree stump
Red honey mushrooms,
And the spider is such a trickster! –
The network is pulling somewhere.
Rain and withered grass
Mostly sleepy at night.
Incomprehensible words
They mumble until the morning.
(Author - M. Geller)

Who's in our park today?
Did you paint the leaves?
And spins them around and blows them off the branches?
It's autumn!

Poems and game “We walked through the forest”
Autumn has come to visit us
The rain and the wind brought
The wind blows, blows,
The leaves are torn from the branches.
Leaves are spinning in the wind
And they lie at our feet.
Well, let's go for a walk
And we’ll collect the leaves...
Next, the children stand in a circle and, moving in a circle, pronounce the words and, among all the proposed tree leaves, find the leaf mentioned in the text.
We walked through the forest, we Oak Leaf found...
... found an ash leaf...
...they found a leaf from a birch tree...
...we found a maple leaf!

Autumn took the basket under her arm
I poured some cheerful colors into a bottle:
Yellow for the leaves, blue for the sky,
Paint the trunks a little brown,
A drop of green so that they don’t become withered
Sun-burnt wisps of grass.
I poured in a little orange paint,
To color the mushrooms along the path,
Red and white for the fly agaric,
I saw a mushroom growing by the fence,
Various colors for russula -
Let the world be joyful, like in a fairy tale!
Brushes in a basket, easel and tripod,
Let them be surprised - this is how an artist is!
She went out into the street, waved her brush -
The blue sky was filled with clouds.
She waved again and stood around
Gray grass, and a river, and a meadow...
-What happened to my paint?
Apparently I don't know how to paint at all.
-You don’t need to mix the paints all at once.
You need to paint with different paints. (O. Goldman)

Leaf prints on paper: more options for tasks for children

This idea was sent to us at our “Autumn Workshop” by Anastasia Iosifovna Kalinkova from St. Petersburg.
“Autumn Park” was painted using the technique of leaf prints on paper by her son Jaromir (3 years old). Jaromir made prints not with gouache paints, but finger paints. And then I finished drawing the trunks with felt-tip pens. This is the drawing he came up with.

Anastasia came up with different tasks for her son based on drawings made using leaf prints. She writes:

“The drawing is interactive. We used it as a decoration for a tabletop theater. You can along the way fairy tale story finish the work. So, it started to rain. A hedgehog crawled into the park (plasticine and seeds were used to make it) and began to prepare for winter - to make a nest for itself.

You can also use this drawing for reading lessons. Using a thematic poster, we compared which leaf from which tree became our painted tree. Then we signed the cards with the names of the trees using the “hand in hand” technique and the child matched the cards with the names to our trees.”

More about drawing with prints with preschool children You will find interesting information in the articles on “Native Path”:

More interesting ideas on autumn crafts and drawing with children You will find

How do you look at the idea of ​​painting on a sheet, but not on a sheet of paper, but on a leaf of a plant? The idea immediately seems interesting and original. And what about an unconventional drawing technique, why not? Oh, I already told you.

Last year, among other children's creativity competitions, a competition was announced on the Internet autumn crafts. And there was a nomination for painting on leaves. It sounded more or less interesting (I don’t like it, but participation in some of them is mandatory, such is life), and I began to think about how to implement this in practice. You and I, dear readers, understand that things don’t get done overnight. Even if the topic seems tempting, you need to do a fair amount of preparation. This means painting tree leaves. Thinking through my mind, I remembered how I once saw leaves of some tropical plants on sale, on which beautiful Indian dancers were painted. And then, admiring these overseas souvenirs, firstly, I tried to figure out what colors were used and secondly, I racked my brains... WHY and WHY was such an original technique used? Well, really, why draw on leaves if you have paper? Any Indian rituals or traditions? In general, then I felt more bewilderment than admired by the idea.

And here’s a competition – write it down beautifully autumn leaves. Competition...hmm. If you invite children to participate, then you also need to justify it somehow.

First I collected and dried a lot of leaves different shapes, I chose a free evening, laid them out and began to think about what to draw on them.

The leaves of maples and poplars growing in Udmurtia become brittle when they dry out. They had to be handled very carefully. And still, the teeth broke off. Soooo, leaves are not very useful as a material for painting. Minus. And a very big minus. What could be the advantages? Interesting color?

That's probably it. And the form. That is, when painting, I need to play up either the yellowish-brown background, or somehow rhyme the palmate lobes. Draw a palm? On topic, but it lies on the surface. It doesn't take much intelligence to invent such a topic. What then? I came up with several stories.

Moreover, during the gouache painting itself, it turned out that the leaves were also covered with tiny hairs and the paint applied very reluctantly, rolling off into balls, as if from wax paper.

It is clear that this was annoying: the paint had to be literally rubbed into the sheet, and the sheet would break under your hands. A negative result, but I gained experience: if I had not tried to paint the leaves, I would not have known about their immunity. However, with persistence I managed to get most of the paint to stick to the leaves. Of all my pictures, I myself only approved of the fox: I managed to play up the background color and partly the shape of the tail and head in the leaf blades, but the central blade was left out of use.

In general, it’s not so hot either. Well, and partly a fish, here the shape of the leaf plays into the theme, but there are no other reasonable reasons to draw a fish on a leaf.

OK. Now we need to find out what the children will draw.

Start painting right away dried leaves obviously not worth it. First, we cut out the outlines of the leaves from our simple, familiar paper and began to come up with stories. Well, who is what. Some are autumn bouquets, some are falling leaves, some are a walk in the park, some are a crown. You know, the pencil pictures on paper even looked charming. After making sure that the students have ideas in their heads and they know WHAT to draw, I carefully distribute my dried treasures - fragile yellow leaves. I must say that I myself am a graphic artist. I rarely work with paints and literally don’t want to. I don’t teach painting to my students (they have school drawing lessons for that; my circle doesn’t set such tasks), and this time I asked them to bring paints just for this exceptional occasion: an international competition! So, there are sketches, the children take out boxes of gouache and squirrel brushes from their enormous backpacks... numbers five and six.

Silent scene: I didn't expect this. After all, according to modern programs, they draw their own pictures on A3 sheets. It is clear that their brushes are matching - like a broom.

At home I painted with numbers 1 and 2 and didn’t realize that my students might simply not have such brushes!

What to do? While I was dumbfoundedly thinking, the children, not seeing the contradiction, busily began painting. You know, comrades, the right tool is not half the battle, but when it comes down to it, the right tool is half the battle. In general, it’s a truism, of course, but with large brushes you need to work on a large format. Despite the fact that the pencil sketches on paper were both interesting and sensible, no one managed to paint even a remotely acceptable picture on dry leaves. Frankly speaking, attempts to convey autumn rain or swirling leaves with powerful brushes failed to smithereens. But don’t ask them to buy thin brushes just for once.

This is a negative result. I already told you about one thing, but then I still achieved my goal - it was a matter of honor.

In the case of painting leaves, I calmly gave up on the idea: things didn’t work out for the children with paints, and those leaves that I painted myself to inspire the students with my example broke in my bag - they were too fragile. This clearly original idea is not worth the effort to implement it.

So, what's the conclusion?

The conclusion is this: the external originality of an idea does not mean that this idea is rational. Such things: I will not recommend you an unconventional technique of drawing on tree leaves based on experience.

Pictures of Marina Novikova were used as illustrations for the article.