The Arctic is beautiful! How to draw the Arctic with children

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

There is snow outside the window, and we choose the theme of the Arctic for the next drawing. For a child, this is a journey. An adult can give him a lot of knowledge about the world around him in a playful way.

The Arctic is very beautiful and very cold

To understand how to draw the Arctic, get to know it better.

Even adults don't know that polar bears don't live with penguins. Because they live on opposite ends of the Earth.

You can look with your child in books or the Internet pictures of animals and birds living in the Arctic.

The main attractions of the Arctic are, of course, the polar bear and the northern lights.

Tell your child about polar day and polar night. Take a look at the photos of the Northern Lights together. Pay attention to the shape, colors. Explain to the child what this phenomenon is and why it occurs in the Arctic.

In a book or on the Web, read how a polar bear lives. Look carefully at the picture. What does he look like? How is this bear different from others? The value of drawing lies precisely in the fact that observation develops. The child learns to analyze.

Getting ready to draw

This time the drawing of the Arctic is done with pastel crayons.

You will need:

• black paper;
• a special eraser that erases pastel (called a nag);
• pastel crayons;
• photo or drawing of a white bear walking.

Pay attention to the child that the body of a polar bear resembles a pear that lies on its side. What color are the eyes and nose of the animal? Consider with your baby how powerful the bear's paws are. Let the child circle the body of the bear several times with his finger along the contour. If possible, print the drawing on a printer. Then you can circle with a pencil many times. So the hand gets used to coordination.

Now you decide how to draw the Arctic. It will be a polar night. Beautiful northern lights and stars. And a white bear walks through the snow.

Draw step by step

An adult helps a little, for example, draws the connection of the paws with the body, erases unnecessary lines.

1. We draw the bear's body like a lying pear. Let's draw the paws. The bear walks, but does not hang in space, and does not fly. So, you need to draw a path for him.
2. Now the contours of ice hummocks (blocks of ice) are next. Depicting.
3. Let's color the bear.
4. Let's turn the leaf upside down. Let's get to the Northern Lights. Usually it is green, but occasionally there are wonderful flashes of color. His lines are drawn vertically, because that is how it is in nature. We start painting in yellow. With the little finger, lightly rub the intermittent tape along the strokes. Got a glow.
5. Adding other colors to the northern lights. It can be blue, orange, green. Don't forget to grind.
6. Colorizehummocks. Let's take a white and blue pastel to show the unevenness of the ice.
7. Draw a black eye, nose. With white chalk we will put dots in the sky. These are the stars. Let's circle the bear well along the contour, also with white chalk. So it is better visible against the background.
8. Coloring the surface of the ice on which the bear is walking. There are light and shaded areas. We paint them with white and blue crayons. Tell your child about the shadow. If there is sunshine outside, then you can show it.

The picture is ready. Let's make up a story based on it.

This is how the Arctic turned out. A child of six or seven years old will be able to draw a picture. And ahead are new trips across countries and continents!