Still life drawing is a wonderful way for children to practice their observational drawing skills, but sometimes can feel a little overwhelming! Here are some tips that might be helpful…
• Set up a small vase with only a few daffodils in it – glass vases will be harder as they reflect light.
• Before you start drawing, have a look at a daffodil and see how you can simplify it into easy shapes so it does not seem so tricky (see examples here).
• Encourage your child to draw exactly what they see rather than try to create their idea of what a “perfect” daffodil looks like – encourage them to look often at the vase in front of them!
• Drawing BIG will make it simpler for your child – suggest they try to fill the page!
• We recommend no rubbers as this encourages children to think out of the box and not obsess on perfection!
• Why not experiment with using charcoal instead of pencil?
• Once they are happy with their finished drawing, you can paint with water-colours, acrylics or even use colourful pencils and oil pastels.
• Think about all the different tones of yellow, orange and green that you use to colour your flowers!
