All children love to draw and often ask parents what they need to portray. Creativity develops children's imagination and helps to study the world around us, so it is important to respond to such requests and help the baby. Moreover, the choice is wide and diverse, although most of all small artists like to draw animated characters, even if they do not work out correctly.
To tell the child how to draw a pirate, it is enough to break the picture into its component parts and learn to depict them step by step. Or try to make a drawing yourself, enjoy the creative process and have fun with your child. Usually the process brings no less satisfaction than the result.
The better to draw
When choosing tools for a future children's masterpiece, it is better to opt for colored pencils. All children love to draw with them, and the more colors and shades in the palette, the brighter the child’s imagination appears. To help the child, you can draw a pirate with a pencil, and let him decorate.
It will be inconvenient for a child to draw with a simple pencil or pen, at least until a certain age. It is not as fun as colored pencils. There are also doubts about how to draw a pirate with felt-tip pens. After all, any line will remain on paper forever, and the child may be nervous due to the fact that he did not turn out the way he wanted.
Step-by-step instructions for drawing a pirate
Despite the fact that the finished drawings of sea robbers look bright and difficult, it is not difficult to draw a pirate in stages. To do this, follow the step by step instructions:
- Better to start with a hat. Simple arcs inside which you can draw a skull.
- A hat and a beard are attached to the hat. One eye should be covered with a black blindfold.
- Next, you need to portray the nose and mustache. The pirate will be scary and terrible.
- After that, you need to draw the ears and teeth. For greater intimidation, one tooth can be depicted as broken.
- When the pirate’s head is ready, you can proceed to the torso. First draw the sleeves. Instead of one hand, a hook, in the other a pirate saber.
- After this, the body must be extended to the bottom, draw a caftan, buttons and a belt.
- Complete the pirate's drawing with a foot and crutch.
The result is a strict but pretty cute sea robber who will amuse every child. Having painted the first one, you can explain to the kid how to draw a pirate yourself, and help him in this process.
What else to draw
In addition to the pirate, you can draw a lot of things in the same theme. Only one ship impresses with its variety, especially since the complexity of the drawing can be selected depending on the age of the child and his skills as an artist. Pirates come in different sexes, so even girls will be interested in drawing something unusual and colorful.
By drawing a ship, pirates and the island where they buried the treasure, you can come up with a whole story of their adventures. The child will be interested. And in the process of drawing to develop communication skills, fine motor skills and color perception.
What to do with drawings
It’s not enough to teach the child how to draw a pirate, you still need to decide what to do with the many creative masterpieces that he will create daily. There are not so few options:
- make a frame and hang a picture on the wall;
- create a pirate exhibition of works, including many drawings in it;
- give the resulting masterpiece to grandparents;
- make a pirate postcard and present to friends.
An older child can try to invent a story himself, write it on sheets and accompany it with his own drawings. Such a mini-book about pirates will be the real pride of the little creator and his parents.