THE FORMATION OF SKILLS TO PICTURE A HUMAN IN DRAWING AMONG OVER-FIVES

The educational potential of drawing as a leading type of graphical work in the context of cognitive and artistic-aesthetic development of children of preschool age is considered. The role and meaning of portrayal of people by children for enrichment of their emotional sphere and notions about the world around is revealed. The scientific views on children’s drawings with the portrayal of a human as an indicator of wide profile of indices of child’s development are presented: from the presence of artistic skills and aptitude to pathologic processes. The necessity to teach preschool age children the skills of human portrayal with the aim of overcoming the process of “normative stereotypization” of graphic activity (V.S. Mukhina), appearing in adaptation of schemes of some things picturing (pattern) and their constant use in artistic activity. In the process of human image creation the notions of a child about different emotional states of people and their external display, cultural values, historic epochs, ways of transmission of image by different artistic means and etc. are studied. This connection is manifested and understood by a child in the process of acquaintance with the works of portrait art and picturing of a human in portrait drawing. The study where the notions of children about the portrait genre, motivation of children to picture humans in drawing; the formation of picture skills of a human; self-assessment as a skill to estimate objectively their own work is carried out. Basing on the analysis of the results received in the basic directions of educational work with the aim to form among preschool age children to picture a human in drawing are proposed.

design activity, mental development, human’s picturing, preschool age children, portrait genre, portrait art works, children’s drawing, methodic accompaniment