Tips for parents: what children say about pictures

Children are interested in all colors. Photo: GettyImages Orange greens, orange camel It is believed that calm, balanced children in the drawings are dominated by "good" colors - green, blue, pink, yellow, orange and blue. But if dark, dark shades dominate, then the child is disturbed or oppressed. However, not everything is so unambiguous. At an early age, starting from the age of 2, children are just starting to master the color, they are interested in all the colors in the box. Therefore, often, carrying out their experiments, the child can get carried away and apply several layers of paint on the sheet, which will eventually become "dirt". Do not rush to sound the alarm, look for the reaction of the baby: he can be quite happy with what he did. In addition, often children choose black or purple color only because they are bright, saturated and well colored over white paper.Lots of red and purple - babytensePhoto: Thinkstock/Gettyimages.ruBy the age of 3, the child begins to consciously select colors for his drawings. Offer him sets of pencils or paints with many shades, so that he has something to choose from. Each child has his own favorite colors. But more often, active children choose bright colors - crimson, for example, while calm, quiet children will prefer darker and paler shades. If red is not your child's favorite color, but he stubbornly chooses it and paints large areas, this may indicate emotional overload or even aggression. Often, children highlight in red some detail of the drawing that they want to emphasize. The frequent presence of purple in a child's drawings indicates some kind of tension, and parents should pay attention to this."Good" drawing on the whole leaf - the childcomfortably Photo: Thinkstock / Gettyimages.ru And who is our main? A sheet of paper for the child is his idea of the world around him. By the age of 4, children are more or less able to express themselves in their drawings. And the image can be used to judge the child's attachment, his sense of self in this world. Often children try to take as much of the leaf as possible. This is good, it means that the child is comfortable, he feels himself the center of what surrounds him. If the details of the picture are small, they occupy a place somewhere in the corner or at the very bottom, this indicates a low self-esteem or that the child feels weak.It's good when family members hold handsPhoto:Thinkstock/Gettyimages.ruPeople who are most important in the child's life and have authority are usually depicted in larger sizes. And not only people. Any object in the drawing that is highlighted by its dimensions indicates its importance. A good test, by the way: ask your child to draw a typical day in your family, and you will see what needs to be worked on. It is good when family members in the drawing hold hands. Characters that stand alone or are completely absent are those with whom the child does not have a comfortable relationship. The child draws the closest and most beloved people in the same color as himself, adding details to them - for example, jewelry in clothes. Sometimes children draw imaginary family members or pets that do not really exist - this is a sign that speaks of your child's hidden desires. Pay attention to the objects that separate family members. In the child's opinion, this is what prevents you from getting closer. If the child himself is not in the picture, this is evidence that the baby is trying to isolate himself from his family, live in his own way, or has difficulty expressing himself, feeling like an outsider.Big head - the most intelligent photo: Thinkstock / Gettyimages. We read faces. A great head is drawn to the smartest member of the family. A small mouth is for someone who does not have the right to vote in the house. The underlined, brightly colored mouth is not necessarily adorned with a character who speaks loudly and loudly, it can mean that a person often makes biting, offensive remarks. And the one who usually scolds a child can be painted without a mouth at all. Generally, children learn to depict emotions early using the lip line, so that the conclusions can be made quite simply by the smile of the character, sadness (the corners of the lips are lowered) or angry (the straight line of the mouth). The eyes of the characters of the picture deserve special attention. Anxiety causes too large eyes, as if enlarged. Those characters to whom such a child draws, need help and support. Conversely, small eyes marked with dots - in individuals who are unable to ask for help, can not show their feelings. But ears are often ignored by children, so for the time being, their availability and size is of little importance. Nevertheless, if most people in the picture have ears and one does not, then this one does not listen to anyone, does not take criticism. Shea is a rather complicated detail, children do not immediately add it to the heroes of their drawings. Having a neck speaks about the ability to control one's emotions. The better this ability, the shorter the neck, themselves and other peers children, as a rule, draw with a long neck. Very much can tell the hands of the drawn family members, because with their help the interaction with each other is expressed. If everyone is holding hands, then the family is in perfect harmony. Big hands with many fingers are given to the strongest people. Small hands or their complete absence ("handles hid") - a symbol of weakness. With such hands draw unsociable children. But the pose of the character with his arms raised is considered not very good and even aggressive. If the child has so depicted himself, he wants to be feared. Legs are a support. The more the area of contact of feet with a solid surface in the figure, the more confident the character feels.Photo: Thinkstock / Gettyimages.en Draw your fearShare for a child - as natural as eating and drinking. Children have no doubt that they paint, and how they do it. The adult will see something formless, the child will prove that it is a bouquet of flowers or a car. As the drawings express emotions, children often draw what scares them and highlight these subjects with a stronger contour, shading, and shading with a dark color. Pay attention to such drawings and help the kid to cope with his fear. This can be done beautifully here on paper. It is easy to "put a croak of a bibique" behind a lattice "or hide behind a high wall, crying child - to give a candy or a ball. You will see, after such therapy there will be a smile already on the face of your crumbs.Organize exhibitions of your child's drawingsPhoto:Thinkstock/Gettyimages.ruEncourage drawing, praise your child for his drawings, you can even arrange exhibitions of his works. This way the child will see that his work is important to you. Offer different materials for drawing - crayons, pencils, paints, markers. But do not force him. True emotions splash out exclusively voluntarily. And do not limit the choice of color and shape. It is adults who think that flowers cannot be brown, and a cat has four legs. In a child's drawing, everything is possible if you give the child the opportunity to experiment. And even if the little artist is angry, offer him to draw how angry he is. A clean sheet of paper is the field where the child will practice being independent and self-sufficient. Let him get this opportunity, so that later in life he will not be afraid to make responsible decisions.