Kids are very creative, but at times parents find it difficult to make their imagination real on paper. Sketching, doodling, painting are some of the ways by which you can improve the creative side of the child. It is alright if the child is not great at sketching at early years, because learning art is similar to learning a musical instrument, you get better with time. But, you need to start at an early age, if you want your little one to put all their imaginations beautifully on paper.

Here are some of the ways through which you can teach kids how to draw.

Doodling

If you think, art is not your cup of tea, try doodling. This is something that anyone can do. Doodling could be building patterns, repeating shapes, colours or even drawing stick figures. You just have to let your hand work on the paper. Kids can doodle anywhere. They do not have to make any drawing, they just need to play with sketch pens or pencils.

Encourage observation

Observational drawing is challenging, but really helpful. Whatever you see around, try to draw it on the paper. Still pictures and life drawing are examples of observational drawing. For this, you need to have a great hand and eye coordination, which will come with time. When it comes to children, make them practise by drawing their toys, plants they see in the house, fruits, and similar objects.

Imaginative drawing

Children are very imaginative. You will often see their drawings depicting the bigger. However, the imagination fades away as they grow up and start thinking about the society. To improve imaginative drawing, the child has to start with observational drawing. If they are able to observe and absorb the surroundings, they will soon be able to imagine and draw.

Refer to books and pictures

When you have notes of a song, it gets easier to play the instrument. Similarly, if you have visual information, it gets easy to draw on the similar lines. You can take a picture from any book or search on the Internet, and ask the child to draw by referring to this picture.

Draw together

Children learn better, when parents get equally involved in every activity. To encourage your child to draw, you need to draw along with them. Take out some time every week for the activity. Nowadays, you can learn easy drawing through online videos. Many art instructors out there are creating their video content to help art enthusiasts learn and get better.

Final Words

When you are encouraging the child to draw, make sure you have all necessary art supplies ranging from crayons to bristol paper to shading pencils and water colours. Also, ensure that all these products are of good quality so that the child enjoy using them.