Easel for drawing. How to choose the right one?

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Children love to draw. To make the process of drawing comfortable for a child, it is necessary to equip a workplace for a young artist. The best option for arranging such a creative zone is an easel. Let's figure out which easel to choose and how to use it.

Drawing for kids

Have you ever wondered why children love to draw so much? The thing is that they thus know the world around them. In the process of drawing, the child shows what he cannot always explain in words. By the colors of the paints that the child uses more often, you can form a psychological portrait of the baby, or identify the presence of emotional problems.

When a child begins to understand the meaning of the action of stationery writing objects, then the first unconscious drawings appear. Over time, the baby will begin to pay attention to making sense of his picture. Teach your child to draw only in a place specially designed for this. Otherwise, paintings may appear on the walls of your apartment.

Easel functions

An easel is a device for fixing the canvas and arranging the drawing equipment. The process of drawing on an easel is more comfortable in comparison with classical drawing on a table or on the floor. Putting your hand on weight will not allow you to blur the drawing, and the vertical position of the body will not spoil the child's posture. Some drawing easels for young artists are equipped with a board with a special coating that allows you to use crayons. Such devices are more convenient for training, since paper is not required and the drawing can be quickly removed with a damp cloth.

Younger kids will try their hand at drawing different shapes and images, experimenting with colors. For older children, an easel with a board can be used for educational purposes, when studying numbers and letters. Such a piece of furniture will never gather dust in the corner.

Types of easels

Currently, there are a huge variety of painting easels for children. To understand which one will be more convenient and useful, consider some of the options.

Easels for children are:

1. Desktop. It has small dimensions, it is installed on the table.
2. Wall mounted. Presented as a large coated drawing board for wall mounting.
3. Double-sided. Has two drawing surfaces, can be folded if desired.
4. Easel-sketchbook. Such an easel for drawing for artists can also be useful. A small accessory in the form of a stand is convenient to take with you on a trip or for a walk.



5. Desk easel. It has the ability to transform from an ordinary desk into an artist's workplace. Hinged lid acts as an easel.

The proposed options differ in appearance, variety of designs and materials of manufacture. When choosing an easel for a child, rely on the following factors:

• child's age;
• free space in your apartment;
• what the child likes to draw;
• how much time does the child devote to drawing.

The right easel will be useful for the child and relevant over time.

Drawing boards

Online stores are full of offers of a wide variety of accessories for creativity. New technologies are pushing the classic ways of drawing. The paper and pencil are being replaced by innovative ways of writing. Drawing boards with various effects are gaining great popularity.

1. Magnetic board. Allows you to draw with a special magnetic pencil. The surface can be cleaned with a simple movement of the bottom slide.
2. 3D boards. Drawings created on a transparent basis can be viewed through special glasses in three-dimensional image.



3. Glowing board. The fluorescent base of the board allows you to draw with a bright flashlight. The resulting image glows in the dark. The disadvantage of this methoddrawing is that you have to wait until the drawing turns off. This may take several minutes.

New interesting ways to fix the pattern are very attractive to the child. Vibrant colors that glow in the dark encourage baby to be creative while drawing.

DIY wooden easel

The store variety of easels will allow you to choose the option that is suitable for the price and functions, but it is not always possible to buy an expensive item.

If you like carpentry, then you can make a wooden painting easel for children with your own hands. To do this, you need a board 2 x 5 cm and plywood. From the tools, prepare a screwdriver, a jigsaw, self-tapping screws, sandpaper, varnish, furniture corners.

Assuming the height of the easel is 1 m, you will need 4 meter boards. The width of the stand will be 40 cm. Choose the dimensions of the easel based on the age of the child. The base for fastening the canvas is made of plywood 5 - 6 mm thick.

Before assembling the easel, carefully sand all parts until a perfectly smooth surface is obtained. Cover the outside of the product with varnish to protect it from dirt and moisture. You can cover the plywood with slate paint, which will give the surface a matte, rough texture. On such a board, you can draw with crayons.

To get a double-sided painting easel, place the same plywood cover on the opposite side. If you want a folding version of the easel, then instead of the corners in the upper part, you need to use hinges, and the bottom shelfmake it removable. When installed, the shelf will act as a latch.

In conclusion

For the full development of the child, it is necessary to create all conditions for the manifestation of the creative abilities of the baby. An easel for drawing will become an assistant in creating the first paintings and an indispensable companion when learning the alphabet and numbers.