A picture book is a book with many pictures but few words. It is considered as the most suitable book for children to read. At the same time, it forms a beautiful art museum with its unique way of displaying pictures, presents elegant painting art to children in a concise way, and opens an art door for children.

(1) Picture books build a bridge between children and masters.

Most classic picture books are written by famous artists. The screen design is novel, interesting and quite childlike. For example, David Shannon, the author of "David, No" series, studied painting in California Art Center and School of Design, drew illustrations for The New York Times, Time Magazine and Rolling Stone Magazine, and designed book covers. David's series of picture books created by him show stories with children's eyes and graffiti, exaggerating and daring, and making David's image deeply rooted in people's hearts. Another example is Miyanishi, the author of I am a Tyrannosaurus Rex Series. He graduated from the Art Department of Japanese University, majoring in fine arts. He was engaged in stage art and graphic design of puppet plays, and then created picture books. His series of works "I am Tyrannosaurus Rex" are warm and humorous, with modern painting design techniques, strong colors and strong visual impact. There are many famous picture book masters, such as anthony browne, Leo Lionni and Eric Carr ... They are also masters of painting. Therefore, the classic picture book itself has a high artistic expression. In the process of appreciating picture books, it is a process for children to enter the world of painting masters and touch their hearts.

(2) Picture books have different styles, which broaden children's artistic vision.

Every picture book is different, some are colorful, some are unpretentious, some are graffiti style, and some are cute style. Every color and plot in the book can be an artistic eye to open children's hearts. For example, Bai, the author of Cloud Bread, is ingenious and arranges various materials such as painting, photography, paper-cutting, cloth art and so on. And then use photography and computer to process and synthesize to create this pop-style picture book. When reading this picture book, children can not only read creative stories, but also experience the fun of pop art.

Another example is "Unique You", which tells the growth story of a small fish named Danny. Kranz, the author, did not simply use painting skills, but painted groups of colorful, lovely and beautiful small fish on the stone with pebbles close to fish's life, so that children could smell the breath of nature all the time and feel the happy growth of Danny, a small fish in nature.

The expression of these picture books shows children that the original paintings are not limited to paper and pens, but also can use various materials in life to create brand-new pictures, broaden their horizons and make them more creative.

(3) The rich storylines of picture books stimulate children's imagination and drawing power.

The story content of picture books is always lively and interesting. Observe with children's eyes, discover and explore the world, tell stories with children's words and phrases, and arouse children's singing and a series of reverie. For example, the author of the picture book "I don't know who I am" described the story of rabbit Dali B knowing and discovering himself in humorous language, making children think "Who am I?" Where is the land I come from? What do I eat? Where do I live? Can I help others? "Another example is The Hundred-decker Bus, which is a super interesting picture book. When every child sees this book, he will be shocked by the 100-storey bus that flies into the sky and is full of scenery from all over the world. Children are always eager to move and want to have such a great bus. At this time, as parents, we should try our best to encourage children, guide them to exert their imagination, draw what they think with a pen, extend from picture books to painting, naturally pick up a brush, express their inner feelings, fall in love with painting, and be willing to express themselves with a brush.

Picture books have such great charm, so how to enlighten children to draw in family picture books? Personally, I think it can be divided into the following two steps:

First, look at the picture book. Only when parents and children can understand picture books and have a spiritual fit with the author can they inspire more painting inspiration. Parents should read with their children and read the picture book thoroughly. In the process of reading picture books, parents should consciously guide their children to observe the color matching, composition and expression techniques in picture books, gradually improve their aesthetic ability in a subtle way, and stimulate their desire to start painting.

The second step is to draw a picture book. After parents and children read the picture book, we are always moved by some scenes in the picture book. At this time, children can be guided to draw their own feelings. Before drawing picture books, parents should make preparations in advance, which can be divided into the following four aspects: design theme-material preparation-guidance and inspiration-comments and encouragement. Taking the painting of the picture book "Bus on 100 Floor" as an example, I set the theme as "My 100 Floor Bus" and prepared colored pencils and four A4 white sheets for my children. In the process of drawing with my children, I guided them to observe the buses in the picture book carefully, while inspiring them to use their imagination and boldly draw their own buses. So, the children drew layers of buses on paper with simple lines and circles. We put four A4 pieces of white paper together and drew a 56-story bus belonging to children. When I saw my child's works, I gave him encouragement and evaluation in time, and posted the paintings in a conspicuous place at home, which aroused the child's greater interest in painting. I believe that the clever combination of picture books and paintings can release children's imagination.

Finally, I recommend three enlightenment picture books that my children and I particularly like: Arrow with Colored Pen, Dot, Little Blue and Little Yellow. The three books have their own characteristics: "Arrows have colored pens"-let children see that they can draw a fairy tale world as long as they are willing to take out their pens; "Point"-let children see the transformation process from a writer who never dared to draw to a master of picture books, and help children build confidence; "Little Blue and Yellow" allows children to see the magical changes in color mixing and enter the rich color world.

As Song Juzhi said: "The pictures in the picture book are more useful than most people think." Therefore, the ingenious integration of picture books and painting can diversify painting materials, visualize the theme and give painting a brand-new starting point. I believe that children's painting talent can also be fully tapped to create more beautiful artistic flowers!

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