Stages of drawing a poster
Let's look at the main sequence in drawing a poster, where you should start:
- Prepare an A4 sheet, this format will highlight your work among the rest and attract more attention
- You should not draw with pencils - they will not highlight the drawing and characters very much; draw only with bright colors, it can be gouache or felt-tip pens.
- The sketch is drawn with a pencil, then outlined and painted at the end with the selected material.
- Before you draw on the main poster, you should practice on a piece of paper; work out some individual figures well so that you don’t have any difficulties when drawing on the poster.
- An additional material should be a ruler; it is an excellent stationery item to make all the lines neat and accurate.
Using photos
Photos can be a great solution if, for example, you are short on time or want to stand out among your students. You need to draw the details, as mentioned above, with paints or felt-tip pens, and additionally use photographs; you can also print out the required material.
Another advantage of photographs in a poster is the reality of the moments captured; viewers will be interested in seeing themselves or their friends in them.
Use different directions of photographs or pictures from newspapers; a thin young man and a strongly built young man will produce an excellent effect.
Preparation
First, you need to understand what you want to draw on the poster, what idea to convey with your drawing.
Examples of ideas:
- Proper nutrition saturates the body with all necessary elements and vitamins
- Playing sports protects against various diseases of the cardiovascular system
- It is important to have a sufficient number of hours allocated for sleep; their lack has a detrimental effect on the general condition of a person
- Taking time for your spiritual development is just as important as your physical health.
Choose a few inspiring and catchy slogans that will catch attention and act as a kind of accent.
As a rule, slogans are written small, short and succinct.
Sports family – healthy child
Parents are the most significant people for everyone throughout their lives. For a small child, they are role models. The child’s life activities directly depend on their lifestyle. The health corner should also contain information about a healthy lifestyle and the need for parents and children to spend time together. Parents need to cultivate in their child the need to take care of their body, eat well and properly, be active and play sports. At the same time, they themselves must adhere to the same attitudes, accept them and demonstrate them in behavior.
It is not necessary to fanatically follow the idea that a healthy body means a healthy mind. But we also must not forget about the need for vitamins, the quality of food as a source of energy, and light gymnastics that can be done even with a baby and which will strengthen his health - these ideas are definitely needed convey to parents.
Paints
Our mood and the general condition of the whole body are influenced by paints of different colors. The poster is drawn in one general color scheme, but to highlight the necessary details, it is worth using a bright and catchy color. The combination of red and green, blue and orange, and purple and yellow are absolutely incompatible.
Most often, in preparation before drawing a poster, three colors are chosen; two colors will be similar, while the third will be contrasting. The third color serves to highlight the main idea and purpose of the poster; it can be red or yellow.
It is noticeable that red is the color predominantly used by product manufacturing companies to attract potential buyers.
Experienced poster makers don't like to use a lot of unnecessary colors. Ideally, there are three of them, you need to keep this in mind and not load the poster with completely unnecessary colors.
