Drawings on the theme "No corruption" in grades 5-6-7

In schools, among grades 5-7, art competitions on the theme "No to corruption" are held annually. Such events help children understand that giving or receiving bribes is an offense for which they will have to answer before the law.

Before starting work, high school students should read several step-by-step master classes on drawing pictures on this topic, and also choose an image to copy.

What is meant by the theme "No Corruption", how to convey the meaning of the phrase in the picture

The drawing on the theme "No to corruption" should depict the negative consequences that abuse of power entails, as well as giving and receiving bribes. According to the law, people who commit such acts will be held criminally liable.

Therefore, the drawing can depict hands in handcuffs, people in prison uniforms, and also use anti-corruption slogans.

Corruption can be depicted as a large, all-consuming monster. Such a drawing will show the danger that illegal actions entail. People who take or give bribes can be drawn as ugly, so that they cause disgust in those who look at the picture. This technique will help the artist show how corruption affects a person's life.

What you need for drawing

List of accessories needed for drawing:

• simple pencils;
• eraser;
• sharpener;
• palette;
• ruler;

• set of art brushes;
• a container with water for washing brushes;
• thick paper (landscape or watercolor sheets, you can use Whatman paper).

You can color the picture with paints, markers, wax crayons or colored pencils. You can also use colored pens to draw small details, as well as a black marker to outline some details of the drawings.

Step by step instructions on drawing an image on the theme "No Corruption"

This master class describes a variant of the drawing in the style of posters from the USSR. In the upper right corner of the sheet there is a thin hand (corruption), with crooked fingers, reaching for money. Another, stronger and more beautiful hand (law) intercepts it.

The money (the subject of the bribe) will be located in the center of a large trap. It symbolizes criminal punishment. Short anti-corruption inscriptions will be located around the drawn objects.

The drawing is colored with a black ballpoint pen, red and yellow felt-tip pens, and a black marker. You won't have to draw money. A photo of several stacks of bills should be printed in black and white and cut out with scissors. When the drawing is complete, the cutout should be glued to the center of the drawing using office glue.

Sketch

To create a sketch you need a hard pencil.

How to draw:

• Make a sketch with a simple pencil. In the upper right corner of the sheet, depict the sleeve of corruption.
• Draw the hand with thin and crooked fingers. Finish drawing sharp and long nails.

• Draw the hand of the law. It should be bigger. The fingers should be drawn as if this hand is tightly squeezing the wrist of corruption.
• Finish drawing the sleeve on the arm of the law.
• Mark the folds on the hand and indicate the places where the joints bend and protrude.
• In the center of the drawing, depict an open trap. First, you need to draw the lower part, then the upper one.
• The main slogan: "No to corruption!" It will be written in bold. The phrase can be divided into 2 parts, placing the words on different lines. For the word "No", you will need to draw a barely noticeable horizontal line between the sleeves of both arms. To make the letters the same height, a parallel should be drawn above this line. Write the word, placing the letters between the lines drawn.
• At the bottom of the drawing, by analogy, write the word "corruption". It should be located in the center of the bottom of the sheet.

For the remaining inscriptions, you need to draw parallels that will, as it were, "go deep" into the drawing. This means that the distance between the lines closer to the edges of the sheet should be greater than at the center.

Coloring

The picture should be colored in a certain order:

• Use a red marker to color in the hand of the law.
• Color the letters of the slogan.
• Use a yellow marker to color the trap.
• Use a black ballpoint pen to shade the sleeve of corruption. The shading should be sparse. Outline the arm.
• Mark the shadow on the fingers. Shade the nails, drawing lines closer to each other.
• On the trap doors, mark the shadow with cross-hatching.

• Use a marker to highlight the shadows on the red hand. Outline it.
• Trace the trap and highlight all the parallel lines to write slogans.

Trace the letters in the inscription “No corruption”.

Additional design

On the printed blank with the image of the banknotes, you need to cut out several notches in the shape of the teeth of the trap. This will make the picture more realistic. It will seem that the money is inside the trap, and not just glued on top of the picture. Grease the paper with glue, attach it to the center of the drawn trap. It remains to write anti-corruption phrases using a red felt-tip pen.

Examples:

• “Punishment is inevitable!”;
• "Have you encountered corruption?"
• "How much is your conscience worth?"
• "Are you giving a bribe?"
• "Stop! Let your conscience be clear!"

Letters must be written in accordance with the width of the lines. This means that at the beginning of the phrase all the symbols should be larger than at the end. This technique will help make the drawing three-dimensional.

Pattern variations

The drawing on the theme "No Corruption" for children in grades 5-7 should be well detailed. Small elements of the picture can be drawn with colored pens. To give the drawing volume, you need to correctly highlight the shadows using different shades. Therefore, large sets of colored pencils and markers, as well as a palette for mixing paints should be at hand.

Further in the article you can consider several options of pictures that can be drawn using different materials.

Drawing with colored pencils

This is a minimalist version of a drawing on an anti-corruption theme. The picture will depict a girl who drops a letter into a mailbox. Most of the sheet will be taken up by the slogan: "The envelope should only contain letters! Say no to corruption!"

What colors of pencils will you need:

• black;
• red;
• blue;
• beige;
• yellow;
• orange;
• blue.

How to draw:

• Place a sheet of A4 paper horizontally in front of you.
• Using a simple pencil, draw a round head of a girl on the right side of the sheet.
• Draw the neck.
• Draw a short sarafan with a fluffy hem for the girl. The drawing will show the girl from the back, so the rest of the details should be drawn in accordance with this angle.
• Draw the legs. They should be depicted as slightly clubfooted. The feet should be drawn as if the girl were standing on her tiptoes.
• Draw the right hand raised up. Draw the left hand lowered, slightly bent at the elbow.
• Draw the fingers schematically.
• Decorate the girl's hair. You can draw 2 ponytails. Draw wide elastic bands.

• Draw folds on the hem of the dress.
• Draw flat shoes on the feet.
• Use short strokes to highlight the hollows under the knees.
• Use an eraser to erase extra lines.
• Draw a square in front of the girl's face. This will be a mailbox.
• Finish drawing the lid of the box, as well as the shape of the slot into which letters are dropped.
• Above the slot, in block letters, write the word "Mail".
• Finish drawing the envelope in the girl’s raised hand.
• Color the arms and legs with a beige pencil.

• Paint the sarafan blue.
• Use a blue pencil to highlight the shadows on the folds of the dress.
• Paint over the mailbox and hair ties.
• Use a yellow pencil to shade the girl's hair.
• Use orange to highlight large groups of strands and to mark the shadow on the back of the head and under the ponytails.
• On the left side of the sheet, you need to write part of the slogan, dividing the phrase into 4 lines. The inscription will be placed at an angle. The sheet needs to be unfolded, using a ruler, draw lines with a simple pencil.
• Write in red pencil on the first line: “In the envelope.”
• In black pencil write on the next 2 lines: “must be only”.
• Write the word “letters” on the last line in red pencil.

Turn the sheet correctly. Draw another thin horizontal line at the bottom. This is the line for the phrase: "Say no to corruption!" The first part of the phrase can be written in black pencil, and the last part in red. The lines drawn in pencil should be carefully erased with an eraser.

Drawing with watercolor pencils

This drawing will depict a handshake. In both hands you need to draw a banknote, and on the wrists depict handcuffs. They will be connected with a chain, which will become a symbol of criminal punishment. Connecting 2 hands with 1 chain means that both parties can be punished, the one who takes and the one who gives the bribe.

For work you will need 4 pencils: beige, light pink, black and yellow.

How to draw:

• Draw the hands with a simple pencil. To make it easier to draw the fingers, the joints can be marked with small circles, and then connected with smooth lines.
• Paint your fingernails.
• Draw a banknote between your palms. Its lower part can be drawn crumpled or rolled into a tube, and the upper part straightened. On the upper part, write the denomination, for example, 1000.
• Draw handcuffs on the wrists of both hands. Mark the line of the chain. Draw the links.
• Use an eraser to remove excess lines.
• Using a light pink pencil, densely shade the left hand.
• Paint the right hand with beige.
• Color the banknote yellow.

• Wet a soft-bristled brush in clean water and blur all strokes.
• Dry the drawing.
• Color the handcuffs with a black pencil. Outline the hands and also highlight the banknote and its denomination.
• Use a simple pencil to draw in the hairs on your arms.

The drawing can be accompanied by a slogan, dividing it into 2 lines: "Say no to corruption!" It is advisable to use printed letters for the inscription. The words can be colored black and red.

Drawing with wax crayons

This drawing shows a man sitting at a table. Looming over him is a huge, toothy monster that represents corruption.

For work you will need chalks of 5 colors:

• red;
• orange;
• brown;
• violet;
• blue.

How to draw:

• Place a sheet of A4 paper horizontally on the table.
• Draw a rectangle on the right side of the sheet. This will be a table.

• Draw on the tabletop.
• Draw a man with broad shoulders at the table. Draw his hands. Shape the face. The eyes should look up.
• To make it clear that this is an important person who abuses his official powers, he needs to be drawn with a jacket and tie. On his head, depict a hat with wide brim.
• Draw a large arc above the person's head. This is the monster's mouth.
• Draw the monster's nose, 2 large eyes and an arched back. You can draw spikes on the spine.
• Draw a long and thick tail.
• Add the hind and front legs.

• Draw large teeth in the form of triangles. Draw small pupils in the eyes.
• Color the table with brown chalk.
• Color the jacket purple, shade the tie and hat with blue chalk.
• Color the monster orange, using loose shading.
• Using red chalk, apply new shading over the orange color. It should also be loose so that the orange color remains visible.

Trace the outline of the drawing with black chalk. Write the word "corruption" on the monster's back.

Drawing with simple pencils

A drawing on the theme “No to corruption” can be done using simple pencils of varying degrees of hardness.

The table lists the required tools and their markings.

Solid	T or H
Hard-soft	TM or HB
Soft	M or B
Very soft	6M or 6V

The picture will depict hands handcuffed and reaching for money, which is in a box with the inscription: "RF budget". The drawing will be accompanied by the slogan: "We are against corruption! Hands off!"

How to draw:

• Place a sheet of A4 paper vertically in front of you.
• Using a hard pencil, draw a box just below the center of the sheet.
• Draw the hands on top, reaching for this box. Draw nails on the fingers, as well as folds of skin in places where the joints of the fingers bend. In total, you need to draw 2-3 pairs of hands. Draw handcuffs and hanging chains on the wrists.
• Between the hands and the box, draw a large pile of bills. They should be depicted as rectangles. Some can be drawn crumpled and bent.
• Use an eraser to erase extra lines.
• Use a hard-soft pencil to outline the shadows on the hands. Shade the walls of the box and also write the denomination on the bills.

• The strokes on the hands and the box need to be shaded.
• Shade the handcuffs.
• Use a soft pencil to outline the drawing.
• Using a very soft pencil, mark the shadow between the hands and under the box. Blend the strokes.
• Place the inscription on the box in bold font.

Write a slogan, dividing it into 2 lines. The first part of the phrase should be placed at the top of the drawing, and the other at the bottom. The letters should be large and bold. Then they should be outlined, leaving a small light outline. Under the letters, mark the shadow and shade the strokes.

Drawing with felt-tip pens

This drawing will depict 3 unpleasant-looking people dressed in jackets. The slogan of the picture is: "I don't see, I don't hear, I'm silent." The characters in the drawing will have their corresponding organs covered or stuffed with bills.

How to draw:

• In the center of the sheet, using a simple pencil, draw 3 round heads, located at 1 level in a horizontal row.
• Draw shoulders to the heads. In the drawing, people will be depicted from the chest up.
• Draw collars and ties. Separate the arms from the bodies with vertical stripes.
• Draw the shapes of the characters' faces. Their cheeks should be plump but droopy. You can add double chins to them.
• For the character on the left, draw 1 banknote instead of eyes. Underneath, draw a large nose and a mouth stretched into a smile. Draw sparse, sticking-out hair on the head, and wrinkles on the forehead.
• Above this character, write the inscription: “I don’t see.”
• The next person should be depicted with rolled-up bills in his ears. The face should be designed in the same way, except for the eyes. They should be drawn small, and then add glasses. Leave the head bald. You can add hair sticking out on the sides.

• Above this person, there should be a sign: “I can’t hear.”
• The last character is visually similar to the previous one, only the folded bills should stick out of the mouth, not the ears. Above it, you need to make the inscription: "I am silent."

You can paint the characters' jackets and ties in any colors. The bills should be green. Finally, use a black felt-tip pen to outline the drawing and highlight small details, as well as outline the inscriptions.

Gouache drawing

A drawing on the theme “No to corruption” can be drawn with gouache, using only 4 colors: black, white, red, green.

How to draw:

• Place the A4 sheet of paper vertically on the table.
• In the center of the sheet, using a simple pencil, draw 2 male silhouettes in profile. One of them should be holding out a wad of bills, and the other should be reaching for the money, as if he is going to take it.

• Draw handcuffs and a chain connecting them on the hands of both men. All details should be drawn schematically.
• At the top of the drawing, draw a horizontal line and write the inscription: “One bribe.”
• Draw another line below and write: "Two criminals." The letters should be large and printed.
• Use an eraser to remove excess lines.
• Divide the male silhouettes into 4 equal parts, separating them from each other with barely noticeable lines. This technique will help to color them beautifully.
• Paint the lower parts of the two silhouettes with black gouache. The strokes should be applied from top to bottom, using a wide brush with hard bristles.
• Mix black paint with white in a 3:1 ratio. Paint the next parts of the silhouettes in the same way.
• Mix black and white in a 2:1 ratio. Paint over 1/3 of each silhouette.
• Mix equal parts black and white paint. Paint the heads of the silhouettes. You should get a gradient effect.

• The handcuffs and the inscription below need to be painted with red gouache.
• Highlight the letters at the top with black.
• Paint a pack of bills with green paint.
• Mix red gouache with water in equal parts. Draw rays emanating from a stack of bills. This technique draws attention to the money.

Use a black marker to outline the silhouettes of the men, handcuffs and money.

Examples of images for copying, tips for beginners

Drawings on the theme "No to corruption" must be done by following several simple rules:

• Slogans should be written in large, bold font so that they can be easily read.
• The color of the inscriptions should be contrasting with the background. This way the letters will be more visible.
• If you can’t write beautiful letters by hand, you can use stencils.
• It is not necessary to draw currency signs and images on the money. It is enough to write the denomination in the upper left corner of each banknote.

The drawing should demonstrate to the viewers what is wrong with abuse of office, as well as what consequences await those who dare to break the law. Pictures on the topic of "No corruption" for copying can be selected from those presented in the article.

Video about drawing

Drawing "No Corruption":