Development of children’s art


Tere are ways in which the adult can lead children to make their own evaluations. We want to work for their reliance on their own judgement rather than that of someone else. We want children to respond to internal rather than externally imposed criteria. A child’s drawings may give clues to his personality. Tey may give insight into how he views his own special world. However, care should be taken not to generalise the rules and over-interpret colours and lines. Child art is not a series of pictures drawn over a period of time. It should be cautious and circumspect and should be seen as part of the child’s overall behaviour and used only to verify problems that have been indicated by his play.


Te emotional aspect To the young child, drawing is a means of expression. It provides a different outlet from shouting, jumping and climbing. Te child talks on paper and is, in a way, acting. He imagines the qualities and characteristics of the objects he is depicting and his drawings become a realisation of the imagined. He may become completely involved in a fantasy story in which he plays a major role and he reflects this in his drawings. Such involvement may be seen in the deep concentration on the child’s face, the way he frowns, clutches the pencil at an awkward angle, sometimes half-falls off his chair. Te communication he is depicting is both important and meaningful to him. Scribbles may have been the result of pure motor activity but with the advent of pre-schematic drawings, the child acts out experiences through the crayon or paint brush.


Size of drawings Sometimes a child draws certain features or objects larger than others. Tis may be because he starts with one idea, and when he thinks of other things to draw, the page is full, so other items have to be smaller.


However, there may be some significance for him in drawing some features larger than others. He may emphasise the head of the “headman” because it is the centre of awareness – used for seeing, feeding, hearing, smelling; that is, for sensory stimulation.


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