Children’s Artistic Development

Stages of Graphic Representation

Scribble (Pre-schematic) Stage (1-3)Manipulative Stage (2-5)

Symbol-Making Stage (6-9)Pre-Adolescent Stage (10-13)

Scribbling

Controlled Scribbling, Naming

Manipulative Stage(2-5):The child may draw what is more important larger and may name his or her drawing.

The rhythmic movementof the arm and wrist, the stimulation of watching lines appear where none existed before are themselves satisfying and self-justifying. They are intrinsic sources of satisfaction. Elliot Eisner

Manipulative Stage (2-5):The search for schema.

A schema is a drawing that a child develops that has a degree of resemblance to an actual object.

Most elementary studentswill be at this stage.

Recognizable Schema

Symbol-Making Stage (6-9)

Children at this state draw what they know, not what they see.

Baseline

Multiple Baselines

Fold Over

X-ray

Figures Shown from Front and Side

Group Friendships of Same Sex

Overlap or Avoidance

Students become more conscious of design.

Design Project

Attempts at Realistic Perspective

Preadolescent Stage (10-13)

It is during these years that most children cease to be significantly involved in making art.

Preadolecent Stage (10-13)

This is a time to appeal to students’ interests as a point of departure.

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