This study examined whether 4- to 8-year-olds considered knowledge prerequisites for pretending and drawing. Children were asked if an artist (actor) who did not know what something was, yet whose drawing (behavior) resembled it, was actually drawing it (pretending to be it). Children performed similarly on pretending and drawing questions. Performance improved when protagonist's view was emphasized. Knowledge relating to producing external representations increased from age 4 to 8. (Author/KB)