Describes the use of children's drawings to evaluate their attitudes about having to take care of themselves. States that using drawings with special populations can give evaluators the opportunity to obtain data that otherwide would not be collected. (CH)

Study separated two components of drawing: perspective taking and graphic skill. Results suggest that failures of young children to draw occlusion have less to do with graphic skill than was previously thought. Results further suggest that young children have a more general difficulty selecting one perspective and maintaining it over time.…

This cross-sectional and longitudinal study investigated the development of human figure drawing in 42 children aged two to four years and eleven months. Drawings were categorized as scribbles, distinct forms, tadpoles, transitional, or conventional figures. Results suggest that young children draw the human figure in a tadpole form before they…

Using the rub-out process to draw the human head, students begin with drawings that are initially executed in dark tones. The process calls for the student to rub out the pure white areas, building the image by showing the light that strikes the face. (RM)

How college art students made drawings using color is described. The activity helped the students analyze how they drew lines, shadows, and highlights. (RM)

Secondary students are asked to study and compare three reproductions--Van Gogh's "Grove of Cypresses," Da Vinci's "Study of a Tree," and Mondrian's "Tree II." The activity will help students develop their powers of observation and analysis, powers that can be applied to their own drawings. (RM)

To examine associative aspects of reading, the author explores the idiosyncratic evolutionary development of word meaning as theorized by J. Bruner and L. Bygotsky and relates to this the oral language deficits manifested by many children with severe reading disorders. A clinically effective method, based on these theories, is then presented.…

The paper suggests that art should be an essential experience of a gifted individual, since it encourages creative expression through visual language. The writer argues that the quality of a drawing depends on the material available to the child and the expectation of the adult supporting the activity. (Author/CL)

A total of 14 psychotic children with a mean age of nine years, two months, and 14 normal children having a mean age of six years, four months, were compared in terms of structural level and functional abilities on classification and seriation tasks. (Author/RH)

Kindergarten children observed and drew a two-dimensional, abstract object. The most accurate and fully developed mental images of the object were produced when the children received instruction, drew the object six times rather than two times, and drew with pointed pencils and brushes rather than big brushes. (Author/RM)

Discusses how the art process and product combined to orient youthful perceptions to what was important, worthy of attention, expected, and fitting in their world. (Author)

Article explains the design patterns found in nature that stimulate creative activity. In this case children are guided in creating center patterns. (RK)

Article describes a method for creating a design of yarn that made students satisfied with their work. (RK)

Students learn about drawing landscapes by using a twig from a tree as a model for drawing adult trees. (GB)