Techniques for sketching landscapes, drawing blackboard maps of the eastern hemisphere, and dramatizing world wind belts are described. (KM)

Article describes a process which is an interesting alternative to the traditional monoprinting methods of finger-paint on glass, or tempera paint and Vaseline on glass. (Author/RK)

Children learn to combine their spontaneity with their teacher's guidance and produce greater creativity. (RK)

Suggestions are offered for promoting student confidence when faced with the problem of reconciling his critical ability with his ability to be creative. (RK)

Art projects discussed include the creation of outer space flags, painting with wool, making ceramics and sculptures from inexpensive ingredients, constructing cardboard rockets, costume design, and reed representations of flowers and insects. (DB)

Author suggests teaching the principles of perspective outdoors where pupils can sketch neighboring trees, houses and streets. These sessions can be followed by painting lessons in which the use of color to gain perspective is then emphasized. Author includes useful hints and questions to evaluate students' grasp of subject. (PD)

The visual acuity of young children has a significant connection to their ability to express themselves artistically. For this reason, art teachers should attempt to induce their young pupils to observe their environment analytically. (CK)

Two experiments were conducted with fourth- through eighth-grade students to study two problems in drawing faces realistically: placement of features and the use of light-dark gradients to render depth. Results indicated that drawing rules are practical and effective for teaching realistic drawing to children. (Author/SR)

Presents results of a three-year follow-up study of the development of psychological differentiation in Nigerian children. Human figure drawings made in 1974 and 1977 by 204 subjects aged 7 to 14 years were analyzed using Witkins Articulation of Body Concept scale and compared. (Author/RH)

Presented is a very short story about a visit to an unknown, imaginary planet. The story is designed to provoke creative artistic responses from elementary level children in an art education class. (KC)

Suggests that aspects of children's early representational drawing ability may provide evidence for feature marking in nonlinguistic symbol systems. Reports results of a study of the drawings of kindergarten, second-, and fourth-grade children. (RH)

Kindergartners and second- and fourth-graders were asked to draw familiar objects to see if their drawings would be guided more by graphic principles or by the view before them. Use of graphic principles prevailed in choice of orientation, although many older children recorded other details of the objects they viewed. (Author/SJL)

Investigates the manner in which the drawings of young people are influenced by outside sources, the role imitation plays in the process of learning to draw, and how images are developed, modified, and adopted. (Author/RK)

Touches upon an area where photography plays an integral role, its relationship to fine art. Demonstrates how photography can be creative, how the camera can be used to capture and record subject matter for the visual artist, and how photography can be used as a teaching tool. (Author/RK)