Interpreting Children S Human Figure Drawings
It is pointless to start interpreting drawings without a clear method.
Interpreting children s human figure drawings. Children are developing constantly. Expectations for students at different developmental levels ages 1 1 2 through adolescence are identified and the influence of artistic talent is discussed. Analysis and interpretation of children s drawings 7 1.
The third step looks into the color. My oldest one could spend hours with just paper and pencils while the little one mostly plays with the material drawing circles or hitting the sheet with his crayons. Interpreting childrenõs human figure drawings.
The literature was reviewed and summarized to provide common interpretations of human figure drawings. From about the age of 12 18 months the average child will be capable of making marks on paper cox 1993. Two children s drawings from case studies in a school setting are interpreted.
However the definition of drawing can be expanded to include the use of colour shading and other elements in addition to line. Children s drawings offer a reliable projective tool that can be used to understand children s minds. Basic guidelines for school counselors many counselors and psychologists believe.
Children s drawings are a useful method to monitor the development a child goes through. Ethical considerations such as privacy confidentiality displaying drawings and keeping drawings for documentation are summarized. Now that my children are 3 and 5 year old the difference is striking.
The developmental level his her talent for drawing common interpretations of elements in a drawing. When talking about the hypothesis of children s human figure drawing some areas to consider is. Children s drawings can tell you so much about their fears joys dreams hopes and nightmares but they also give you a precious view of their personalities.
1968 psychological evaluation of children s human figure drawings london grune stratton. 1970 analysing children s art palo alto california national press. Interpreting young children s drawings almost all children like to draw even if this passion does not appear immediately.
Usually arounds the age 2 3 years old children s love to scribbling scribbling interpreted as picture. Interpreting children s human figure drawings interpreting children s human figure drawings. The study of children s drawings when we speak of drawing as an art form we are mainly referring to an artist s use of line to make a picture.
We develop more in the first eighteen years of life than the following hopefully fifty or sixty. A human figure typical of three year olds drawings is different than five year olds.
