Stages of Artistic Development Flashcards
Scribbling stage age & types
- 2 to 4 years
- disordered; controlled; named
Disordered scribbling - drawing characteristics
- large muscles motor activity
- kinesthetic pleasure
- swing of arm makes line
Disordered scribbling - space representation
- scribbles beyond paper
- ignore previous marks
Disordered scribbling - human figure representation
no attempts made
Controlled scribbling - drawing characteristics
- smaller marks
- repeated motions
- wrist motion
Controlled scribbling - space representation
- stays within drawing area
- draws around previous marks
- may concentrate on certain parts
Controlled scribbling - human figure representation
prefigural: circles, lines, loops and swirls
Named scribbling - drawing characteristics
- relates marks to things known
- greater variety of line
Named scribbling - space representation
- scribbles placed purposely
- previous marks utilised
- empty space may take on meaning
- lines become edges of shapes
Named scribbling - human figure representation
- scribble may be pointed out by child as being a person
- action may be named
Preschematic stage age
4 to 7 years
Preschematic stage - drawing characteristics
- geometric shapes for things and lose meaning when removed from the whole
- placement & size determined subjectively
- objects not drawn in relation
- known objects categorised or listed pictorially
Preschematic stage - space representation
- objects float
- object sizes not in proportion
- objects distorted to fit space
- space surrounds child
Preschematic stage - human figure representation
- head-feet symbol grows out of scribble
- people looking at viewer, usually smiling
- gradual inclusion of arms, body, fingers, toes
- distortion & omission of parts
- clothes, hair & other details
Schematic stage age
7 to 9 years