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
Schematic stage - drawing characteristics
- shows concept, not percept
- bold, direct, flat representation
- reflect knowledge of environment
Schematic stage - space representation
- base & sky line
- 2D organisation of objects
- no or little overlapping
- subjective: plan & elevation; x-ray drawings; fuse time & space
- multi-base lines
- environment symbolised
Schematic stage - human figure representation
- repeated schema for person
- body made of geometric shapes
- arms & legs show volume and correctly placed
- exaggeration, omission, or change of schema shows effect of experience
- proportions depend on emotional values
The gang age/dawning realism age
9 to 12 years
The gang age/dawning realism - drawing characteristics
- awareness of details
- awareness of physical environment
- events characterised, not naturalistic
- no shade & shadow
The gang age/dawning realism - space representation
- base line disappears & plane emerges
- objects overlap
- interrelationships between objects
- sky at horizon
- depth through size of objects
The gang age/dawning realism - human figure representation
- awareness of clothing details
- less exaggeration, distortion, and omission of body parts
- body parts retain meaning when separated
- stiffness of figures
The psuedo-naturalistic stage age
12 to 14 years
The psuedo-naturalistic stage - drawing characteristics
- focus on parts of environment
- details become important (wrinkles & folds)
The psuedo-naturalistic stage - space representation
- awareness of environment, only important elements in detail
- visually minded: depth; draws as spectator; perspective
- haptically minded: space determined subjectively; draws as participant
- depict actions
The pseudo-naturalistic stage - human figure representation
- nearly correct proportions
- awareness of joints & body actions
- facial expressions vary
- cartooning
- person represented by less than total figure
- sexual characteristics over-emphasised
Adolescent art age
14 to 17 years
Adolescent art - drawing characteristics
- haptic drawings: subjective interpretation
- visually minded: visual details; light & shade
- mastery of any material
Adolescent art - space representation
- visually minded: perspective; awareness of atmosphere
- haptically minded: non-naturalistic; portray mood; shift space/distortion
Adolescent art - human figure representation
- naturalistic attempts: awareness of proportions, actions & visible details
- exaggeration of detail
- imaginative use of figure
