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Golding, Claire; Hurwitz, Al – School Arts, 1985
Drawing is one of the first forms of art, both in historical terms and in terms of a child's development. Once in school, children should continue to draw and should be encouraged to draw better. Children learn to draw by drawing and by examining the drawings of others. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Childrens Art, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives

Lewis, Doris R. – School Arts, 1985
Described is an art activity in which sixth graders were asked to draw something that they hear. The children created aural pictures that were truly inventive personal interpretations. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Childrens Art

Isaacs, Marla Beth; Levin, Irene Raskow – Journal of Divorce, 1984
Administered the Draw a Family Test to 41 children after parental separation and one year later. Results showed children in mother custody families omitted fathers from the drawings. An increasing constriction in the drawings of one quarter of the sample at followup questioned children's adjustment to divorce over time. (JAC)
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Art, Counseling Techniques, Divorce

Lewis, Hilda Present – Studies in Art Education, 1985
Approximately 524 children, grades K-5, were asked to draw a plain or designed cube. At all grade levels, the plain cube was represented as a square with far greater frequency than was the designed cube. Perspective drawings, attempted and achieved, were more frequent for the plain cube. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Childrens Art, Developmental Stages

Hathaway, Margaret C. – School Arts, 1984
How second graders made three-dimensional forms using construction paper scraps is described. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Materials, Art Products
Hale, Robert D. – Horn Book Magazine, 1985
Reviews three illustrated books that have legends as their base--"The Month Brothers,""The Winter Wren," and "Grandfather Twilight." (CRH)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Book Reviews, Childrens Art
Anning, Angela; Ring, Kathy – Open University Press, 2004
This book explores how young children learn to draw and draw to learn, at home and school. It provides support for practitioners in developing a pedagogy of drawing in Art and Design and across the curriculum and provide advice for parents about how to make sense of their children's drawings. This book is enlivened with the real drawings of seven…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Imagery, Childrens Art, Young Children
Nikoltsos, Catherine – 2001
This paper discusses research methods used to examine children's art. The first part of the paper presents information on four theoretical approaches to the examination of children's art and discusses the teacher's role within that approach: (1) psychological approach, using art to discover the child's inner conflicts; (2) behavioral psychological…
Descriptors: Art Education, Childrens Art, Observation, Qualitative Research
Clark, Gilbert, Ed. – InSEA News, 1997
This theme issue of "InSEA News" is about children's art exhibitions and their cultural and educational contexts. The authors, from Canada, Australia, the United States, and Scotland, offer a variety of viewpoints about why, where, when, and how children's art exhibitions should be displayed. Issues discussed include who designs the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art Products, Childrens Art
Mulcahey, Christine – 2000
For one instructor, years of working with children in the art classroom suggested that talking with children is necessary and vital to understanding how they learn artistically and how to teach them. This paper focuses specifically on children's talk about their art in relation to the children's view that their world is separate and distinct from…
Descriptors: Art Education, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Art, Grade 6
Renfro, Nancy – Instructor, 1983
Thirteen ideas for using paper bags for class art activities are given. Directions for making bag barracudas, bionic bags, bigfoot bags, bag sculptures, bag beads, and body bag superstars are included. (PP)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Materials, Childrens Art

Hargreaves, David J.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1981
These studies confirm the view that the "air gap" phenomenon, which refers to the area that remains when ground and sky lines are constructed at the bottom and top of a drawing, is commonly found in the free drawings of middle and later childhood, but that it is readily abandoned when task demands are modified accordingly. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Cues, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries

Duncum, Paul – Art Education, 1982
Discusses how Franz Cizek, the first proponent of the hands-on approach to childrens' art education, influenced the direction of twentieth century art education. The author points out that, although Cizek's theories profoundly influenced other educators, he himself never actually applied them in his own classes. (AM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Childrens Art, Educational History

Wilson, Brent; Wilson, Marjorie – School Arts, 1979
Drawing on the Kreilters' work with the psychology of adult artists, the authors show how children's story drawings develop the same four types of realities: origins, everyday experiences, normative realities (rules), and prophetic (anticipatory) realities. Illustrations are included. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Child Psychology, Childrens Art, Conceptual Schemes

Ashwin, Clive – British Journal of Educational Studies, 1981
The author credits Pestalozzi with influencing most nineteenth century Continental theorists on the teaching of drawing through his theories, published circa 1800, on drawing as an essential and integral part of each child's education. He analyzes Pestalozzi's approach in the context of his life, times, and general theory of education. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Art, Educational History, Educational Philosophy