In the Visual Arts lecture today, we discussed the various stages in art development i.e., Manipulation or Scribble stage, Symbolism stage and Realism stage.
1) Manipulation or Scribble stage (usual age 18 months-3 yrs)- starts to make marks. May remain longer at this stage due to lack of fine motor skills, lack of opportunity or practice)
2) Symbolism (from 3 yrs up to7/8yrs)-tries to draw representation of the world around and of themselves. Eg. Just head of a tadpole before it develops legs, smiling sun, Hansel and Gretel House.
3) Realism (usually starts from 10 yrs)-wants the drawing to look real. Accepts inputs from teacher to develop skills in drawing.
Ideas for engaging students in drawing.
Before getting the students to draw, engage their senses through touch, photographs, direct experiences like drawing animals at the zoo etc. Students should be asked to draw things they find engaging or are relevant in some way to them (Eg. Buzz light year). Get them to notice details of the objects they are supposed to draw like matching colours.
Wilson’s Graphic principles
Today I was introduced to the Wilson’s Graphic principles with which a drawing can be analysed (Why young children’s drawing look the way they do?). The seven principles we looked into were
1) Simplicity principle- (draws the easiest way they can)
2) Perpendicular Principle- (shows a birds’ eye view of something, but with interpretation of things that can’t be explained by physics e.g. A tennis court surrounded by trees that seem to be slanting by showing an inclination of 45 degrees from the floor)
3) Territorial Imperative Principle- (each item in the drawing stands on its own and has a specific area)
4) Fill the format principle-(draws extra things to fill in the space in a page, eg adding more fingers in a hand)
5) Conservation and Multiple Application Principle-(Reuse things in a drawing at every opportunity like same type of flowers on both sides of a person)
6) Draw everything principle- (tries to draw both the inside and outside of things like transport.)
7) Plastic principle-(tries to exaggerate important features through colour, size etc. eg. Head lice drawn in big size)
Principles in action
children’s work with the name of the principles
References
Gibson, R., & Ewing, R. (2011). Transforming the curriculum through the arts. Palgrave MacMillan: Melbourne.
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