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The Difficulty of Defining Drawing. Sue Fawson The University of Wolverhampton England. Introduction. PhD study: Early Drawing Education: A case study into how teachers’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs might impact on children as drawers. rationale -. Define your terms!.
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The Difficulty of Defining Drawing Sue Fawson The University of Wolverhampton England
Introduction PhD study: Early Drawing Education: A case study into how teachers’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs might impact on children as drawers. rationale -
Define your terms! That shouldn’t be too difficult…
“ What is drawing? At first glance the question seems simple enough to be superfluous; but upon reflection it becomes not only difficult, but perhaps not even definable.” (Jacobs, 1991, p10)
Is it process or product that’s important? drawing is both verb & noun
Different Domains Of Drawing • Fine Art/History of Art • Psychology • Art Therapy • Early Education - • Child Development • Pre-writing skills • Creative & Artistic Development/Art Education
Historical Perspectives • Perceptions of childhood and child art • Early 20th Century artists • Psychology of child development • Holistic development of the child • Socio-cultural constructivist theories
Developmental Stages • Early psychological studies • Luquet1913 • Rhoda Kellogg 1970 • Kindler 2004
Linear Stage Theory Visual Realism 8 yrs onwards Intellectual Realism 5 - 8 yrs Failed Realism 3½- 5 yrs Fortuitous Realism 2½ - 3½ yrs Scribbling 0-2½ yrs
broad definitions dragan = to drag scribbling mark-making drawing
Scribble Mark-making Schemas Meaning making Pre-writing Early art skills When we in Early Childhood think of drawing, what do we mean?
Babies – grab tools and make marks • Toddlers -
Types of Drawing observation realistic story-telling scribbling doodling memory planning imagination decoration diagrams maps concept ideas
lines shapes marks
lines shapes marks
mark-making with a purpose writing mathematical notation musical notation handwriting hieroglyphics
drawing defined by materials paper pencil graphite charcoal pastels chalks ink
‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean… neither more nor less.’ (Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll))
What are you drawing, Emily? I’m drawing God. But no-one knows what God looks like. That’s because I haven’t finished it yet!