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The Difficulty of Defining Drawing

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

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  1. The Difficulty of Defining Drawing Sue Fawson The University of Wolverhampton England

  2. Introduction PhD study: Early Drawing Education: A case study into how teachers’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs might impact on children as drawers. rationale -

  3. Define your terms! That shouldn’t be too difficult…

  4. … Drawing is…?

  5. “ 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)

  6. Is it process or product that’s important? drawing is both verb & noun

  7. Different Domains Of Drawing • Fine Art/History of Art • Psychology • Art Therapy • Early Education - • Child Development • Pre-writing skills • Creative & Artistic Development/Art Education

  8. 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

  9. Developmental Stages • Early psychological studies • Luquet1913 • Rhoda Kellogg 1970 • Kindler 2004

  10. 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

  11. broad definitions dragan = to drag scribbling mark-making drawing

  12. Scribble Mark-making Schemas Meaning making Pre-writing Early art skills When we in Early Childhood think of drawing, what do we mean?

  13. Babies – grab tools and make marks • Toddlers -

  14. Types of Drawing observation realistic story-telling scribbling doodling memory planning imagination decoration diagrams maps concept ideas

  15. lines shapes marks

  16. lines shapes marks

  17. mark-making with a purpose writing mathematical notation musical notation handwriting hieroglyphics

  18. drawing defined by materials paper pencil graphite charcoal pastels chalks ink

  19. ‘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))

  20. 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!

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