Child development - how children learn to draw-2

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  Child Development in the area of Art
  Part 2
  (Taken from Art 4-11 – art in the early years of schooling by Suffolk County Council)
  Part one dealt with the child as he experiments with materials and tools. This is around the ages up to 18 months of age.
  The stage is characterized by scribbling and is often called The Scribbling Stage.
  As the child uses scribbles and as her arm and hand muscles develop, so too does her ability to make careful and more precise marks on a page. As the child explores and experiences the world, so too does her art work expand.
  In a very real way the child begins to make closed shapes by accident. Shapes like circles and triangles and other closed shapes emerge as he experiments.
  The first real shape is often a circle and the thinking behind why this is, is linked to the idea that a baby first sees a human face. Perhaps it is also the easiest and natural closed shape to make. At the same time as exploring the world, the child is also exploring the world of language. At this point an adult may ask some questions around what the drawing might be and so the child and the significant adult/s begin the process of labeling the work.
  It is fun to give the child lots of different experiences with a variety of media. Colourful paint and crayons and large pieces of paper are great.
  Children often put the paint on top of layers of other colours. This is all part of the process.
  As she begins to understand herself and the world better; as she begins to
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