Samantha Cooper

Artistic development

The first piece I feel hit more towards the landscape

spectrum of the Betty Edwards presentation rather than the
stage of complexity. The piece though fits exactly in the
schematic stage in the Lowenfeld stages. There isn’t extreme
detail throughout the piece but the detail there is fits with the
landscape idea. There is a line to represent the ground, the sun
is in the sky. Things are labeled throughout the piece so that
people know what they are. You can tell what is supposed to be
what with the amount of detail within the piece and it all fits
where it should be.

The second piece I feel was a little easier to analyze and

compare to the stages they “should” be in. When it comes to the
Betty Edwards presentation this piece is almost exactly like the
example. This child is on the “lower” six-year-old end of the
spectrum drawing a picture that tells a story. It is an image of a
person we do not know exactly who it is though, but I am
assuming it is of the child or someone they are close to. I feel
like this piece in the Lowenfeld stages is higher on the spectrum
than they should be. It fits more with the schematic stage to me
than the pre-schematic stage. The parts of the face are easily
identifiable and are in the correct area with pretty much the
correct sizing.

This third piece honestly is amazing I feel for this age, a

six-year-old. It is at the higher end of the “spectrum” for their
Samantha Cooper
Artistic development

age and hits the Betty Edwards presentation for the landscape
example. The child adds different things that easily represents
important parts of the picture such as the green line for the
ground/grass, the blue clouds in the sky and the orange,
yellowish, red specks for the sun and the light in the sky. It is
amazingly detailed and has everything in just the right place
such as the bird in the sky and the smoke from the train going
high into the air. Again, I feel like this one rates higher on the
Lowenfeld scale than it is “supposed to”. The piece is put
together with a lot of thought where things are and what shapes
represent what they were trying to represent. It is supposed to
be in the pre-schematic stage but easily is in the schematic
stage to me.

The final piece is extremely delicate to me. While the piece

only uses one color you can tell there was a lot of thought going
into what to put where in the piece to make sure it looked
perfect. I think this hits on the Betty Edwards presentation for
the stage of complexity perfectly. The concern in this piece was
definitely aimed towards how it looked rather than anything else
and I can see flowers being something a child at this age enjoys.
The thing that gets me though is more on the idea that they
used only one color for the entire piece. This piece rates on the
higher end of the 9-year-olds for the Lowenfeld stages. Instead
of just the schematic stage I feel it is in the gang age. The
drawing is well thought out, neat and tidy in placements of the
objects.
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Artistic development

This definitely helps to know where about children should

be in how they draw. It is important to make sure students are
getting help in certain areas and practicing these skills. If you
don’t know how well they are doing or if they may need more
help, then you can’t give them the help they need. You could be
giving them more projects or even just time to work on these
skills. It feels like confidence plays a huge role in art also, so
helping to build that confidence can be key.