Gabriella Jones

ART 394
Stages of Artistic Development Analysis Paper
November 16th, 2022

9-Year-Old Boy
According to Lowenfeld’s stages, I think this drawing could be placed in the
“Stage of Dawning Realism” stage as a higher selection for a 9-year-old. It is representing clear
objects such as people, microscopes, and labeling conversations between figures. This child put a
lot of time and detail into the drawing as they are showing more advancement than the schematic
stage. With Edwards’ stages, this picture fits perfectly into the “Stage of Complexity” stage. The
students provides detail into their drawing and you can tell they put a lot of time so they are
concerned how the final picture may look. The line work, detail, realism, all create a great
picture drawn by a 9-year-old.

6-Year-Old Girl
Lowenfeld’s “Preschematic Stage” is represented in this drawing semi defiantly.
The student is using simple circular motions for the face of the person, but yet they are still using
some detail. The student drew eyelashes, teeth, nostrils in the nose, design on the shirt. Looking
at Edwards’ stage, “Pictures that tell Stories”, this drawing fits more perfectly than into
Lowenfeld’s stage. The picture example on the presentation of Edwards’ stages is matching
perfectly to the example presented for the analysis. Students at this age can start to tell stories
with their drawings and bring more detail to it as in our example they drew eyelashes, hair,
stripes on the shirt to possibly be drawing a self-portrait.

6-Year-Old Boy
As Lowenfeld’s “Preschematic Stage” is categorizing this students’ drawing, I
think it could be promoted to the “Schematic Stage”. The students’ great detail, color, and
concept to the drawing put him way above his age groups stage. His tree is represented by a big
standing rectangle with a green circular “lollipop”, his ground is a colorful line across the bottom
of the page, all aspects of the “Schematic Stage”. Again, looking into Edwards’ stages, I think
this students’ drawing can be bumped up into the higher 6-year-old stage of “The Landscape”.
Using the same description as the “Schematic Stage”, the student uses the sun as a simple small
yellow circle in the corner, lollipop trees, colorful and crowded landscape created. This drawing
is fitting greatly into the “Schematic Stage” than the “Preschematic Stage”, as well as into “The
Landscape” stage.

9-Year-Old Girl
Looking into Lowenfeld’s “Schematic Stage” and “Stage of Dawning Realism”
for 9-year-olds, this students’ drawing is fitting into the category of the “Schematic Stage”. The
drawing is very minimal but yet still has concept of a ground or garden with flowers. They did at
least add color to it, but still minimal design and realism. But Edwards’ stages show a little bit of
a different story. I think this student is falling into the “Pictures that tell Stories” or “The
Landscape” stage. The student is obviously showing the concept of a garden or flowers growing
from the ground, but it is not meeting up to the standards of “The Stage of Complexity” where a
9-year-old would be categorized.
 I think both Lowenfeld’s and Edwards’ stages can be very beneficial for teachers to use
for future curriculum planning. Teacher can see their students thought process, hopefully, to a
clearer understanding. Students may not always be able to vocalize what they are learning or
how they are understanding it, not only in art class but all subjects. Teachers can use these two
methods to look into the students’ academics and where they may be at if they’re falling behind.
Each stage presented for both methods can go in depth on the characteristics that the teacher can
follow with looking at the students’ academic standards and journey. I think school districts
should be implementing this type of evaluation into their future curriculum where many benefits
can come from it.