| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-256) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Contradictions and confusions -- In the beginning -- Early years -- Where do we go from here? -- Regions -- Lines, line junctions, and perspective -- "Seeing in" and the mechanism of development -- Drawing process -- Children as artists -- Art education -- Summing up. |
| Summary |
The message of this book is a simple one: children learn to draw by acquiring increasingly complex and effective drawing rules. In this regard, learning to draw is like learning a language, and as with language children use these rules creatively, making infinite use of finite means. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Children's drawings -- Psychological aspects.
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Children's drawings -- Psychological aspects. |
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Drawing, Psychology of.
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Drawing, Psychology of. |
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Learning. |
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Art. |
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Child Development. |
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Child. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Willats, John. Making sense of children's drawings. Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005 0805845372 0805845380 (DLC) 2004056419 (OCoLC)56685114 |
| ISBN |
1410613569 (electronic book) |
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9781410613561 (electronic book) |
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0805845372 (alkaline paper) |
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9780805845372 (alkaline paper) |
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0805845380 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780805845389 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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