This is the Symbolic stage. It’s not unusual for children of this age to lose interest when revisiting a previous artwork to “finish.” Unless the project dictates drying times or multiple complex steps, allow your child to finish each artwork in the first sitting, while interest is high! Expression in Early Symbolic Stage • Begins to see the paper as an environment for the symbols they delineate • Rather than using one horizon line to divide ground and sky, paper space is often divided into thirds using two lines; a baseline for ground, and a sky line. Figures, house, and animals appear in the middle section, all touching the baseline. This convention is a well-reasoned approach to their experience of the world, not based on adult methods of perspective or proportion. • Proportion, perspective, and shading are not important to “tell the story”; a person and a house may sit on the same baseline and be of the same height. Expression in Later Symbolic Stage • Feels independent and confident in their ability to express ideas, interests, and experiences through lines and color on paper • Searches for more realism in their art by adding more details with strong dependence on line • Continues to use color for emotional appeal and for its resemblance to the natural object
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