Drawing

Things to Remember

Everyone can draw;
Children proceed in sequence through a series of discrete and recognisable stages in developing their drawing;
Children’s drawings are about communicating messages and meaning and represent the world as they see it, their purpose is therefore different than drawing merely to achieve representational images;
Success in drawing comes through exploring the possibilities of all the materials;
Drawing cannot be ‘taught’ through the use of demonstration, or through following steps in ‘how to draw’ manuals;
The most important part of learning is by looking

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