ARTICLE REVIEW OF Young in Art : A Developmental Look At Child Art

Prepared by: AHMAD FAIZUL BIN ZAKARIA 2012531545 MASTER OF EDUCATION (VISUAL ART)

Prepared for: MADAM ROS LAILI (PSV )

FACULTY OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

Young In Art : A Developmental Look At Child Art Article Info : Young In Art : A Developmental Look At Child Art, Craig Ronald : www.artjuction.org, 1990, 2006. This article was written by Craig Roland in 1990. Craig Roland is an associate professor of art education and Masters Online Program Director for Arts Education at the University of Florida, Gainesvilea, Florida, United States. Before coming to the University of Florida in 1988, Craig Roland taught Art Education classes at Eastern Illinois University and Purdue University. He also has taught art at the elementary, middle school and high school levels, including five years at the American School Foundation of Monterrey, Mexico.He holds a degree in Bachelor of Science, Art/Art Education, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Normal. Master of Arts, Art Education, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio and Doctor of Education, Art Education, Illinois State University, He has participated in research areas such as teaching art, social media and technology In 2007, Roland received a Scholarship of Engagement Aware for the UF College of Education for his contributions to the field of art education at the local, state and national levels. INTRODUCTION Craig Ronald stated there are four levels of artistic development stage particularly from age 18 months to 6 years. However, artistic development stage cannot thrive in the age requirement interfered either external or internal factor. Craig Ronald have the same impression as Viktor Lowendfeld and Hebert Read, where the artistic development stages started from scrabble to the realistic representation. Drawing has its own symbol and teachers should play a role to enhance the creative skills among children. Therefore, drawing not only the beginning of the earlier stage of artistic development but an activity that should be continued over time to enhance children imaginative than capable balance their emotion, communication medium in early childhood before they are able to speak, and shaping a childs personality. Self-concept develops as the child able to draw without hesitation and not worry about thinking about beauty works them. The drawing also encourages children to talk their work in helping them to build self-confidence to speak. Through drawing, children can improve sensory sensitivity. As parents and teachers, we need to ensure that children's artistic development at the appropriate platform for cognitive and psychomotor ensure they continue to grow as they age. Children need guidance and the right way to ensure they can raise the stages of artistic development.

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT STAGES Scribbling ( One and half until three years old ) The scribbling stages start at age of one and half until three years old. On this stage, the children did not draw any picture but just move the hand holding the crayon or pencil with pure enjoyment. There are two types of scribbling such as random and control. Children will start with random scribble which is swinging their arms back and forth across the drawing surface. After that, they will control their scribble with varying their motion and by repeating certain lines that give them particular pleasure. When the conceptual and motor skills of children increases, they will produce circular patterns and geometrical shapes with combined the lines and shapes. The children also can make letter form which they start to name their scribbles. We can ask the children about their scribbles to increase their imaginative. For this stages, teachers and parent should be offer children material and encourage them to engage in scribbling. Pre-Symbolism (Three until five years old) This stages start at age of three until five years old At this stage, children are able to combine the circle with lines to depict the human figure. But the figures are portrayed not as the eventual figures as they must be left to draw the neck, arms, legs, body and so on. The figure looks like tadpoles or head feet. This is caused by lack of knowledge. They are also not staring at the drawing paper but more focused on abstract images on their mind. For each time they draw, the human figures are differently. The children also draw the human figure to represent the nature of someone or feeling that they have on the figures. They also focus on the parts that have significance only as the face. This is because with their face, they can eat and talk to each other. In terms of space concept, children prefer to draw the object appear to float Symbolism (Five until nine years old) This stages start at age of five until nine years old. At this stages, the children have their own conceptual understanding. So they can draw symbols for the things in their environment likes a house, a tree and a person. They also can draw a perfect figure according to the age and position in the family. Children will draw over and over again for a suitable scheme. At this stage, children can draw objects on the baseline, drawing objects at multiple baseline and drawing objects below the baseline likes ground plane. Children are able to produce artwork likes space-time representations to record human action and x-ray drawing. This all will improve the skills of their imagination. Children are influence of the popular media likes copy their favorite super heroes and comic book character.

Realism (nine years old and above) Children become more aware of their surroundings. They also draw the human figure more clearly. They likes to draw action poses and a costumes. This stages focus on visual description and observational technique to draw realistically. The children try to adopt their cultures conversations for representing a three-dimensional. They also use the specific images (metaphorically) to express their emotion