graffiti stage 2~4 years old
young children start their first artistic exploration from line.
The earliest paintings of toddlers are often called graffiti. The dictionary definition of "graffiti" is meaningless signs and lines. Therefore, this term has a derogatory meaning and devalues the importance of this child's growth activity: "Children are just doing graffiti."
When they are about two years old, children begin to enjoy The kinesthetic pleasure of shaking hands and arms with crayons or markers back and forth is the beginning of the first stage of children's artistic development.
Children also like to fiddle with, cut and manipulate art works, but at this time, children will not consciously paint specific images.
Soon after this stage, children will realize that they can control the lines they draw, so they enter the stage of repeated drawing, mostly circles and long lines.
They find that they can draw repetitive lines, some are short, some are long, and some are round. Combining these circles and lines can stimulate the imagination of children and remind them of people or things they know. It is "mother", "daddy" or "me".
soon, they can draw various linear symbols, call them "house", "my dog", "a tree" and "sun", and explain their paintings.
Naming symbols is an important step in children's thinking expression, because it means that they have established a connection between the lines they draw and the world around them.
Since then they have started to explore the world with lines and symbols, which will show their perception and emotional participation in activities.
Parents and teachers should keep in mind that the physical and intellectual development of children varies from person to person.
Some children have many opportunities to get access to art supplies and get support for their art activities at home. Such children can usually create fine art works and comment on them. Children at this stage of
usually have a preference for a certain color, and the color used is not related to the color of the object.
Generally speaking, the primary stage of children's artistic development has four identifiable stages:
1. Uncontrollable behavior, unconscious repetition of lines; emphasizing the movement of lines.
2. The behavior is controllable, and lines can be drawn repeatedly; vertical lines and circular symbols are drawn.
3. Closed graphics can be drawn repeatedly.
4. Learn to name the symbols and graphics you draw, sometimes before painting, sometimes after painting.
