Kids drawing ability, pictures and color choice

by Judy
(Sydney, Australia)

I recently found out that a child's drawing ability followed a standard progression. They start off drawing scrawls, then do upside down 'v' shapes and circles. Next they can draw squares and stick people and finally refine them to people with faces. Similarly with color choice - initially it's any color will do but eventually a choice is made to select representative colors. A really interesting progression!