Lowenfeld

-Thanks for this, Jac!

Discuss developmental creative markers & Lowenfeld’s developmental levels.

“Many art therapy practitioners believe that assessments provide increased understanding of a client’s developmental level, emotional status, and psychological framework.” (Betts)

1. The Scribbling Stage: Beginning of Self-Expression (2-4 years)

2. The Preschematic Stage: First Representational Attempts (4-7 years)

3. The Schematic Stage: The Achievement of a Form Concept (7-9 years)

4. The Gang Age: The Dawning Realism (9-12 years)

5. The Pseudo-Naturalistic Stage: The Age of Reasoning (12-14 years)

6. Adolescent Art: The Period of Decision (14-17 years)

(Taken from Creative and Mental Growth 8^th ed, by Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain)