LINKS and BOOKS
To learn more about child art, check out the following website and books.
Defining Child Art
www.deakin.edu.au/education/visarts/child_art.htm
An essay on child art illustrated with Quicktime images.
Web Archive of Children's Art
childart.indstate.edu
An extensive database containing digitally copied artwork made by children, sponsored by Indiana State University.
Drawing Development in Children Timeline
www.learningdesign.com/Portfolio/DrawDev/kiddrawing.html
An illustrated timeline of children's artistic development.
BOOKS
Gaitskill, C., Hurwitz, A. & Day. M. (2006). Children and their art. 8th Ed. New York: Hoarcourt Brace Jovanvich.
Lowenfled, V. & Brittain, W. L. (1975). Creative and mental growth. New York: Macmillan.
Smith, N. (1983). Experience and Art: Teaching children to paint. New York: Teacher's College Press.
Wilson, M. & Wilson, B. (1982). Teaching children to draw. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
Winner, E. (1982). Invented worlds. Cambridge: Harvard University Press