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I was so excited that I was with Bowie when he drew this. Not just in the house but right next to him because there is a chance I might not have grasped what he was creating, his first little self portrait. When I took my art education classes, early education classes we looked at loads of drawings like these. Somehow, there is a collective knowledge about drawing that leads the majority of children to go through this step. Bowie has never seen someone else draw this way. It is fascinating to me.
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Very neat! I have been reading about that sort of thing - the steps and stages children go through in drawing - in the book Young at Art.
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/ART/rt_room/teach/young_in_art/sequence/pre-symbolism.html
fuzzy peach, your comment helped me find this online resourse. thanks!
That is fascinating! I love this stage. It's so full of wonder.
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