The psychology of drawing by Ayer Fred Carleton

Author:Ayer, Fred Carleton. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Children's drawings
Publisher: Baltimore, Warwick & York, inc.
Published: 1916-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

over image, subject to the influence of any one or all of the optical-perceptual partial processes. Some drawers examine the object carefully for several moments, study it more or less analytically, then draw from the retained image without further looking at the object. Other drawers revive their waning image by frequently recurring glances at the object.

2. Kinesthetic Control. The hand is controlled in its particular movements by the immediate kinesthetic sensations and by images of previous sensations. Previous experience in drawing similar lines gives the needed muscular control. The kinesthetic images of the eye or hand movements made during the period of observation may also share in the subjective control of the hand.

3. Control by Watching Results. The appearance of the developing drawing is used as a means for conscious comparison with the appearance of the original object. The wayward lines are corrected or directed accordingly.

It is important to note, as Albien has emphasized, that the preceding optical-perceptual process of drawing varies individually in its composition, its components, and the significance for the whole process. With one individual analytical observation is partial and inexact. Another observes but few details, but observes these details minutely. One individual quickly gives over to the play of his secondary associations or reflec-

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