The Development of Expressive Drawing Abilities during Childhood and into Adolescence

Table 2

Distribution (in percentage) of the drawings according to their expressive techniques by age, sex, topic, and emotion. The occurrence (in percentage) of nonexpressive drawings is shown in italics.

		Nonexpressive	Literal	Literal and metaphorical	Metaphorical	Total
Age	5-6 yrs	9	56	20	15	100
	6-7 yrs	6	52	21	20	100
	7-8 yrs	2	46	32	20	100
	8-9 yrs	2	30	48	20	100
	9-10 yrs	2	25	41	32	100
	10-11 yrs	0	16	55	29	100
	11-12 yrs	0	28	43	28	100
	12-13 yrs	1	25	36	38	100
	13-14 yrs	1	22	35	42	100
	14-15 yrs	2	23	38	38	100
Sex	Boys	3	36	33	28	100
	Girls	2	29	41	29	100
Topic	House	3	23	32	42	100
	Tree	3	23	32	42	100
	Person	1	52	46	1	100
Emotion	Happy	3	34	37	26	100
	Sad	2	30	37	31	100