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The most remarkable work on artistically gifted children has been done by Gaitskell and Lowenfeld. Both of these educators did many long term case studies. They agreed on the following characteristics that may identify children as being artistically gifted: 1. Artistically gifted children show fluency of imagination and expression. These children can’t get their ideas down fast enough. They don’t need stimulation. One idea leads to another.
2. They might have a highly developed sensibility in certain areas. For example, movement, space, rhythm, colour. (One small boy I taught was only interested in tempera paints and lost interest if other media were used. Another child drew only figures showing a lot of movement or action.)
3. They show integration of thinking, perceiving and feeling.
4. There is a distinctive quality to their imagination. These children have faith in their ideas and don’t find the need to copy.
5. There’s a directness of expression. The gifted child can be very expressive but only if the experience motivating him or her to paint, has been personally meaningful. Such a child rarely responds well to classroom activities where the teacher sets the topic.
6. There is a high degree of self identification with the subject and the medium. Artistically gifted children live their art. They are in their work. It is part of them. Even the medium is often like an extension of the fingers. Their work is intensely personal and shows an inner need for visual expression.
7. Most of these children draw well before the age of two – usually by fifteen months if given the chance.
8. They are always above average in intelligence. While studies indicate that all those gifted in art score well in IQ tests, the reverse is not always true. Many with high IQs are below average in art!
9. All show extraordinary skill with the medium.
10. There is usually a sensibility for design.
11. Each child is highly individual and inventive.
12. The artistically gifted child works frequently on a favourite art form. No encouragement is needed.
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