Sunday, March 18, 2012

The Beauty of Perspective: A Child's Drawing

As babies we learn to read people by their face and their tone of voice.  It is for this reason that when most children first draw a person the central part of the body is the face.  First a circle is made. The eyes and mouth are then added into that circle. Finally the child draws arms and legs coming from the circle; no neck, no body.  The person is built around the face. But..

Not everybody sees the world the same way. 
Artist - 5 year old boy

“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.”
―   John Lubbock

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