Yesterday, the following was part of an e-newsletter which I receive and which is called "Robert Genn Twice Weekly."
-- In a now-famous research project, Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980) found that toddlers from all cultures,
when encouraged, do the following:
1. Draw from memory, not direct observation
2. Emphasize obvious features, omitting others
3. Sometimes add local characteristics or happenings
4. Omit proportion, perspective, and other devices of pictorial illusion --
I am intrigued to find that many of my paintings have most of the qualities of a toddler's art. Picasso said, "It takes a long time to become young."
