During the collection of data for a study of 386 3- to 11-yr.-old children's artistic development using clay, it was decided to have the children draw two figures of a man, to test the reliability of the first products and to compare the children's development in two- and three-dimensional media. The first drawings made were reliable examples of what children would do when asked to draw the figure of a man, at least within a 2-wk. period.
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