The relationship between drawing skill and artistic creativity: Do age and artistic involvement make a difference?

The relationship between drawing skill and artistic creativity: Do age and artistic involvement make a difference?

• Chan, David W. Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Zhao, Yongjun Chinese University of Hong Kong

Creativity Research Journal, 22(1), 27-36, 2010

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

2010

• C Psychology & Learning
• N Students & Student Services
  • NC Charactieristics & Conditions of Students; Opinion & Attitudes of Students, Problems of Adjustment
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GJ Interdisciplinary

Hong Kong Students Talent Art Psychology, Educational Psychology, Multidisciplinary

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education
• Secondary Education
• Post-Secondary Education

This study investigated the connection between drawing skill and artistic creativity in relation to age groups and levels of artistic involvement among 223 Chinese primary, secondary, and university students in Hong Kong. Based on the fantasy drawing task, visual-artist judges made expert judgments on students' drawing skill and artistic creativity. There was substantial correlation between drawing skill and artistic creativity among children, adolescents, and young adults, even when artistic involvement was controlled in the partial correlation analyses. The results of correlational and regression analyses suggested that drawing skill contributed most significantly to the prediction of artistic creativity throughout the years at different stages of development, but artistic involvement became more important, especially in young adulthood. Implications of the findings on the skill-creativity relationship for arts education and the directions for future research are discussed.
[Copyright of Creativity Research Journal is the property of Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Full article may be available at the publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10400410903579528]

• English

Journal Articles

• 10400419

• 10.1080/10400410903579528

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/77949b18

2010-11-28