Artistic expression of emotions on a human motive in preschool-aged children

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je istražiti jesu li djeca sposobna likovno izraziti emociju na prikazu čovjeka, hoće li na prikaz emocije utjecati prethodno pročitana priča te postoji li razlika u prikazu emocija na crtežu s obzirom na dob. Istraživanje je provedeno u mlađoj i starijoj odgojnoj skupini DV „Zvrk“ Đakovo. Uzorak se sastojao od 27 djece, 14 djece u dobi od 4 godine i 13 djece u dobi od 6 godina. Istraživanje je uključivalo čitanje priče s nesretnim i sretnim završetkom, likovni zadatak i prikupljanje dječjih radova. Rezultati su dobiveni na osnovu kvalitativne analize dječjih likovnih radova. Osnovni zaključak istraživanja je da djeca u dobi od četiri godine nisu sposobna prikazati različite emocije na prikazu čovjeka za razliku od djece u dobi od šest godina.The aim of this research paper was to see if children were able to artistically express emotions on a human depiction, if a previously read story would affect their drawings and if there is a difference between children's drawings considering their age. The research was conducted with two groups of children (an older and a younger group) in Zvrk Nursery School in Đakovo. The sample consisted of 27 children, 14 children aged 4 and 13 children aged 6. The research included story reading with a happy and sad ending, a drawing task and collecting children's drawings. The results were obtained from a qualitative analysis of children's drawings. The final conclusion of this research is that children aged 4 are not able to express different types of emotions, while on the other hand children aged 6 are able to express emotions on image of a human