Abstract
This research discusses detailed records that show how the meaning of pictorial content changes as young children in the schematic stage draw pictures. Specifically, the study utilized a "drawing process analysis sheet" to examine the visual and narrative context of the drawing process. Through this research the following were discovered: 1) pictorial content may be altered when children change their way of thinking from part of the picture to the overall image; 2) in the process of constructing the picture, children may develop new pictorial content depending on the procedure and positioning of previously-drawn images on the page; and 3) various small stories appear throughout a picture, but eventually these story elements combine to form a new narrative.
