Up: [[Observing Drawings in Therapy]] Created: 2024-05-18 Course: The Art of Spontaneous Drawing with Patricia Anne Elwood for Phoenix Jung #### spatial orientation What space and part of the sheet does the person occupy? Left, right or centre. See [[Analyzing Structure and Dynamics of a Drawing]] #### colours Colourful or pale or drawn only in pencil? (This question assumes all supplies are available to the person making the drawing.) Is the face red, pale or completely coloured? Coloured face may point to feelings of shame, rejection and inferiority. #### proportions Is head proportionate to body? Too big? Too small? Too much hair? No hair? Head and hair have to do with mental level, thoughts and ideas. Too much hair would point to too much focus on on the mental level, and perhaps even obsessional thoughts. #### eyes Wide open or closed or is one closed? Covered or closed eyes may indicate denial of a situation or defence against too much consciousness. #### arms Arms at sides suggests introversion; arms extended, extraversion. #### what is missing - Nose represents intuition, instinct and direction - Mouth is means of verbal expression, right to speak up and be heard as well as ability to do so. - Ears are for listening. No ears may indicate there are certain themes the person doesn’t want to hear. - Hands? Open or closed? Hands have to do with communication and self-expression. Missing hands show a sense of powerlessness, suggest an inability to ‘handle’ the world. - Do legs have feet? Feet and legs have to do with ego’s standpoint. No feet means a loss of standpoint, loss of ground, insecurity. #Art [[2024-05-18]] person and shadow person ![[Person and shadow person drawing 2024-05-18.webp|500]]