Children continually search for new concepts so symbols constantly change. The schema represents the child's active knowledge of the subject. The child finds that schematic generalization no longer suffices to express reality. This dawning of how things really look is usually expressed with more detail for individual parts, but is far from naturalism in drawing. Space is discovered and depicted with overlapping objects in drawings and a horizon line rather than a base line.
Children begin to compare their work and become more critical of it.
While they are more independent of adults, they are more anxious to conform to their peers. The pseudo- naturalistic stage This stage marks the end of art as spontaneous activity as children are increasingly critical of their drawings. Light and shadow, folds, and motion are observed with mixed success, translated to paper. Space is depicted as three-dimensional by diminishing the size of objects that are further away. The period of decision Art at this stage of life is something to be done or left alone.