Colors are reflected as they appear in nature. Shapes and objects are easily definable. Sometimes the objects appear to be drawn upside down. In an x-ray picture the subject is depicted as being seen form the inside as well as the outside. Dawining realism is also known as the gang age.
Group friendships of the same sex are most common.
This is a period of self awareness to the point of being extremely self critical. The attempts at realism need to be looked at from the child's point of view. Realism is not meant to be real in the photographic sense rather than an experience with a particular object. In this regard this stage is the first time that the child becomes aware of a lack of ability to show objects the way they appear in the surrounding environment. Perspective is another characteristic of this stage.