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Finally, with age, children use the bottom line of the drawing paper as a ground line and all figures and objects are drawn standing on the bottom line of the paper Then children start to draw a baseline on the paper instead of using the bottom of the paper as the ground base they use the technique of overlapping with figures, objects, and even with the ground to show space and depth on a two-dimensional surface (Toku 2002). These developments suggest that whereas younger children become engrossed in the meanings and actions of subjects as they draw them, older children tend to be more concerned with whether their pictures resemble what it is they are drawing (Young in art, 2007, Realism, p.5)

During the realistic phase of artistic development, children may grow frustrated that their art does not resemble reality, or their aims for the final outcome of the piece. They take less pure delight in the process, and unless supported by further education (artistic development is not universal and innate without instruction) their use of art may be shelved in favor of other interests. Cultural differences also become more in evidence with age and the drive to create

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