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Electronic Paint: Understanding Children's Representation through their Interactions with Digital Paint
Author(s) -
Matthews John,
Seow Peter
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of art and design education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.312
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1476-8070
pISSN - 1476-8062
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-8070.2007.00536.x
Subject(s) - pencil (optics) , stylus , representation (politics) , semiotics , multimedia , electronic media , digital art , computer science , painting , visual arts , human–computer interaction , art , engineering , computer vision , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , politics , performance art , law , political science , art history
This article investigates very young children's use of a stylus‐driven, electronic painting and drawing on the tablet PC. The authors compare their development in the use of this device with their use of other mark‐making media, including those which derive from pencil and paper technologies and also with mouse‐driven electronic paintbox programs. After experience of using of electronic paint, two of the children were introduced to simple programming software. The authors wanted to find out how the introduction of electronic, digital, interactive devices impact upon children's development in semiotic understanding.