Deciphering the psychological test drawing of a family. Size, order and location

Children's drawings are a real storehouse of information. They reveal feelings, fears and even the character of the artist. Look closely at a child's drawing and you will see how he perceives the world.

What does a child's drawing mean?

In order to correctly interpret, parents should in no case criticize the work. Pink leaves on the tree, lack of hair or eyes on the characters - do not point out such “flaws”, otherwise you will deprive yourself of useful information. What should be done is to ask why the characters are sad or funny, who is the most beautiful, less pleasant. When studying children's drawing, remember that it does not give full transcript true feelings and thoughts. If the finished image is too gloomy, visit a specialist. The psychologist will read the artist's messages, talk to him and give instructions on how to meet the needs of the baby.

Deciphering a children's drawing my family

The interpretation of the drawing my family is possible without the help of a psychologist, if you know all the nuances. The easiest way to learn more about a child is to look at a family drawing.

2. Attachment. The closest relatives to the baby show deep emotional attachment, this also applies to the case when the child in the picture holds someone's hand.

3. Lack of hands. If parents are drawn with hands and brothers without hands, this shows a strong attachment to parents and problems in communicating with brothers or sisters. What could be the conflict? For example, in the use of toys. The artist depicts a brother without hands so that he does not take anything.

4. Safety. Is there an object placed between the child and the parent - a tree or an animal? This means that the baby does not feel safe next to the person "on the other side." Perhaps the separated adult is too hard or demanding.

5. Dislike. People who cause anxiety or other unpleasant feelings are in the corner of the sheet or separate from other family members. Some children portray brothers this way because they get more attention or the artist is the youngest in the family and receives a lot of negativity from older brothers. An unpleasant person may not be on the sheet at all. A sign of anxiety is also the absence of all family members, with the exception of a person who deserves respect.

6. Role in the family. People who do not occupy a special role in life are portrayed as the latest. When a child draws himself last, or worse, does not enter the drawing at all, this means that he feels emotionally rejected and deprived of love.

7. The character of the child according to the drawing. Work little artist talk about character. Lines drawn with great pressure speak of confidence and vigor. Shy children draw in thin lines with less pressure, and the images are so small that there is a lot of space on the sheet. Chaotic, quick strokes characterize a very active child.

8. Aggression. The child expresses himself aggressive personality, if his “double” in the picture is holding weapons or sharp objects.

9. Colors of children's drawing. Cheerful and very active children most often choose bright warm colors: red, yellow, orange. Calm kids add shades of green, blue, purple. Drawings with a predominance of dark brown or black indicate a bad mood and a lack of a sense of security. The sparsely painted figure speaks of bad relationship with this person. A bright, colorful figure indicates admiration. The brighter the person, the more he is loved.

10. Facial expression. If in the children's drawing everyone is smiling and at the same time, there are no negative signs, you can be sure that the child feels good. Sad or stern faces indicate unpleasant emotions caused by the situation in the family. A person who has no face reveals a desire not to have contact with him, perhaps an alcoholic father or an overly strict aunt.

If you think that the child's drawing conveys excessive aggression and the colors are too dark or gray, pay attention to the behavior of the young artist. Shyness reflects self-doubt, aggressiveness is the cause of a lack of attention, “eternal discontent” is a sign of fatigue from everyday life, a lack of vivid emotions. The best way to learn more and correct the situation is to show the image to a psychologist who, after talking with all family members, will help restore the tender child's soul.

Exercise

IMPORTANT!

Drawing evaluation

Test scores

Pencil pressure

Meaning of lines and hatching

Pattern location

Drawing interpretation

1. If a child refuses to draw, this is a sign that unpleasant memories are associated with the family.
2. Excessively large proportions of parents - an indicator of their authoritarianism, the desire to command children.
3. If the child has drawn himself large, this is an indicator that he is self-oriented, as well as an indicator of confrontation with parents.
4. An extremely small image of a child indicates his low importance in the family.
5. Drawing yourself in last turn, the child thereby demonstrates his underestimated status among other family members.
6. If in the picture the child has drawn all family members except himself, then this indicates a feeling of inferiority or a feeling of lack of community in the family, a decrease in self-esteem, and suppression of the will to achieve.
7. If a child portrayed only himself, we can talk about the egocentricity inherent in this child, his inherent conviction that all family members are obliged to think only about him, and he does not have to think about any of them.
8. A very small image of all family members is a sign of anxiety, depression, depression.
9. The image of all family members in cells is a sign of alienation and lack of friendship, community in the family.
10. If a child depicts himself with his face covered with his hands, this is how he expresses his unwillingness to be in the family.
11. The shaded head (view from the back) of the child means that he is immersed in himself.
12. The image of a large mouth, lips in oneself is a sign of hidden aggression.
13. If the child starts with the image of the legs and feet, this can also be attributed to signs of anxiety.
14. An alarming signal is the predominance of dark tones in the picture: black, brown, gray, purple.

Color in the picture

Very often, the child shows a desire to color the picture. In this case, he should be given a box of colored pencils (at least 12 colors) and given complete freedom. What do the colors mean, and what can an additionally colored picture tell about?

1. Bright, light, saturated colors indicate a high vitality of the child and his optimism.
2. The predominance of gray and black colors in the drawing emphasizes the lack of cheerfulness and speaks of the child's fears.
3. If a child has painted himself in one color, and if this color is repeated in the image of another family member, then the child feels special sympathy for him.
4. Refusal to use colored pencils can mean low self-esteem and anxiety.
5. The preference for red tones in the picture indicates the emotional intensity of the child.

Veronica, 19 years old

Veronica from prosperous family, but the girl is somewhat closed, and this worries the mother. Therefore, it was decided to conduct a test. At the request to depict her family, Veronika began to draw with desire and very diligently (Fig. 1). She drew her father first, then her mother, after her younger sister, the cat, and last but not least, yourself. Thus, apparently, Veronica evaluates herself as an insignificant member of the family. The family is friendly, as everyone is drawn holding hands and on the same level. The hands of all family members are drawn, and this is also an important indicator of normal intra-family communication. True, dad keeps his hands in his pockets, which indicates his closed position in the family and some isolation in communication. All have clearly defined feet, which indicates the confidence in the positions of all family members. In general, the drawing turned out to be positive and well reflecting the psychological climate of the family.

Rice. 1. From left to right: cat, father, mother, sister, Veronica

Nikolay, 6 years old

Recently, Nikolai's mother has been very worried about the behavior of her son, who has stopped listening to her, often showing aggressiveness. In the drawing (Fig. 2), the boy depicted all members of his family separately, which means that the child does not feel mutual understanding and family warmth. The absence of ears in all family members only confirms this. Everyone lives and hears only himself, ignoring the opinions of others: ears are the "organ" of perception of criticism and any opinion of another person about himself.

Rice. 2. From left to right: brother, dad, mom, Nikolai

But dad, with a big head, wearing glasses, he portrayed as the biggest, thus emphasizing his leading role in the family. The head is the most important part of the body, and the most intelligent member of the family, according to the child, in the drawing will certainly be endowed with the largest head. Nikolay drew himself closer to his mother, but taller than her, and this indicates a confrontation in relations with her and an orientation towards himself. The eye is also attracted by the fact that Nikolai depicted himself with a sharply exaggerated hand. A similar image of the hand indicates a high need for communication and that this need is not satisfied. The two-year-old brother is drawn last and at a considerable distance from Nikolai. It is very likely that the appearance of a baby in the family changed the inner state of the boy. Often the older child in this case begins to feel weakened attention to him, gets scared, worried, worried, jealous. The clouds in the picture also reflect some trouble in the family and the boy's anxiety.

Exercise

To complete the test, you will need a piece of paper, a pencil, an eraser. Ask the test taker to draw an animal that has never been seen in nature. When the drawing is ready, ask the following questions: where does this animal live, what does it eat, what does it love most, what is it most afraid of?

Pencil pressure

Weak pressure - asthenia; passivity; sometimes depressed.
Strong pressure - emotional tension; rigidity; impulsiveness.
Super strong pressure (pencil tears paper) - conflict; hyperactivity; sometimes aggressiveness, acute excitement.

Line Features
Dashed lines represent anxiety as a personality trait.
Multiple lines - anxiety as a state at the time of the examination; stressful state; sometimes impulsive.
Sketchy lines - the desire to control your anxiety, to control yourself.
Missing lines that do not fall into the desired point - impulsiveness; organic brain damage.
Lines that have not been completed are asthenia, sometimes impulsiveness.
Distortion of the shape of the lines - an organic lesion of the brain; impulsiveness; sometimes mental illness.

Animal type

According to the typology of images of non-existent animals, the most common of them can be noted.

1. The subject depicts a real-life animal and calls it by its real name, and the description of its lifestyle is true. For example, a cat is drawn and the cat's lifestyle is described. Such an image can be considered the norm for a five-six-year-old child, but for adolescents and adults, this may indicate a low level of imagination.

2. An extinct animal is drawn that once existed, for example, a dinosaur, mammoth, etc.

3. An image is drawn of an animal that exists in culture, but does not exist in nature, for example, a dragon, a mermaid, etc. Drawings depicting extinct animals, as well as drawings depicting those that exist in culture, are the norm for children 8-9 years old. For adults, such a drawing of an animal indicates its low general cultural level and poverty of imagination.

4. A drawing of a non-existent animal is usually built from parts of different real animals: the body of a crocodile, the limbs of a monkey, the head of a hare, etc. In this case, such an animal may have, for example, the name Crocosai. Such an image of an animal is more characteristic of rationalists, and not of creative natures.

5. Sometimes the image of animals has a humanoid appearance. This indicates a strong need for communication, which is usually characteristic of adolescents - 13-17 years old.

6. The depicted animal consists of different mechanical parts. Such an animal is usually depicted by people with out of the box thinking and approach to life.

7. An intricate, complex and original image of an animal, the image of which has not a composite, but an integral structure, with a resemblance that is difficult to establish or not to be established with any real-life (existing) animal, is characteristic of a person with a well-developed, rich creative imagination.

Components of an animal

Eyes
Eyes absent - asthenia.
The eyes are empty, without pupils and irises - asthenia, fears.
Eyes with a blackened iris - fears.
Eyes with eyelashes - a demonstrative demeanor, the importance of opinions about oneself.
Eyes with traced blood vessels - hypochondria, a neurotic condition.
The shape of the eyes is distorted - a neurotic state.

Ears
Big ears - interest in information, in some cases suspicion, anxiety.
Lack of ears - isolation, unwillingness to make contact with others, to hear someone else's opinion.

Mouth
Mouth, ajar in combination with the tongue: without drawing lips - great speech activity, with drawing lips - sensuality.
Blackened open mouth - ease of fear and fear, in some cases distrust, anxiety.
Mouth with teeth or fangs - verbal aggression, in some cases defensive.

Head
The head, enlarged in size, is an assessment of the erudition of oneself and others.
The head is missing - impulsiveness, in some cases a mental illness.
Two or more heads - conflicting desires, internal conflict.
The shape of the head is distorted - an organic lesion of the brain, in some cases a mental illness.

Additional details on the head
Feathers - a tendency to embellishment and self-justification.
Horns - protection, aggression.
A mane, a kind of hairstyle - sensuality, in some cases, emphasizing one's gender.

Figure
Many components and elements - a powerful energy.
A small number of components and elements - energy savings, asthenia.
A figure consisting of sharp corners is aggressiveness. A circular figure - secrecy, isolation, closeness of one's inner world.

Additional details and parts of the figure
Scales, shell - the need for protection.
Spikes, needles - defensive aggression.
A body covered with thick hair is the significance of the sexual sphere.
The pattern on the skin is demonstrative.
Wounds, scars - a neurotic state.
Built-in mechanical parts - introversion, difficulties in communication.
Weapons cutting, piercing or chopping - aggressiveness.
Wings - romanticism, daydreaming, a tendency to compensatory fantasy.
Internal organs, blood vessels - hypochondria, neurotic condition, in some cases mental illness.
Genital organs, female breasts, udders - the high importance of the sexual sphere.

Tail
The tail turned to the right is the attitude towards one's actions and behavior.
The tail turned to the left is the attitude to one's thoughts, decisions.
The tail raised up is a positive, confident coloring for this relationship.
The tail, lowered down, is a negative color for relationships.
The tail is thick - the significance of the sexual sphere.
The tail is thick, covered with hair - a very high significance of the sexual sphere.
A beautiful tail, for example, a peacock, is demonstrative.

Legs
The absence of legs, their insufficient number - passivity or ineptitude in social relations.
Excessive number of legs - the need for support.
Thick, big legs - a feeling of lack of skill in social relations, the need for support.

The nature of the connection of the legs with the figure (body)
Drawn carefully - the ability to control their reasoning, conclusions, decisions.
Drawn carelessly, weakly or not at all connecting the legs with the figure - lack of control.

Lifestyle Description

Corresponds to the picture - logical thinking is developed.

Does not match the drawing - in some cases, a violation logical thinking.
With idealization and embellishment - a tendency to compensatory fantasizing.

The place where the animal lives

Abroad, islands, subtropics (Bali, Cyprus) - demonstrativeness.
Isolated (space, another planet, cave, well, forest, etc.) - a feeling of loneliness.
A place that is difficult to reach (impenetrable forest, dense thicket of trees, etc.) - the need for protection, in some cases fear of aggression.
Emotionally unpleasant (swamp, mud, dirt, etc.) - a neurotic state.

Nutrition

Does not feed on anything or feeds on air, news, energy - introversion.
Eats everything - impulsiveness.
Eats inedible things (nails, sticks, stones, etc.) - communication disorders.
Eats emotionally unpleasant food (mucus, dust, cockroaches, etc.) - a neurotic state.
It feeds on the blood and organs of living beings (stomach, brain, etc.) - neurotic aggression.
It feeds on people - negativism, aggressiveness.

Activities, games

Breaks something (fence, trees, etc.) - aggressiveness, negativism, in some cases mental illness.
Likes to sleep a lot - asthenic condition, accumulated fatigue.
He plays, walks, has fun - a projection of his desires.
Busy looking for food - a feeling of difficulties in life.
Does not like to sit idle - impulsiveness.
Walks upside down - a symbol of a violation of the established order, going beyond ordinary standards, or the desire for such.

Tatyana, 35 years old

Tatyana is a pretty, charming, slender woman. He looks after himself very much, dresses fashionably, does business, often goes on business trips to Moscow, Rostov and other cities; vacations abroad. Comes for consultations mainly on business issues, but main problem for her is the lack of love for her husband, with whom she has been living for more than 16 years. He dreams of breaking out of the vicious circle, but it does not work out. This is clearly seen in Tatyana's drawing (Fig. 3).

She named her animal the European glamorous Wingcat. The animal vaguely resembles the author of the drawing and displays her main problem - sexual. An excessively fluffy, thick and raised tail, as well as a chest densely covered with hair, speak, or rather, “shout” about the importance of the sexual sphere in a woman’s life and at the same time indicate trouble in this area. A completely blackened iris is an indicator of inner fear - a woman is afraid to imagine how her life could turn out without a husband, in general she is afraid of changes in life. The wings of the Wingcat are nothing more than Tatyana's protective fantasy: her escape from personal problems into a fantasy world she has created.

Rice. 3. European glamorous Wingcat

Here is how Tatyana describes the lifestyle of her non-existent animal:

The European glamorous Wingcat lives in Europe, exclusively glamorous places - Paris, Milan, Nice, but some individuals are found in Krasnodar, Moscow, Rostov. Prefers an idle and cheerful lifestyle. By nature, sociable, cheerful, friendly, but tamed with difficulty and very independent. Rarely breeds, chooses a pair meticulously, carefully and leisurely. Eats sweets and news, loves travel and new experiences.

This kind of fantasy desire - to escape to the "glamorous" lands and find freedom, eating "candy and news", also shows Tatiana's inner need to escape from reality.

Vadim, 50 years old

Vadim has been living with his wife for more than 25 years, but family life has not worked out, and now he increasingly has a desire to change her, starting to live independently, separately. However, circumstances do not allow this to be done. By nature, Vadim is a gentle person and therefore it is especially hard to endure aggressive behavior wives. It has great energy potential.

The animal was drawn by Vadim according to the original model (Fig. 4). It is generally devoid of organs that provide communication - ears, mouth - and has a completely closed figure, which indicates introversion and difficulties in communication. Vadim named his animal Amikarabos, providing it with many legs for movement and covering it with scales; all this is an indicator that Vadim has a great need for support, protection, and is afraid of aggression. In addition, the partially blackened scales indicate the author's low resistance to stress.

Fig.4. Amycrabos

Vadim's drawing is accompanied by the following story:

The animal is warm-blooded. The habitat is mixed: water and land. Lives in the tropics, subtropics. It feeds on plants and reproduces by division. The way of movement is impulse, energy.

The indication that the animal is warm-blooded speaks of Vadim's desire to have warmth, a family, and thus be like others. “The way of movement is impulsive, energetic” is evidence of the difficulties in Vadim's life, which he hides so carefully and which he has to spend a lot of energy to overcome (or resist).

Irina, 54 years old

A woman of short stature, with a friendly and sweet smile on her face. Has two higher education; the second, medical, received only a year ago. Now she does not know why she needs it and does not understand why she studied for so many years. At the same time, she firmly believes that her fate is "eternal learning." Her life is made up of a series of fateful actions and plans with which she wants to escape reality. In my opinion, this is a kind of program for saving one's own soul, just the case when we say: "Help yourself."

The fact is that, having lived with her husband for 27 years, Irina unexpectedly found out about the existence of his second family: being married to her, her husband lived in parallel with a young woman and children from him. Nevertheless, Irina was able to forgive him and continue to live with him. It was her choice, another thing is why such a situation took place. Let's try to understand the figure (Fig. 5).

If you look at this non-existent animal, then in appearance it seems to be quite cute, if it were not for the distorted shape of the head and the “hook hands” that look like bird legs.

Irina named her non-existent animal Mikhotron. In my opinion, the name resembles some kind of mechanism, and the drawing of the animal itself is an unusual mechanical bear. Most likely, Irina's life reminds her of life by inertia, similar to some kind of mechanism, far from the world of feelings and love. The limbs pointing towards the body indicate introversion, the claws indicate aggression, and the open mouth without teeth and tongue indicates the ease of creating fears and fears in her life. The irises of the eyes, partially blackened, only confirm the presence of fear in the author of the drawing.

Here is what Irina says about her Mikhotron:

The animal lives in the forest, reproduces by budding [very strange for an animal, isn't it?]. He loves porridge from acorns, which the dwarf cooks for him. Afraid of loud noises. Likes to play hide and seek.

Fig.5. Mikhotron

The story only confirms Irina's inner fear and anxiety about the future, indicates some nervousness and departure from reality, but, nevertheless, reveals to us the very real desires of a woman. For example, expectation of care and attention. Her animal "loves the acorn porridge that the dwarf cooks for him." The fact that Mikhotron is afraid of sharp noises speaks of Irina's fatigue and possible nervous exhaustion. According to Irina herself, she was tired of everything. But the fact that her Mikhotron loves to play hide-and-seek means, oddly enough, another game of Irina with fate: now she draws up documents for America for permanent residence there.

Dasha, 13 years old

The girl looks calm, shy and quiet.

The drawing (Fig. 6) is located at the bottom of the sheet, which indicates the girl's low self-esteem and her feelings. Multiple lines give out the alarm of an outwardly calm teenager. Three eyes are heavily blackened - an indicator of fear, sitting deep in the soul. Many legs, which are the supporting part of the animal, and the nature of their connection with the figure show that the girl is able to control her reasoning and actions.

Fig.6. three-eyes

Dasha describes the lifestyle of this animal as follows:

The three-eyes lives in South Africa. It usually feeds on fish, but when hungry, it can eat anything. He is very afraid of his rivals - sharks and whales. He loves to swim on the bottom and hates to sit around doing nothing.

He has no friends, as he is too kind (others do not like it).

Dasha's story clearly shows a depressive mood (“He has no friends, because he is too kind”), fear (“He is very afraid of his rivals”) and a strong need for emotional warmth (“Three-eyes lives in South Africa). In addition, one can assume an unfavorable environment (“He likes to swim on the bottom”). A child's story about an animal almost always reflects what actually happens to him in life, and knowing how important it is for a teenager to communicate with peers, one can now imagine how difficult Dasha's life is. The girl's drawing and story showed that she needed psychological help.

Psychological drawing test "My family"

The drawing test "My Family" can be used for children from the age of four or five. The main purpose of the test is to diagnose intra-family relationships. In psychological practice, this test is one of the most informative.

Very often, parents evaluate the atmosphere of family relations positively, while the child perceives it in a completely different way. In the "innocent" children's drawing, one can clearly see not only psychological condition child, unconscious or hidden problems, but also his attitude towards each family member and the perception of the family as a whole. Having learned how the child sees the family and his parents, you can effectively help him and try to correct the unfavorable climate in the family.

Exercise
Give your child a sheet of A4 size drawing paper, a simple pencil, and an eraser. Ask the child to draw a family, including himself, and also invite him - if he wants - to add other details to the drawing.

The instruction can be even simpler if you just say: "Draw your family." This option gives great freedom, and the drawing itself almost always reflects family relationships, as they are in the perception of the child.

When the drawing is completed, it is necessary to ask the child to identify the drawn figures, and note for himself the sequence in which the child drew them.

IMPORTANT!
You should not ask the child to draw a family immediately after family quarrels; control or suggest while drawing, as well as discuss with someone the result obtained with the child.

In addition to the order in which family members are depicted, it is important to note how hard the child presses the pencil when drawing one or another family member, what is the ratio of the size of the drawing to the size of the sheet, and also how long the child draws.

When interpreting the completed drawing of the family, parents and teachers must also take into account age features his child, the presence or absence of visual skills.

Drawing evaluation

It is best to start evaluating a drawing with test indicators.

Test scores
(indicators of psychomotor tone)

Pencil pressure

Weak pressure - low self-esteem, sometimes passivity; asthenia, sometimes depression.
Strong pressure - high self-esteem, sometimes impulsiveness, emotional tension.
Very strong pressure (pencil tears paper) - hyperactivity, aggressiveness.
Changeable pressure is an indicator of the emotional instability of the child.

Meaning of lines and hatching

Broad strokes or strokes, the scale of the image, the absence of preliminary sketches and drawings speak of the confidence and determination of the author of the drawing.
An unstable, blurred image containing many distinct intersecting lines indicates increased excitability and hyperactivity of the child.
Lines that have not been completed indicate impulsiveness, emotional instability.
Hatching that goes beyond the contours of the figure is an indicator of the emotional intensity of the child.

Pattern location

The location of the picture at the bottom of the sheet means low self-esteem. Accordingly, if the drawing is located at the top of the sheet, we can talk about high self-esteem.

Drawing interpretation

1. A minimum of details made in the drawing indicates the child's isolation, and an excessive number of details indicates his hidden anxiety.
2. The family member that causes the most anxiety in the child can be drawn either with a very thick line or a thin, trembling line.
3. The size of the depicted relative, animal or object indicates its significance for the child. For example, a dog or cat larger than its parents indicates that the relationship with the parents is in second place. If the father is much smaller than the mother, then the relationship with the mother is paramount for the child.
4. If the child drew himself small, nondescript, then he currently has low self-esteem; if your own image is large, you can talk about the child's self-confidence and the makings of a leader. A very small, helpless figurine of a child, placed surrounded by parents, may express the need to take care of him.
5. If the child did not draw one of the family members, this may mean a negative attitude towards this person and a complete lack of emotional contact with him.
6. The one whom the child drew closest to his own image is closest to him. If this is a person, then he is depicted holding hands with a figure corresponding to the child being tested.
7. In the mind of a child, the smartest person has the biggest head.
8. Large dilated eyes in a child's drawing are a sign of a request for help or concern about something. Eyes-points or slits the child draws to a person, in his opinion, independent and not asking for help.
9. A person drawn without ears is a symbol of the fact that he “does not hear” a child or no one in the family at all.
10. A person with an open large mouth is perceived by the child as a source of threat. The mouth-dash is usually endowed with a person who hides his feelings and is not able to influence others.
11. The more hands a person has, the more powerful he is in the eyes of a child. The more fingers on the hands, the stronger and more capable a person is for a child.
12. The legs, drawn as if hanging in the air, without support, belong to a person who, in the opinion of the child, does not have independent support in life.
13. The absence of arms and legs in a person often indicates a reduced level of intellectual development, and the absence of only legs indicates low self-esteem.
14. Least significant character usually placed aside from everyone and has a fuzzy outline of the figure, sometimes erased with an eraser after starting to draw.

The picture speaks of the well-being of the child

1. If the child is happy to draw a family.
2. If the figures are shown in proportion: the relative height of parents and children is respected, according to their age.
3. If the child portrays all family members without exception.
4. If light or minimal shading is applied.
5. If all the figures are located on the same level, they are depicted holding hands (some variations are possible in the same sense).
6. If, when coloring a picture, a child chooses bright, saturated colors.

Drawing reflects red flags in relationships

The family is a small model of the world in which the younger generation learns to interact with others. Quite often, educators and psychologists working with children pay attention to the fact that babies may experience inconvenience in relations with their relatives, and mom and dad - the closest people - do not notice or do not want to notice. To clearly show adults that there are tense moments in the life of their cell of society, the “Family Drawing” test will help.

The essence of the test "Family Drawing"

The idea of ​​creating a projective test to determine relationships within a family is not new. IN different time it arose in the works of prominent domestic and foreign psychologists - V. Hules, A.I. Zakharov, L. Korman and others. During the test, the child will have to portray his relatives, so he will need the ability to hold the tool in his hands and connect the lines in the drawing. These skills come to children at different times. The approximate period when you can start diagnosing is the age of 4 years (+/-1 year).

The objectives of the test are:

• definition characteristic features relationships within the family;
• identifying the baby's value judgments about their loved ones;
• assessment of the role of the subject in the family;
• identification of the moments that cause anxiety of the child.

The task of the experimenter is to look at a specific unit of society through the eyes of its small member.

The French writer Henre Maurois said: “Adults too often live next to the world of children without trying to understand it. And the child, meanwhile, closely observes the world of his parents; he tries to comprehend and appreciate it.”

Psychologists recommend throughout preschool and junior school age repeat the test 1 time in 6 months, and in the future - 1 time per year (up to grade 11). Such periodicity will allow timely detection and elimination of possible intra-family conflicts.

You can learn more about the relationships within the child's family by simply inviting him to complete a simple drawing.

Research procedure

Before starting the test, the adult must make sure that everything necessary is prepared:

• sheet A4;
• colored pencils (blue, red, green, brown, yellow, black);
• eraser.

Some interpretations of the diagnosis do not involve the use of colored pencils. However, the interpretation of the shades chosen by the subject is an important aspect of the analysis. An eraser is also, according to some scholars, optional. Meanwhile, ideally, the experimenter should record in a protocol that has free form how often the baby uses the gum. In order not to turn the test into drawing “I will wipe until it’s perfect”, you do not need to focus the child’s attention on this accessory. It is enough to put on the side, but in plain sight.

Conducting a study is possible both in an individual form (which is desirable) and in a group, but in order to concentrate the attention of the subjects, there should not be more than five of them.

It is allowed to conduct the test in a group form, but it is not recommended

Instructions for organizing diagnostics:

1. The subject is given a sheet placed horizontally, with the words: “Here is a sheet of paper, please draw your family. You can use colored pencils."
2. The child starts the test, and the adult, minding his own business, watches him.
3. After the drawing is completed, invite the kid to sign the characters so that it is clear who is who. If the subject does not know how to do this, ask him for permission to make the inscriptions with his own hand.
4. Then you should ask the child questions:

• Who did you draw?
• Who didn't you draw and why?
• Where did you draw the family?
• What is everyone in the picture doing?
• What mood are you in here: are you fun or bored?
• Who is the funniest, saddest, happiest person in the picture? Why?
• Who do you like the most? Why?
• How are children punished for disobedience or bad behavior in the drawn family?
• How do you feel in the picture? What would you like to change to feel better?

If, based on the answers to the questions, it is difficult to come to an accurate conclusion regarding family relations, then it is worth offering the child 6 problem situations, 3 of which reveal the subject’s negative feelings about the family, and 3 others are positive:

1. Imagine that you have two tickets to the circus. Who would you invite?
2. Imagine that your whole family is going to visit, but one of them is sick and, therefore, must stay at home. Who will it be?
3. You collect a puzzle (make crafts, sculpt from plasticine), and not everything works out for you. Who will you ask to help you?
4. Imagine that the ship you were traveling on landed on a deserted island. Who would you like to live with there?
5. You were given board game, the whole family gathered to play, but one turns out to be superfluous. Who will not participate?
6. Which family member can be left at home if one movie ticket is missing?

It is important to remember some of the nuances of drawing diagnostics:

• It is not necessary to conduct a test when the baby is overexcited or feels unwell. Otherwise, the data obtained will not be objective.
• It is not necessary to decipher who is meant by the family. If the kid starts to fill up with questions from the category “And to draw a grandmother / aunt / uncle?”, Just repeat that you need to draw a family.
• Do not direct the “artist”, even if you notice that he forgot to draw ears for someone, and, for example, completely lost sight of his grandmother.
• Don't make assumptions. After the image is ready, you should not puzzle the child with questions from the series: “Who is this, uncle?”
• Do not insist if the subject does not express a particular desire to talk.
• Don't discuss test results in front of your baby.

Result interpretation

For a more complete understanding of the situation, the experimenter needs to consider:

• the time spent on the whole drawing and on the image of each character (for example, the kid drew mom for 10 minutes, dad for 3 minutes);
• image order (whom the child presented first, second, last);
• breaks in work for more than 15 seconds with an indication of the reason (for example, if the subject thought about who to portray next);
• what lines or details the child erased;
• any comments in the course of work;
• emotions that arise in the process of drawing (for example, the kid portrayed his grandmother with a smile, his brother - frowning, and so on).

Psychomotor indicators

The more the baby presses on the pencil, the higher his self-esteem. If the tool breaks through the paper, then this indicates that the child is hyperactive, perhaps often showing aggression.

The sweeping strokes, the scale of the drawing itself indicate that the author is very resolute in his actions, confident in himself. If the contours are blurred, and the lines intersect, then the baby suffers from increased excitability. However, when thin or thick lines are used only in the image of an individual family member, this indicates the excitement that the child feels for this person. Not brought to the end and going beyond the contours - an indicator of the psycho-emotional stress of the subject.

The higher the plot of the picture is located, the higher the status the child ascribes to himself.

Image characteristics

Color

The brighter the picture, the more favorable the real situation in the child's family

The brighter and lighter the gamma, the higher the vitality of the baby, the more optimistic he looks at life. If the child portrayed himself with a predominance of one color and then repeated the same shade in someone else, then the subject considers this person an authority for himself.

Psychologists say that the predominance of red indicates the psychological discomfort that the baby experiences in the family. If the test person has completely refused coloring, then he is likely to experience severe anxiety and problems with self-esteem. Perhaps in the family the child is infringed or even humiliated.

Size, order and location

The larger the size of the character, the more significant its prototype is for the subject. For example, if a pet is the same size as the parents, then relationships with relatives are less important for the baby than caring for a cat or dog.

The ratio of the sizes of family members is analyzed according to the same principle: if the mother is larger than the father, then the baby considers her more significant in his life. The image of himself speaks of how a full member of the cell of society the baby considers himself. If he is represented by a small figure somewhere on the side, then the “artist” assigns himself the place of a helpless “attachment” to his parents. When a child places his own image between adult relatives, this signals that the baby needs care and protection, but this is an absolutely natural need, therefore such an arrangement is considered the norm.

Sometimes the subject does not draw himself at all, but only depicts his parents (and / or other family members). In this case, it makes sense to say that the child suffers not only from a lack of attention, but also, possibly, from physical abuse. Such situations require the analysis of a specialist in child psychology. It also happens that the subject draws only himself, without other family members. This usually happens if the baby is brought up by one parent and there are no other relatives in his environment, or when mom and dad are not at all interested in the life of the child and are rarely at home.

If the child drew himself first, then, most likely, he is pampered in the family, his whole life is built around him. If the last, after pets and signatures, as if he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten himself, this means that the subject does not feel like a stranger. It is considered normal when a baby first portrays his parents, then himself, and then other relatives: grandmother, grandfather, aunt, and so on.

closest and native person the tested person draws closest to himself (usually these figures hold the child by the hand). Conversely, the harder it is for him to find mutual language with someone, the further the character will be from the author. Completely “forgotten” relatives, whose images are absent, are those for whom the child feels negative or does not feel any emotional connection with them.

Body parts

The image with the largest head is the smartest member of the family, according to the child. Large eyes indicate that a person has problems, he asks for help. At the same time, independent and calm relatives will be depicted with slit eyes. “Forgotten” ears are a sign that this person does not understand the child at all, does not hear. An open mouth is an indicator of a hidden threat for the baby, but a small line instead of lips is a symbol of the character's isolation.

Huge hands, combined with a large number of fingers, indicate that the person is perceived by the test subject as powerful and capable. If the figure does not stand on its feet, then the baby does not consider it an authority. Sometimes children do not draw either arms or legs - this indicates problems in intellectual development. If the “artist” depicted himself without limbs, then this indicates that the child is experiencing increased anxiety and does not want to make any decisions, seeks to find support in loved ones or completely remove himself from responsibility. This is a serious signal for parents, which may be associated with overprotection, which in the future will lead to the infantilism of an already adult person and the inability to build relationships on an equal footing with other members of society.

Details

When children draw animals, brothers and sisters that do not actually exist, this can be interpreted as a reflection of the desires of the subject

If the family is depicted against the backdrop of the sun, then the baby lacks family warmth. For the same reason, children pretend to be dolls or pets (especially if they are not actually in the house). Clouds and clouds are signs of a child's negative emotions. The presence of household and office equipment in the drawing indicates that these items (for example, a TV, computer) are more important for a child.

When, instead of people, a child draws only a house, this means that he does not want to be in a family, the test person feels uncomfortable in it. If the kid portrays fictional characters on a par with real ones, then this indicates that the subject seeks to compensate for close friendships that he does not have in the family by communicating with non-existent heroes.

The place in which the family is drawn is usually symbolic for the child: the street on which he walks, the house in the village where the baby is regularly brought to his grandmother, and so on.

Usually the busiest children draw their mother - this is the embodiment of what the baby sees every day. Therefore, if dad comes home from work and lies down on the sofa, you should not expect the child to portray him next to him or in the process of work.

File: Sample transcript

“Family Drawing” is an informative diagnostic of the relationship between a child and his relatives, the results of which should be corrected only by a psychologist. After the end of testing, it will not be superfluous to talk with parents and the test subject himself in order to help restore a positive psychological atmosphere in the family.

Gayane Yeribekyan
Psychological test for preschoolers "My family"

Children are interested in testing. For them, tests are a new kind of exciting game. While the child is fascinated by this game, the psychologist spends his research work aimed at exploring the inner world of the baby. What interests him, pleases or upsets him? What is the reason for the fears? How developed is his imagination? Is he alone in the family circle?

(http://psytags.ru/http_psytags_ru_sbornik_psihologicheskih_testov/- diagnostic, entertaining and educational tests for children)

Test "My family"

To find out how the child feels about his next of kin, offer him an album sheet, a set of colored pencils and set the theme for the picture “My family”

When the baby is doing the task, you should not be around. Let the child be liberated

If you know that the day before the child witnessed a conflict in the family, postpone the test. If the kid has questions about what and how he should draw, this means that his idea of ​​​​the concept of "family" is not fully formed. To prevent such issues, it is necessary to conduct a conversation on this topic in advance.

When the drawing is ready, you should definitely discuss it with the baby so that he shares his thoughts that will help you better understand his ideas about the family.

Work on the transcript of the test

Are all images in place?

When interpreting the test, it should be remembered that there is nothing superfluous in a child's drawing. Every stroke matters here (image position, pencil pressure, color, etc.). The absence of an image of any family member in the picture does not mean that the baby has forgotten about him. He subconsciously displaces this person. If the child has not portrayed himself, this may mean that either he considers himself unnecessary in the family, or vice versa, he wants to show that he lives well without family members.

About image size

Here the analytical algorithm is simple. Significant characters for the child are portrayed by him in a more large sizes. Perhaps you will see giants in the picture - brothers and sisters and midgets - parents. This means that at the moment parents are given a secondary role.

Complementing the drawing with "strangers"

Often, a child's drawing contains images of fictional characters or even technology (friends, neighbors, fairy tale characters, cars). This fact indicates a child's lack of communication and emotional support in the family, so he tries to fill this gap outside the home

Above or below

Images of characters the kid can mark in different parts drawing. Paying attention to the position of the depicted image, you will determine who the baby considers the “master” in the house, that is, who in the family is endowed with more power

Distance between characters

This important nuance- evidence of psychological distance between family members. How closer friend images of characters are located from each other, the stronger the mutual understanding between them

It's me

The kid depicted himself in the corner of the picture - it means that he has low self-esteem. The giant occupying all the space in the middle of the picture will tell you that the child has a good opinion of himself. Although most preschool children have an overestimated self-esteem, since they are "princes and princesses" in the family, with age, children's egocentrism and a touch of "chosenness" are erased.

Anxious dig

The drawing contains a character depicted with great pressure, outlined or shaded. This is evidence of the presence of anxiety in the baby. Anxiety can be caused by unconscious attitudes on the part of adults. Weak, timid lines and strokes can also indicate a feeling of fear and anxiety in a baby.

Favorite pets

Did the kid picture his four-legged friend next to him? Of course, because in him the child sees the closest and “native” being who disinterestedly loves him, never scolds and does not make any demands.

character head

By portraying a big-headed character, the kid wants to tell that he considers him the smartest member of the family. Pay attention to the eyes - a reflection of the psycho-emotional state of the owner. Big eyes symbolize fear, expectation of help and support, the need for an affectionate relationship. Eyes depicted as slits or dots indicate depression, insecurity, a ban on the expression of emotions.

Mouth contours A large, open, shaded mouth indicates pronounced aggression, dissatisfaction, resentment. The image of the mouth in the form of a dash, a dot, or its absence is a sign of a taboo imposed on the expression of emotions. The behavior of such a person is characterized by lack of initiative and weak will.

Ear picture The owner of big ears will always reckon with the opinions of others. This is the most accommodating character. If the child under study has large ears, this may reflect his susceptibility to the world around him. Often big size ears indicates the alarming alert behavior of the baby, the ears for him are the leading information channel, through which a variety of information about himself and the world around him arrives

Is the neck drawn?

The neck is considered the link between the senses and the mind. If the child depicted this part of the body, then this indicates that the character has common sense, practical mind and strong will. In the absence of a neck in the image, one can assume the uncontrolled emotional temper of the hero

About hands

They are considered guides in the world of goals and relationships. Hands allow us to realize our goals and capabilities, talents and abilities. It is important to pay attention to the fingers. Their presence indicates that a person is confident in himself and in his possibilities of manifestation in the world around him. By the image of the fingers on the left hand, one can judge the ties within the family, on right hand- outside the family. Owners big hands distinguished by breadth of views, courage and power

Our support is our feet

If a character has strong legs and large feet, then he enjoys great family support. The thin image of the legs indicates inner uncertainty and fear of the unknown. Legs are a symbol of the possibility of movement, life changes, the opening of new spaces.

Eyes can tell a lot about a person if you look carefully into them. Parents should look into the eyes of the child more often. And not in order to urgently seek the truth from him, but with deep attention and love. When communicating with a child, strive to establish a relationship not between a parent and a child, but an equal relationship according to the “child-child” scheme. When your "inner child" manages to establish a connection with the baby, you will be able to understand and explain the nature of the child's consciousness.

Summary: Projective test - drawing technique My family. Psychological analysis family relationships for children's drawing families. Instructions for the methodology. Testing and interpretation of the result of the "Family Drawing" methodology

In order for you to look deeper into the soul of your child and understand how he lives, what he breathes, what he thinks about, what he dreams about while in the family, if you do not have the opportunity to consult with the right specialist, spend with him one of the adapted us, especially for parents of options - a variant of the drawing technique "My family", which reveals intra-family interpersonal relationships.

Give your child a sheet of paper and a set of colored pencils (black, blue, brown, red, yellow, green). Since this test is adapted for parents and a specialist will not evaluate it, a set of pencils may contain not 6 colors, but much more.

Have your child draw a picture of your family. After that, do something, pretending that you are not up to the drawing. Let the child feel at least the illusion of freedom. Your gaze involuntarily makes the son or daughter "weigh" everything in the picture in favor of you. Let the drawing child be alone with himself. Nevertheless, "working", you need to imperceptibly for the child to observe how he draws, what he draws, where he draws.

After finishing drawing, clarify some details with leading questions. Then analyze the data of the drawing test according to the scheme below. And if you learn how to correctly interpret these data, you will be able not only to identify the nuances, but also their shades, the whole gamut of feelings experienced by the child in his family. Everything that your child carefully hides, everything that he hides somewhere in the depths and is not able to tell you aloud, everything that “boils” and “boils” in him, everything that torments and worries him daily, suddenly, unexpectedly, like a genie from a bottle, it "bursts" out and freezes with a "dumb cry" on paper. And, freezing, silently screaming, he begs you for help. And this "cry" should be heard by each of the parents. After all, it would hardly occur to us, parents, that very often we are the culprits of all the troubles of the child.

Analyzing the drawing, it is necessary to pay attention to a number of details: the sequence of the task, the plot of the drawing, how the family members are located, how the family members are grouped, the degree of proximity and the degree of their remoteness from each other, the location of the child among them, whom the child begins to draw the family, on whom he finishes, whom he "forgot" to depict, whom he "added", who is taller and who is shorter, who is dressed like, who is drawn with a contour, who is drawn to the details, to the color scheme, etc.

Let us dwell on some features of the analysis of the figure.

1. The sequence of the task. As a rule, after receiving the installation, the child immediately begins to draw all family members and only then the details that complement the drawing. If, for some unknown reason, an artist suddenly focuses his attention on anything but his family, "forgetting" to draw his relatives and himself, or draws people after depicting secondary objects and objects, you need to think about why he does this and what lies behind all this. What is the reason for his indifference to his loved ones? Why does he delay the time of depicting them? Most often, the "casket" is opened by leading questions and clarifying shades of family relationships, and other methods. As a rule, the absence of family members in the drawing or the delay in their depiction is one of the symptoms of the child's mental discomfort in the family and a sign of conflicting family relationships in which the artist is also involved.

2. The plot of the picture. Most of the time, the plot is very simple. The child depicts his family in the form of a group photo, in which all family members are present or someone is not. All those present are on the ground, stand on the floor or, for some reason, having lost their support, hang in the air. Sometimes in the picture, in addition to people, flowers bloom, grass turns green, bushes and trees grow. Some children place their loved ones in their own home among furniture and familiar things. It is not uncommon for someone to be at home, and someone on the street. In addition to the frozen-monumental group portraits, there are also drawings in which all family members are busy with business and, of course, the most important thing is the child. These drawings are usually overflowing with expression and dynamism.

As mentioned above, sometimes children simply refuse to draw or confine themselves to some, especially seemingly abstract plot, where there is no family (see Fig. 1 below). But this is only at first glance. Drawing of a family "without a family" - a child's cry of protest and the distress signal given by him in this way - SOS. In the drawing we propose, a ten-year-old girl, jealous of her relatives for the younger children in the family, hid all family members in a house behind thick walls. She placed herself, like Carlson, somewhere on the roof (a detailed interpretation of the figure will be given below). When your child draws a "no family" family, drop the chores and solve the charade. Think - why? Build bridges. Otherwise, you may "miss" something significant in your child and lose the "key" to him.

If a child’s drawing of a family is associated with something pleasant, with warm, tender memories, it illuminates all family members or one of them with a bright sun - a symbol of affection, kindness and love. If there are dark clouds over the group portrait of the family or it is pouring rain, then most likely this is due to the discomfort of the child.

3. The order of the family members. Usually the first child depicts either the most beloved family member, or, in his opinion, the most significant and authoritative in the house. If the child considers himself the most significant, he, without hiding this, draws his figure first. The sequence of arrangement of other family members and their serial numbers indicate the attitude of the child towards them, or rather, their role in the family in the eyes of the child or their attitude, in the opinion of the painter, towards him. The higher the serial number of the depicted family member, the lower his authority with the child. Usually the most recent relative drawn has the lowest authority. Therefore, if a child intuitively feels rejected and unnecessary by his parents, then he portrays himself after everyone else.

4. Sizes of figures of family members. The more authoritative in the eyes of the child is the member of the family portrayed by him, the higher his figure and the greater the size. Quite often, young children do not even have enough paper to accommodate the entire figure completely, entirely. With a low authority of a relative, the size of his figure, as a rule, is much less than the real one in comparison with the rest of the family members. Therefore, neglected and rejected children usually portray themselves as barely noticeable, undersized, tiny little boys with a finger or Thumbelina (see Fig. 2 below), emphasizing with all this their uselessness and insignificance. In contrast to the "rejected" idols of the family do not spare space for depicting their figures, drawing themselves on a par with mom or dad and even above them (see Figure 3 below).

5. The amount of space and its dimensions between the image of individual family members indicate either their emotional disunity or their emotional closeness. The farther the figures are located from each other, the greater their emotional disunity, as a rule, reflecting a conflict situation in the family. In some of the drawings, children emphasize the sense of disunity of loved ones by including in the free space between family members some extraneous objects that further divide people. To reduce disunity, the child often fills in the gaps, in his opinion, with things and objects that unite close relatives, or draws among family members unfamiliar faces.

With emotional closeness, all relatives in the family are drawn almost close to each other and are practically not separated. The closer the child portrays himself in relation to any member of the family, the higher his degree of attachment to this relative. The further a child is from a family member, the less his attachment to that member. When a child considers himself rejected, he is separated by a significant space from others.

6. The location of the child in the figure - a source of important information about his position in the family. When he is in the center, between mom and dad, or draws himself first in head of the family, this means that he feels himself needed and necessary in the house. As a rule, the child places himself next to the one to whom he is most attached. If we see in the figure that the child depicted himself after all his brothers and sisters, away from his parents, then this is most often just a sign of his jealousy for other children living in the family, in relation to his beloved mother or father, and maybe both together , and, distancing himself from everyone else, the artist tells us that he considers himself superfluous and unnecessary in the house.

7. When a child for some reason "forgets" to suddenly draw himself , look for a good reason in your family relationships. They are usually not quite exemplary and, obviously, painful for the child. The child's image of a family without himself is a signal of conflict between him and someone in your house or the whole family as a whole, and in this regard, the child does not have a sense of community with other people close to him. With his drawing in this way, the artist expresses his reaction of protest against the rejection of him in the family. Intuitively guessing that he has been rejected by you for a long time, that you have almost “forgotten” him, taking care of others in the family, the child “revenges” you on paper, not realizing that by refusing to draw himself, he betrays his secrets, involuntarily splashing out the bubbling in him discomfort.

8. When a child for some reason "forgets" to suddenly draw one of the parents or other real members of his family, then, most likely, none other than the "forgotten" relative of the child is the source of his discomfort, worries and torment. Deliberately "forgetting" to include such a loved one in his family, the child, as it were, shows us the way out of the conflict situation and to defuse the negative family atmosphere. Quite often, in this way, the artist “eliminates” competitors, trying to extinguish, even for a moment, the jealousy that boils in him for other children or for parents of his own sex. The child "revenges" especially stubbornly and does not draw on paper that family member who constantly suppresses and humiliates him in the house. Therefore, usually the question: "Where is this family member?" - the child, continuing to "revenge" him, responds with solid fables, absurdities and absurdities, such as the fact that this relative takes out the trash, washes the floor, stands in the corner .. In short, in this way the child, albeit naively, but dreams of taking revenge , at least mentally humiliating a loved one who constantly humiliates him really every day.

9. When a child for some reason "complements" his family non-existent relatives or strangers, then by doing this he tries to fill the vacuum in the feelings that were not received in the family, or use them instead of a buffer that softens the feeling of his inferiority in the circle of relatives. Often, children fill this vacuum with those individuals who, in their opinion, are able to establish close contacts with them and enable them to somehow satisfy their needs for communication. Therefore, the child, "modeling" the composition of his family, involuntarily offers us its improved, improved and chosen option by him, and not by anyone else.

In addition to strangers, the artist often "complements" his family with the animal world: we see birds, animals, but most of all devotees and necessary to a person cats and dogs. And if in these "additions" there is no identification with a real member of the child's family, and if cats and dogs ... are simply fictional, the artist does not actually have them, but he dreams that they would be and replace his relatives and friends, then it means that the child yearns to be needed by someone. From birth, he needs to be loved and that he, in return, also loved someone passionately. And if you did not satisfy him with your love, then he intuitively looks for love on the side. Therefore, think more seriously about the purpose for which your child, who seems to be not deprived of anything, stubbornly stamps the ghosts of cats and dogs that do not exist and do not live in the house, which even you did not promise him to get. Think seriously. And regard this as a symptom that tells you about the lack of necessary communication and the lack of tenderness and affection that your child feels. Think about it: are you to blame for this deficit?

10. When for some reason a child draws only himself instead of a family , "forgetting" to draw everyone else, this most often indicates that he does not feel like a full-fledged member of his family and feels that there is simply not enough space for him in it.

Quite often, in the drawings of oneself, the rejection of the child by family members can be seen through the emotional background and gloomy colors. The loneliness of a rejected person at an age when children are still not able to do without their parents is a formidable sign of an unfavorable situation in the family for your child. Sometimes the artist, when depicting a family, specifically singles out only one himself in order to emphasize his significance for the rest. This is most often done by family idols or children who do not hide their egocentrism. Such a child differs from those rejected by involuntary self-admiration, which is usually seen in the coloring and detailing of clothing or in secondary background objects that create a festive mood.

11. For a more detailed analysis, examine in detail how the child draws faces and other parts of the body. The drawing of the head is especially informative. When you see that the author for some reason skips parts of the face known to him in the drawing or generally depicts a face "without a face", that is, in addition to face contour, there is nothing on it (no eyes, no mouth, no nose ...), then this is most often an expression of the artist’s protest against the family member depicted by him in this way, because of which the child, obviously, is constantly overwhelmed with negative emotions.

When an artist depicts his face in this way, a face without eyes, without a mouth, without a nose, then this is a sign of his alienation in the family and a violation of communication with many people.

When only one eye is visible in the drawing from all parts of the face, then most likely the child informs you that this family member is watching and watching him all the time, not allowing any of his misdeeds, childish pranks and pampering. And this relative "I see everything" is the source of most conflict situations for the child. A drawing of a close "I hear everything" can be similar, in which the author is absorbed in the image of ears that exceed the size of Cheburashka's ears. When a child singles out only the mouth from all parts, then, most likely, the "owner of the mouth", like a press, puts pressure on the artist, "educating" him with endless notations, moralizing within the framework of his own morality, and cultivates fear in him.

When you see that in the drawing the artist focuses most of all on the head and thoroughly draws all parts of the face, preferring the face to everything else, then, most obviously, the child shows you once again how significant the closest relative depicted by him in this way is significant for him. And if your child portrays himself this way, then this is just admiring himself or one of the signs that indicates how seriously he is concerned about his appearance. Often, in this way, the artist brightens up his own physical "defect". And if a girl draws her face like this, then most often she simply imitates her mother, who, because of coquetry, constantly tints her lips, powders her nose, and smoothes her hair before her eyes.

In addition to the head, drawn hands can also give you great information. When their length immediately catches the eye, then most likely they belong to one of the close family members of the child who is aggressive towards him. The author sometimes depicts such a relative without arms at all, trying, at least symbolically, but to extinguish aggression.

When we see the child himself armless in the picture, then, most likely, in this way the artist wants to inform us that he is completely powerless and does not have the right to vote in the family.

When a child in a drawing emphasizes the length of not strangers, but his own hands or draws them raised up, then by this he shows his aggressiveness or his desire to be aggressive in order to somehow establish himself in the family.

12. The color scheme of the picture - a kind of indicator of the palette of feelings radiated by a child when remembering loved ones whom he portrays. Features and nuances of children's emotional attitude to individual members of their family or to the whole family as a whole, the romance of their attachments and carefully concealed dislike, doubts, anxieties and hopes seem to be "coded" in the color that each character is decorated with. And you, the parents, need to find the cipher to the code in order to come to the rescue in time, generously stretching out your whole hand, desperately clutching at a thin straw, for one reason or another, drooping under the pressure of hard everyday life and everyday troubles, your child.

As a rule, everything that is loved and liked by the child is drawn by him in warm, affectionate colors. Children, without realizing it themselves, "stick out" their affection and romantic feelings for one of those present in the picture, with a bright, juicy color that involuntarily attracts your gaze. Usually, the one that the child likes is dressed up by him in a special festive outfit, which in its coloring resembles a rainbow or the clothes of a fairy-tale princess who had a dream in a magical dream.

And even if your child does not use the whole gamut of colors available to him, he still, wishing it or not, but singles out at least one extraordinary stroke that catches your eye of his beloved relative among all the others.

Mothers are especially beautiful. Children express their love for them by designing for them such models of fantastic clothes, the patents for which, probably, fashion magazines would buy from them. In addition to dresses, skirts, blouses, where there are ruffles, embroideries, frills, many mothers have earrings in their ears, beads on their necks and hairpins in their hair. Almost all mothers are in fashionable shoes and with unusual hairstyles. And if you look at the color of their hair, then most often you will say: this does not happen - since when the hair is orange, yellow and even blue. This does not happen in life, but it happens in a drawing when a child is in a flood of tender feelings that spill out in this way.

Beloved dads also have something to wear. And very often their outfits are practically not inferior to their mother's. The child also brightly dresses up all other relatives who are not indifferent to him, drawing the smallest details of their clothes. When a child in the family is happy, he is also festively dressed up and radiates warm tones.

The cold tones depicted by the child are like red at a traffic light signaling "stop". Stop for a minute. Consider what this means. Ask yourself mentally: "Why?"

Cold tones, as a rule, are witnesses of a conflict relationship between a child and a member of his family drawn by him with these tones. The black color is especially informative, the usual black color, most often carrying information about the child's emotional rejection of the relative in the picture whom he depicted to them. And this rejection can be overt or covert. About a clear rejection, in addition to color, a number of details will tell you. You will have to guess about the hidden, unraveling the labyrinths of the child's feelings. And if, for some reason, a relative whom the child loves is suddenly painted in black, then, most likely, in this way, the person who draws involuntarily spills onto paper everything that secretly worries, excites, torments him in relation to the member of his family depicted by him. And no matter how in these cases the artist tries to assure you that he painted from memory, almost from life, and his father really has a favorite shirt - “black”, and his mother also prefers “black” to all colors, and her sister really braids are "black", you need to carefully check and understand the reason for his "realism". Especially when in the same picture other relatives are fabulously dressed and their hair is fabulously painted.

As a rule, the reason for realism is that, adoring mom or dad, the child, no matter how much he wants, but cannot and is not able to come to terms with the fact that dad drinks, rowdy, is a source of scandals, and mom, busy with endless affairs, does not notice the devoted love of the child. The sister is just jealous. And suddenly she gets more tenderness and affection ...

A signal of distress and trouble for your child can also be contour drawing to them individual members of his family or the family as a whole, even when the artist depicts the contours in different colors, and not with a simple pencil.

So, analyzing the features of the interpretation of the picture "My Family", you seemed to recognize your child again and realized that your child is a person, albeit still small, unintelligent, but a person looking at the world with his own clear eyes, having his own special angle of view on life . And this angle of view should be known to you. Otherwise, it will suddenly turn out that you and your child see everything differently and with different eyes and often speak different languages. And in order for your language to be the same, you need to know its symbolism for your child, at least in the picture.

Let's look again at what means, details, nuances the artist tells you about his role in his own family and about the relationships that have developed in it between other family members.

1. emotional attachment child to one of the parents, as a rule, is depicted so that the child is close to this parent or next to him. The amount of space between them is minimal. Often their hands are stretched out to each other, emphasizing the complete agreement between the parent and the child who adores him. Almost always, the artist tries to draw the beloved parent as one of the first in the drawing. The figure of this parent is usually taller than all other figures, or at least exceeds the height of the child, thereby, as it were, giving the young artist a kind of security that is understandable to him alone, necessary for life. To make the parent look even more impressive, children often place him on a pedestal specially invented by them. The parent, adored by the child, is not only carefully depicted by him, but also dressed up in the most magical outfits, which, in terms of brightness of colors, are much brighter than the brightest clothes of the artist. There are times when the outfit of the artist and the best mom in the world or the most beautiful dad in the world are identical. During the period of the first romantic love for parents, girls usually draw themselves next to their dads, and boys - closer to their mothers. During the period of the child's imitation of the parents of the same sex, this pattern changes and the girls are already close to their mothers, and the boys are close to their fathers. Moreover, the parent, adored by the child, is not drawn with contours and strokes, but emerges literally to the details.

When for some reason a child, suddenly drawing himself next to his adored parent, involuntarily leaves an empty gap between this "row", then, most likely, this gap is a reflection of an invisible barrier between the two loving people. Most often, this barrier is the character traits of the parent, pushing the child away from himself and forcing the young artist to keep a certain distance, like on a leash, when communicating with the parent.

The child usually expresses his dissatisfaction in black or at least one gloomy stroke. Take a look at the drawing of a teenage girl (see figure 4 below). Here, the black color of the adored dad's trousers testifies to the child's worries about the fact that dad began to drink alcohol.

When the affection of the child is mutual, he is happy, reaching all the peaks of bliss.

When a child's love is unrequited, it is an unsmoldering source of mental discomfort for a young artist. Therefore, analyzing the drawing and "figuring out" who the child needs the most, you try to take a step towards him. Let him feel how necessary he is.

2. Rejection of the child in the family (emotional rejection). When a child feels superfluous and unnecessary, outcast in his family, he either simply does not want and does not want to draw his family, or draws it, forgetting to draw himself. In some cases, the artist places his small and nondescript figure away from everyone, thus emphasizing his loneliness among relatives. Quite often, between a distant child and members of his family, there are some unnecessary objects that increase the disunity of the drawn people. Often, children suddenly fill an empty gap with those relatives who do not exist, or who really exist, but are very distant. The role of a buffer is also often played by cats and dogs.

When a child feels superfluous and unnecessary in his family, his figure is the smallest, his clothes are gloomy and inconspicuous. Such a child often simply depicts himself with contours and strokes, without dwelling on the details, drawing himself at the end of the plot. In those cases when a child, in spite of everything, is nevertheless attached to one of the parents or to both at once, he paints them in warm tones, not stinting on gentle colors. And these warm tones, in contrast to the cold tones that the artist depicts, are witnesses to the abyss that has already formed or has begun to form between the child and his family.

In figure 5 (see below), a six-year-old girl, offended by the coldness of her parents and considering herself unnecessary to them, drew them festively and beautifully, deliberately "forgetting" to draw herself next to them. At the request of the experimenter, she then nevertheless finished drawing her figure, depicting it with a contour and a black pencil, reducing the actual size. Then, after thinking for a moment, she suddenly brightened herself with joy and drew grass. And all of her appearance in the picture now he was saying to everyone: look, look how small I am. I still need to be loved. And if the parents do not understand this, let at least the sun replace them.

As a rule, rejected children usually "forget" to draw a member of their family who, in their opinion, rejects them.

3. Conflict situation in the family. It is known that the younger and more sensitive the child, the more often he considers himself the culprit of conflicts in his family, regarding them as retribution for pampering, disobedience and children's sins. The child, feeling guilty, is rejected in his own eyes, so his drawings almost always resemble similar drawings with emotional rejection of children in the family. Most often, the artist "forgets" to draw that of the relatives, because of whom, as he believes, the conflict arose. And if, nevertheless, the child draws that person, in order to draw attention to him, he depicts him above or below everyone standing nearby, in cold, mournful colors. Often, in a conflict situation in a family, all relatives are drawn only with contours, and their disunity is visible in the fact that they are all separated from each other by unnecessary objects, empty gaps, as if they do not exist all together, but each with himself.

When a child suddenly “forgets” to draw himself during conflicts, then by doing this he seems to punish himself. When a child, unexpectedly for you, depicts himself next to those relatives for whom he does not have warm feelings, then in this way he most often wants to reduce, neutralize, and maybe completely hush up the conflict.

4. Jealousy towards one of the parents in the family. When a child feels jealousy for one of the parents, he tries to disguise it by suddenly “forgetting” to draw the “unnecessary” parent or, drawing him, pushes him into the background by all means. As a rule, the "interfering" parent is much shorter than everyone else, nondescript and sloppy dressed. Often a child has the patience only to depict him at least with contours. The “interfering” parent in the figure is most often “inactive”, while the beloved is busy with a common task with the child.

5. Jealousy for brothers and sisters. The harder it is for a child to cope with a sudden feeling of rivalry towards other children in the family, the more clearly he betrays this feeling, despite the disguise. Usually the younger one is jealous of the older one, and the older one is jealous of the younger child in the house. But the hardest thing is for the average: his love for his parents is shared with him by two at once - both the youngest and the oldest. It is even more difficult for little jealous people in large families. Often a brother is jealous of mom and dad for his sister, a sister is jealous of her brother. In short, in any family with several children, there is always a soil on which jealousy grows. And you, parents, must remember this in order to uproot even its first sprouts.

Usually the child who is jealous is drawn close to the parents or close to them. Often a drawing begins with this child in order to draw your attention to the "pet"; a jealous person or carefully, literally to the details, outlines his entire figure, increasing his height and dressing him up in flashy clothes, once again emphasizing how the “darling” lives well in the family, or, forgetting about all the precautions and “cracking down” on his “tormentor” "at least on paper, depicts him with contours in mourning colors to make it clear to you how the "favorite" is unpleasant to the artist himself. If jealousy is so strong that your child is unable to cope with himself, he inadvertently suddenly "forgets" to include his brother, then his sister, or both at once, in his family circle, although he remembers their existence in the house. There is another option .. To attract the attention of parents, a jealous person, carefully drawing brothers and sisters, leaves no room for himself in the drawing or depicts his fragile figure away from everyone, emphasizing that he is superfluous.

If there are several children in your family and one of them during the test in the drawing only depicts brothers and sisters next to you, “forgetting” to draw himself, or draws himself away from everyone, think about what is the reason for the young artist’s discomfort and is it your fault.

6. Incomplete family. Probably a particularly severe injury in childhood is the divorce of the parents. The child simply does not understand how his beloved dad (most often dad leaves) or mom, without whom it is generally impossible to live, can leave home, and for a long time, forever. And somewhere in the depths of his soul, considering himself the culprit of the events, he wants and dreams of returning the past, placing everything in the old, former, places so convenient for him.

In addition, the child wants to hide the conflict from outsiders, especially when you are not conducting the drawing test. Therefore, usually all family members are present in the figure, even if they are already former. Moreover, the parent who does not live in the house is portrayed last, after lengthy reflections, pauses, nibbling pencils. The child, like Hamlet, has to make a choice: "to be or not to be"... draw... or not worth it... And if the choice is made to draw anyway, the missing family member is drawn as if he is real and very often even bears many resemblances to the artist himself. Often such a member of the family is depicted as a vague outline, and between him and everyone else there are various objects, pets, neighbors, relatives and friends or friendly strangers - the phenomena of the magical dreams of a child, in short, all those who can soften the fate of the young artist.

When the child is already getting used to and in his own way resigns himself to the fact that he has an incomplete family, he draws everything as it really is. And in order to show us once again that he doesn’t care, he compensates for the absence of a parent with some other important things for him. this moment details for him. As a rule, an incomplete family depicted by a child almost always has a buffer zone in the picture, a zone of hope, a zone of conjecture and dreams of the child, therefore, at any moment, an incomplete family can turn into a complete one.

7. only child very often draws himself between mom and dad. When there are no conflicts in the family, he is the main link in the unification of parents. The smaller the distance between the child and the parents, the closer the members of the whole family are to each other, the stronger the kindred feelings that bind them. When not all is well in the family or during a period of romantic love for parents, the family idyll in the form of a triad - mom, your child, dad or dad, your child, mom - collapses. And in the drawing of a young artist, the sequence of arrangement of all family members can have many options. And in a chronic conflict situation, with a pronounced lack of communication in the family, the child, like an alien, is looking for new contacts outside the family and "complements" his family with those who have never lived in their house, but with whom he can Hard time take your soul away. More often only child, talking about the family, depicts the type of parenting.

Recognition of types of education by drawings

Here are examples of the most common variants of drawings of various types of parenting.

1. Family idol. With this type of upbringing, the child most often begins to draw a family from the image of himself, and his figure is in the center of a sheet of paper. Parents are a little further away, admiring him. The size of their figures is lower or on a par with the size of the figure of their idol. The artist distinguishes himself with bright outfits; a crown often flaunts on his head. And little girl idols almost always identify with young princesses. The outfit of the parents is much more prosaic and serves as a gray background for comparison. Against this background, the idol looks like a holiday among everyday life (see Fig. 3 below).

2. Hyper-care. The child begins to draw a family from the one who takes care of him the most. Then he draws himself next to him. Usually overprotective children are close to mom and dad, or at least hold their hands tightly. Rather, mom and dad themselves hold the child’s hands tightly. When the child in the picture does something, the parents admire him, not taking his admiring glance off him. With this type of upbringing, the child is shorter than the parents, only sometimes being on a par with them. His clothes are very similar in color to the outfit of mom or dad, and sometimes both at once: he does not strive, like an idol, to be a holiday against the backdrop of everyday life, knowing full well that overprotection for him is a kind Chinese Wall, inspiring once again self-confidence.

3. Hypoprotection. With this type of upbringing, the child most often expresses his attitude to what is happening various options drawings. It is not uncommon for him, carefully portraying his entire family, to suddenly “forget” to draw himself among everyone. And to the questions: "Where are you?", "Why did you forget?" - comes up with the most ordinary versions that justify his absence at the moment: "In kindergarten"," I'm walking in the yard, "" The teacher detained me at school.

The polar version of this option is when for some reason the child prefers to draw only himself out of all family members, while claiming that no one is at home: the parents went to the cinema, to visit someone, did not come home from work...

When a child nevertheless draws his family completely, he once again emphasizes the disunity of its members with large gaps of space between them, involuntarily suggesting that each family member here exists only on his own, he does not care about others, especially about the young artist. Drawing completely his family, the child places himself away from everyone, rather apart and lonely. And this creates the illusion of his simultaneous presence-absence among others.

Quite often, in hypo-custody, children depict themselves only with contours. Their figures are much lower than the figures of others, even when these "others" are actually lower than the young artist. As a rule, a drawing with hypo-custody contains both cold and warm tones, their different nuances and shades. When an artist, in spite of this method of education, idolizes his parents, he does not spare them the most. bright colors. The child, even dressing up, does not see himself dressed festively. In his outfits there is sure to be at least one detail, but painted in cold colors, and of all these tones, black predominates.

4. Neglect. Neglected children most often refuse to draw. They just don't know what a family is. After much thought, succumbing to persuasion, agreeing to participate in the test, the child draws himself in the form of a small, tiny person in a huge space. All alone, a man who can be viewed under a microscope, dressed in clothes of cold tones. The mourning color of these tones is like his soul, turned inside out, overflowing with loneliness. Hopelessness and uselessness emanates from this soul.

5. Cinderella parenting. With this type of upbringing, the child begins to draw a family, usually from that brother or from that sister, to whom or to whom he is opposed in the house. Parents are drawn behind a brother or sister, and the artist himself leaves a place for himself somewhere far away from everyone or does not leave it at all, emphasizing that he is superfluous and unnecessary in his own family. Everything in the picture is focused on the child's opponent. His figure is taller than the drawing one, more monumental, more significant. He is either in the center, surrounded by relatives, or he is the first among all. He is admired, admired ... especially when he does something (see Fig. 6 below). And even if "Cinderella" does some tasks a hundred times better than him, parents do not attach much importance to "her" tasks. With this type of upbringing, the child does not know how and is not able to hide his undermining jealousy. Therefore, the drawing is full of cold tones. And, taking revenge on an opponent, the artist often dresses him up more prosaically and more casually than himself, often making it difficult for you to analyze and interpret this drawing.

6. "Hedgehog gloves". With this type of upbringing, it is very difficult for a child to draw a family as a whole. Fearing one of the parents or both at once, he wants to "neutralize" his fear, at least on paper. Therefore, usually in the picture there is not exactly one of the members of his entire family who holds him in these "mittens". On the other hand, the child surrounds himself with any relatives other than his parents, and even distant acquaintances, in short, those people who, at least to some extent, are able, even if only temporarily, to mitigate his fate by reducing the degree of discomfort. When a child in a drawing has to portray his parents, then usually he does not leave room for himself in his plot, in any case, he does not reveal the true reason.

With this type of upbringing, the size of the figure in the child in the figure is much lower than the size of the figures of his parents, and not just lower, but deliberately underestimated.

As a rule, the member of the family who holds the young artist in "hedgehogs" is depicted by him with an unusually large mouth, most often open, or with huge clawed hands.

When a child with this type of upbringing by parents is literally brought to white heat and is so afraid of them that although he wants to, he does not dare to "forget" to draw a "tormentor", then he draws him most often without any mouth at all or without hands at all, so that at least in such a naive way to reduce the fear that captivated him.

As a rule, the drawing is filled with cold tones. All warm tones belong only to those who give affection and feel sorry for the young artist, at least a drop making his life easier.

7. Education on the type of increased moral responsibility. At first glance, it usually seems that all the drawings of such children are just one of many copies of a typical overprotective drawing. But this is only at first glance. In fact, with increased responsibility, the artist, just like with hyper-custody, dreams of showing himself to us in a light favorable to him, either doing something, or doing something, in order to pay at least part of our attention to this.

However, without realizing it, as a rule, the child highlights in such drawings all the nuances and shades of parental upbringing in the family. And if, with hyperprotection, parents are really unable to take their admiring gaze away from the actions of a young artist, with this type of upbringing, their gaze is not at all admiring, rather evaluative and even slightly biased. And the color scheme in the picture is very different. However, more often than not, the family member who laid the foundation for increased responsibility in the child is colored by him much colder than others. At least, there is always at least one dark stroke on it, most likely black - a kind of indicator of the child's true relationship to the member of his family depicted by him. A simple, ordinary indicator that breaks all the masks.

Take a look at Figure 7 (below). You see a kind of arbitration court. The trial of a child who brought home a three for the first time. The eyes of the parents, like the muzzles of pistols, are ready to shoot at one target. And this target is a first-grader, huddled in an armchair, dreaming of merging with him, disappearing, dissolving in him, so as not to see this furious look of his parents. Look-torture and look-punishment. A look that speaks more than words. The plot is saturated in black. All people look like blacks. And only a vase with bright flowers on the table and a flashing "fire" of the carpet give us some hope. The child will cope someday, a little later, with the heavy mission of increased responsibility suddenly assigned to him. He will endure, he will endure, he will win.

8. Education "in the cult of the disease." And in the figure, a cult is always a cult, whatever it may be. Even though it's just a disease cult. With this type of upbringing, the drawing seems to be permeated with an all-consuming egocentrism. The child rules over everything. And you involuntarily concentrate your attention on his figure. Like an idol or as with hyper-custody - a child in such a picture is most often in the center. Around him are those who constantly look after him in the house. Usually this is a mother or grandmother. The share of other family members is rarely left on paper. Quite often, even in the drawing, children depict how they are sick, and next to them are those who take care of them every day and night, or rather, constantly. But no matter how sad such a plot sometimes seems to us, the "sick" prefers to paint it with warm colors.

9. Education on the type of "crown prince". "Crown Princes" are the first to draw things. The world of materialism surrounds them from all sides literally from birth, the world of materialism, and not the world of people. Then the "crown prince" usually depicts himself in the drawing, playing with these things. He rarely remembers his parents. Much more often, he places his friends next to him, who are able to share loneliness with him, playing with his little "crown prince" with his overseas, priceless toys. It is not uncommon for "crown princes" to "replace" a drawing own family drawing of a room with things..

10. Contradictory upbringing. This type of upbringing is quite difficult to capture in one picture. The child most often "groups" individual family members into small groups. He places himself next to those to whom he is most attached. And those of the relatives who "interferes" with him are usually placed at a distance. It is not uncommon for an artist to draw his grandparents in the form of a "buffer" even when they are no longer alive.

11. Changing parenting patterns (see figure 1 below). The drawing most often reveals the reason for the change in the type of upbringing of the child, and not the type itself, the type that actually does not exist.

When a newborn appears in the family, the former idol usually "forgets" to draw him among his relatives or, depicting the baby next to his parents, leaves no room for himself. When dad leaves the house forever, the child continues to draw him in the family for a long time, as if nothing had happened, often even starting his drawing with his father. He probably just remembers the good and beautiful past, which he would like to return and make it present again.

Modification of the drawing technique "My family" - "The family I want"

So, you have taken only the first steps in diagnosing intra-family relations using such a simple and so universal test at the same time as "My Family". However, in order to look even deeper into the child's soul, you can also use our version of this test, modifying it into the "Family I Want" method.

To do this, after your child finishes drawing his family, turn the sheet of paper over to the other side and give him a new task: let him draw another family with the same pencils, but not the twin family, but the one that he would like to have, otherwise saying - "The family that I want."

"The family I want"... With your task, you managed to unwittingly press the levers of the child's fantasy, remove the brakes, lift the veil of his secrets, seeing what is hidden even for a child. And if the first of the drawings is most often something like a lock, which is not always possible to open because of the cipher, then the second drawing is the key to the castle, the code to the cipher. The second drawing is a positive after the retoucher worked with the negative of the first drawing. The second drawing is the "entrance" to the desired, the "entrance" to the "Beautiful Far Away", which your child would not mind having now. You will not find in the second picture even a hint of the silhouettes of the future husband or future wife artist. You will not find his future children in the second drawing. The child is just you are not yet able to portray yourself.

"The family I want" he represents only in the present. "Beautiful Away" is desirable for him today. And in order for it to become obvious, it is only necessary to remove the obstacles that hinder the path a little. And he easily "eliminates" them on paper, "neutralizing" them with his own methods. Therefore, usually in the picture "The Family I Want" someone from the child's true family often "disappears" or dubious relatives appear, about which few people knew. The artist either "shortens" or "lengthens" his family, producing in it only a replacement and a change of scenery that he understands. When there is no visible replacement, then usually in the second picture the sequence of the arrangement of the figures of the child's parents, as well as his brothers and sisters, is different and differs much from the one we saw during the "My Family" sample. As a rule, almost all relatives for some reason change places. And if suddenly the artist's father held him in "hedgehogs" and because of this he was the first in the drawing "My Family", then the second test arranges everything as it should. Therefore, when a child decides to new family"leave" even such a dad, then he draws him away from everyone and after everyone.

That relative, whom the child for some reason "forgets" to portray in "The Family I Want", as a rule, is the source of his discomfort, the cause of all experiences and hardships. And, having "excluded" him independently from the members of his own family and thus accomplished his "judgment", the artist, as it were, suggests to us a way out of this situation and "hints" how to carry it out.

Take a look at the picture former idol(see fig. 8). In "My Family" (see Fig. 1), the child only portrayed himself. But in "The Family I Want" he seems to be restoring the past. And dad and mom are next to him again, and not as before, behind closed door. Indeed, "My Family" is indeed often a locked door. But "The Family I Want" is a gate wide open for others. And now the outcast child (see Fig. 2) dreams of a holiday to unite the family in which he himself would be like a holiday (see Fig. 9) And the one whom the father held in "hedgehogs" takes everyone except dad for walk, accidentally "forgetting" to call his father with him (see Fig. 10), and sends his older sister on urgent, urgent and important matters for her, in order to finally be alone with her beloved mother.

Oh, if only the fairy tale came true! Oh, if reality suddenly turned into a fairy tale! And the sun would always shine on the family. And everyone could not live without each other (see Fig. 11). I want a family soaked in the sun. I want a family like the sun. I want HOPE, FAITH and LOVE to always live in my family!

Probably, you have convinced yourself that most often the “masks” from the analysis of the picture “My Family” are “teared off” only by the picture “The Family I Want”. And if you suddenly had to limit yourself to one drawing, you would doubt your own guesses. Therefore, when it suddenly becomes difficult to decode the "My Family" drawing sample, use its "The Family I Want" version of it.

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