Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to study the artistic expression through finger painting of third grade kindergarteners based on Rhoda Kelloggʼs theory concerning the stage of finger painting development ; considered follow structure, content and coloring , and human figure drawing. Subjects were 30 third grade kindergarteners of Bansaingam Kindergarten under Office of Private Education Commission in 2001 academic year. The average of the children's age was 5 years 7 months. The research instruments were : 1 ) Equipment and the finger painting instruments 2) The instruction for finger painting 3) A set of criteria for analysis based on Rhoda Kelloggʼs theory were: 3.1) analysis of finger painting development 3.2) analysis of human drawing . 4) The interviewing form 5) The observation form The results finding were that most children finger paintings followed Rhoda Kellogg's theory which concluded by this following: 1) All children expressed their finger paintings as the level of "Pictorial stage" which adult could understand what they wanted to express in their paintings. The children usually draw man, animal, and tree, For the structure and content of their paintings were "Pictorials". The way of coloring, the children used many colors, the colors were very clear not mix up like mud. 2) When the children drew man in their finger painting, it was found that the most body part they drew were head, face, and legs. In their finished finger painting, it was found that most finger paintings of man was incomplete of body part, some part of body was disappear. Furthermore, it was found that most children used their palm for spreading color on the paper and used only one finger for making or drawing picture. Most favorite colors they used were pink and they liked to decorate their picture more without requirment.