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possibilities in the task.

5. Self-directness: Forartistically gifted children, schoolis not the only place to purse theirinterests. They are highly self-motivated and have the drive towork on their own. They often

prefer art activity to other formsof entertainment.

6. Possible Inconsistency withCreative Behavior: Artistically

gifted children may have oppositecharacteristics of those weassociate with creativity ingeneral. For example, risk takingis frequently cited as a hallmarkof the creative person. Becausegifted students have invested agreat deal of themselves indeveloping mastery in a certainidiom, they are unwilling or

unable to experiment in newareas.

7. Art as Escape: Gifted studentsmay use art as a retreat fromresponsibilities that they finddifficult or non-gratifying.

8. Fluency of Idea andExpression: Visual and

conceptual fluency is perhaps themost significant characteristic ofall since it lies closest to thebehavior of the trained artist.Visually fluent children may havemore ideas than they have timeto depict. Their memory bankshold more and what is notrecalled can be invented.

9. Calculating Capacity: Giftedchildren, from upper elementary

dimensional space. This is due tothe way they use their memoriesand because their imaginationssupply them with more ideas.

5. Sensitivity to Art Media:Gifted

students immerse themselves forhours in practice which producesmastery of any medium used.They may become quickly boredwith packaged colors and combinethem to achieve desired effects.

Mastery of media permits a moredeveloped, more elegant, product.

6. Random Improvisation: Giftedchildren often doodle, that is, theyimprovise with the effects of lines,shapes and patterns and appearto be conscious of negative areasor spaces between the lines. Art

functions as an extendedconversation between form andimagination. The gifted childthinks through his artwork andcreates his own meanings throughhis ability to invent, depict anddescribe.

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school age on, have what HowardGardner inArtful Scribblesdescribes as a superior ability toutilize past information in newcontexts.