Over a period of seven months, Zenia learns to draw and paint. At 15 months, she begins by deliberately placing marks on pre-printed objects in a catalog. Notice that Zenia does not work to fill in the negative space around the objects but rather, places her marks in relation to the existing objects, as if noting their location. At 17 months, watch how she makes similarly deliberate marks while painting on blank paper. Zenia moves around the page, making marks seemingly with a sense of how her newly placed marks relate to those she previously made. Her actions may show that she is developing an early understanding of composition and perhaps pattern. At 19 months, Zenia engages in self-talk and pauses to examine her marks. Both suggest she is thinking about and perhaps evaluating her painting. At 22 months, study how Zenia varies that force with which she uses the brush to apply paint to the paper. Alternately, she shifts from a forceful slapping motion, to broader sweeping brushstrokes. Zenia may be thinking about her marks as representations of movement. Again, she pauses to look at her painting as if studying the differently shaped marks.