In addition to being spontaneous creators who express their emotional world, our children are also beginners seeking to learn how to draw. How can we help them? The teaching method of negotiating design, presented in book form for the first time to the Greek audience, is an innovative approach friendly to non-artist educators.

It introduces children to the convention of realistic representation, a necessary communication tool in contemporary visual culture. It requires careful observation and critical thinking, skills that are important in many fields of knowledge.

It teaches children to reflect and make decisions while drawing, gaining confidence and satisfaction. It fosters creativity on a collaborative basis against established views where creativity is seen as an individual pursuit.

It reveals unprecedented potential design and representational abilities of our children. In this book, readers can find examples of negotiating design lessons, an appendix analyzing numerous children's designs that have been exposed to this practice, as well as the theoretical basis and application method highlighting its innovative character within the context of school education.