Who picks and apple from a tree... seriously?

     The person picking an apple from a tree assessment is used as a way of identifying patholigical tendencies. The formal elements of art therapy scale (FEATS) is used as a rating system for this assessment. It simply asks for the client to draw a person picking an apple from a tree, and the rest is fair game.

     One day I was drawing with a little girl and she asked me what she should draw. Of course, I told her to draw a person picking an apple from the tree (her parents were totally okay with it). 

This rendering shows that she had a clever way of getting the apple. It fell on her. There is an absence of a ground line; however, the page line could be considered the ground line. The girl was only 7, thus she is right on track as far as her artistic development. It could be inferred from her drawing that perhaps she does not have to work hard for what she is given, since the apple comes to her. Her parents and grandparents spoil her- she really doesn't have to work hard for what she is given (her parents totally agree!)