rs

t,NI I'RCIDUCTTON
are relatively known to se.rve o" o tool of
expression of ,ur inner
.browings
silvr'.s. Nul only thoi drowing reveal.but.qlso il f,orms o solid
representoti6n of our totol
. orrr.l poterrfiul personolity: Although ortists before considered
their inner expressive vision, thei' art rs. not nec"ssorif ; ,o"ls;;#;;;;
rir.i"
world but rothcr the expression of their subjective ";r,rt,. il;"; of the
,"rponr" t;, oil personor
interoction with, their perceived reollty. 1b put
this in psychoiogicrl termsj thl person
"octively ond spontoneously structures
unstruciured rnateriols, ind in ;ri;; ,"r*t,
the. principles of his psychologicol structure., ".o
Projective drowings, bosicolly o nonverbol
technigue,
of grcatcr relqtive oppricobirity not olrr to. young ;iil;;, have lhe obvious odvanfoge
cducoted child. The rnenrory defecri:".
but to the more poorry
th; ;;,8;; speoking, rhe mute, rhe
poinfulty shy or withdrawn child, the child
with o pr"aoii*nrly .on.."te oriento?ioh ond
the child from o'relatively borren nnd underpriviteqed
socio- culturol hockqnound who
freguently ris wrccked of fe.elilgs of incderjun
ry ionrornimq his cnpncity f$n verhoi
expression

II EACK6RUOND
H.i€tery
Dr' John N'.Buck.devel6ped the.House-Tree-Person (HTp)
due to a frqstrotion
cortcerning o nine-yeor-old qirlot virgjnio colony l{ospitol in 1937. He wos tryinq
' persucde the girl to onswer grrruiicrns brqqlie"n
fo
"orn. As his lasl i-cso.t. he
oskerJhe' ro drow sornerhins,wfuich r$f[ *i;;i;";,""1r"..{fr"ed.
.;p;*;.;;,i.'r*,' rhe sirr
dr*w seve'rol syrnbols qndanswer.edrthe',rltixtinns,p*"toi#g
+o her -orr'without further I
hesitation. Dr. Buck then discovarla. inat t.

*itnarown:,ii,t;a.r. @_tg._r€vggl r,ore t

on.l p.odr." .rl*ront

use of venbol qrrestieningr- 6ffirou9h@he {,
. It.
The HTp drowing device is a.personority
toor thot urqs on outcropping of I
.t,
inteiligent scsres. ft grew out of on inreriigen.*
timc wa-schrer come our wilh his intenieei."
,.oru
"p""
;*-,.i;;; ffi;;,
ot thot "i
obs*virE rhe frooding of drowirgs wit[ ".or". ilil,, ;;;il;;l#"1ip".i"n.u I
i'
non*intetlecidr, ["r=r.ifi;;f;;=.;,^sorvoged T.

fhe HTp test frorn .his other in-teltect-tapping i

sdbteiir,, gna developed it into fhe I
i"
productive. projective fechnigrre.s it has, fv nt*, t"..;;;:"'"' I
I

rtr. ruRPOSE
I
I

The House-Tree-Persol T::t provides

the psychiatrists and psychorriognosticion
o systcmatic procedure with
whichhe/sh,e.nn n.qr," r,gnili.nt
o Persons rePressed.,on{rnlih.itgd-seu, inforrnotio, i,ncerning
I g!_ruud;-o'oi, *or,r"r, his chui,ncteristic
tt tsIigns, d'ftnt,'rtrechon6t utl["a, r,ir ;;ffi
r;t,ry .and rhe ;ntilocro,l7 his
pdrsomlitffieitherprogno.sficollyordi,agnosticollytobeInobetter
posifion to cvoluote one's persoylity
I dynornics. This test con orso serye
measuring sorre dcaree of intelligence os o means of
bosed on the otiher ond overall
figures drawn. rnokeup of the

rv. usEs
l. For Diffe.rentiol Diognosis .i
o To oppr<rise one's personoliry
in terms
:

,f dynn@icssuch- o.ffa motive. systenr conflict.s, i;,

j''
'i
ir
repressed ond inhibited serf
, feols;,and ari-;;;, .:-,**.in,r,copinq r^echanism ,.,
., : ,

::, l ,&
I
 *
''g vI

t:'' rrrrrthering
.' '- :tj' iniarrrtion aboutq
+reahncr* s9f3ecf,s Ptogr@ rdrile un*rrroi,g
Z for lhqqar*ic.did
o
o n".ensrirrie*onridios,r(r,s+,cion
c Iii+H",:T#;l'.1,nT:l"ffJi"::ff
insieht o,
r,*f
;*f^:i:;f$::3:I '',*,
-^o deereosins deeperinrerprercrioyr
df r,s
V. POSTULATES

' fi:xl';:i :i::::&lffl?ffi,"1l,Hil:.T,[r*llrij.,r:

tiP-1.(^6 .}a .l--... r
.nd pers.n .re
^

2 The F{TP meosure( in+-tri^___-

(dcrdis). the stondpoinr iof erementor imf,ormorion
"o"ilTnr::l1ll',i'ffi0*iT
.,fi:,ili,*.;|H:*fl,##,.11.1.1..,,,T,ffi.ffi
3' Ecrch dJ*wrry h",
av"' Jg;nr#nm;il
orouse orr,.. .,r11',1ffiffi?Jrdiryftusr1).
house, ossociotion |us ossociotions
oun.""nif il; tho& of +h*
hs,re.,*;#1,?[,fiTJi:;#ff
[,,fi ,ffi
";:,:k::'# ***f_*nl,*ffi,
,4. ii: ffi':##"Tfm: H",;Lffi
,'{ny ernofion :'
exhihi+,,.1;;";-"11
senernt rn earh iio**
'#""*'{,::i;61ru;' r'lffi;
Iryr,,ffi iTffi
b1e* srr.rggesfed o,
tr,.'i*fr"ur
posses$ituls 'l[mf
he sees
T,#; #ffiTifl
-
5
<en feels *r,u,,il ** r*r,

iii:[:'#,;*rrjti::;,il3;]i[: ?#,ilil,;r l t.,"*,,",. *" ..**

By overtly exhibirir
derait ,";;;;;f;:r.#.inrrnediofety be,,ot e, auring r. after
! a
drawrrrs a Eive,n

a
il Ir#f #:ff :ijflT1. ff l"J :: s e-rTrren t io r o r irevia n t e qv.i oo,
t r o m th
u
returnirs o:
a
affi il:#JnT}.:t'on, 1l
to the a"toir .roslins
".
o, ."r*r"r,,
a ,;'fl:#:'frrhedcta,-;p;';;';;"."" foshion,,
o
comnunt concerning
Wr:;:k o whote or any'ort or ports
rhereof.
,
a By presarti* r r"l:llrr detail-complex
t a By orniftine otrooerher in,cornpfefelv
I
(. a "r;;.-;;;" 5" _,*, cssenfiof detnits.
5

I
r
6. dfrffi;, .::tt'#ffHc,,*ne?rr", "ri,p", ,, v,hoteon o porr o? o,ty
* absorute
;
L
i7. ilfl:ffi;# H#{ii]|,if#;fi:f;;fl "6c1nine
rhe c,,tojss+,g

fiJhil*];iffi fi.,1fi1[m *,x*l;: e

I qh trrF o
t i
c onrp re t e knowt
ed11 e

t it,,.rni;on"ili',T:1Hlff?ff;l:1,||f ;b.ffi e. ontyiu*ter,,r is

cons,d ere,r in
I i

.-:*'

F
 O=
's,
o
Ihe s6ject's rcaction lo the of colors in ihe chrotmtic
Lr
9. use phose is on etrcience of
;hc s$jecfs tolcronce, conlrol ond rcaction to odditioml ernotions ihst the stirruli
aroused.
Comparison betwedn ihe guontitotive oncl the quolitative cnolysis of the qchrormtk
snd the chromatic phoses of drowings gives insights os to the dqree of pe,wanenr*
und rnagni?ude of his attiludes, emoiions, rnoilvcs, drives, el.c.
"the
11. drowing phose of the HTP represents pe.rsorurlity charocteristics as llw.y ore in
the offective proce.s ond not in the percrptuol procefs.
l?. The ochrotltotic-chrotnotic House-Tree-Person test is considered os a rninioture;
longitudinol study since it demonds that ihe subject at two different periods
pcrform essentiolly the some grophic ond verbol fosks.

vr. UNDERL}ryNG PRII'I,CIPLEs

HOU.5E
The house, os o dwelling ploce, hos heen founrJ toliorousb'within flae subject
ossociations concerning home life ond introfarniliol nelntionshibr.
. "''
TREE
The drowing of a lree oPPeors to ref lect the subJect's relotively deeper ond
more uncoRscious feelirys about_blO$ry, whereos the drowrt persoh becomes tlre vehicle
ftr conv+rr9l[;bj*tt .l*"r-to-conscio,!r viqJy of ,himi"ff *a hffigtnrioorhip to
his environment. rn this rmnner, the JifrieJ-conii;cts ona'a"i"nr;r *y
b";isigned to
-iEvZliin the hierorchy of the subject's personolity structure.
*ij;
With regord to the theme, the drowing oi o person tends to elicit
principolly lhree typas: o sclf poryryit wherein o subject, draws o represenlotion of
hinsclf or hcrself; u ifu@17 or sornstimes colled thii,gg_lA*twherein the person
drows on idcal fignra fo;Tfr ot lmst to his/her ,9o, onJ'';frpi.tion of one's perception
of significont ot*as (siblirys, porents, etc.) who may hove o positive or o negotiva
vulence on thz srrbjcct.
YhKLll

Vft. ADilII\trSTRATION. ','''

| ...... 1 ,,,r
A. ,lilTERrALs
. HTP droriry forrns (short coupon bonds)
. #l lead pancils of differe.nt points with enose"r
r 3€t of crryons not less then 8 colors (red, orong e,yellow, green,bluqviolet, brown)
r obscrvotion/scorirgfolder
o post interrogotim folder
i''
'i i:
,a
iii1,
,,.
,t
I
,
B. PROCEDURE
Thc procedure below is the' mobt widely accepled Ln,i most
J;
.1 :
comrronly used in
ft,, odministering the Housc-Tree-person Test. i
t,
The HTP is c lwo-phased, four step clinicol opprooch fb a meaningful
li..t-
t:'). totol persffiffT[iliTh#irshilieu., I - -"' ---" '- ,i onalysis, of the
t

I
1
A
F==
 j
'v o
]. .;t'i;q4ry4[!g We
.:.-.
L/
r" : Lrr'c :;evzrof #l pencils with poinl:; oi &i i"..;'o.;tr dqru.r-.; of sl:{rrrnirss r.ei tyru
,;ubjecr irove the option to select fhe type o{. trxiint he unnts.
i)rcsen? lo lhe .subiect the form sher,-f .rui1h ttre lonqer oxis.of the pr4r,.r plocerl
,irorizontolly with fhe wor<J house of the +op.
Nofe: the first ihing to wotch for is fhe oduol.occeplonce of the fonrm poge
the subject. He rnny immedictely show some. signm of negotivistic tenflenci?s fV, srf,
fu
frrning sidewoys.
3. Then osk him to drow o house.
Note: the instructions you hove to make must be olmost completely uns,tructured.
/qt exomple is given below. r .

The exominer tnight soy: 'fwonf you to drow me o good house os you com. you coy,r
draw ony kind you like; you can toke time os lonq os you like. You con e.rose rrs
much os
you umnt it won't be token ogoinst you. Just draw me o good house as you
con.,
lhtc: Drowing tools ore not ollowed, ff ihe subject insist in using drgwing oids,
exploin to him thot the drowing musf be free hond. Tell him not to *o..y
obout it
becouse this is not o lest'of his obility to dr,rw. You moy hove to thot
mrrmry time.s l
l

porticulorly to elderly individuals who protest rother bitterly, "f cern't drow, .t. .l
?

nm not on 'l
orlist. They didn't tcach me this when I went lo school. Etc..." Answer the. protest I
i

with,'ihot is alright, you will be surprised with #rot you con do., l'
i
I

4. Afler he indicotes thot he hos fanished, present to the subject onother fonm sheet
with the longer oxis phced verlically with lhe word tree on top.. Ask him rio drow n
tree.
5. on onother seporote sheet with the longer oxis ploced verticolly and witfrr tllre worcj
person on top, osk hirn to dnor o person.
t'lotc: You have to'oncnd )ow instrucfions for illiterqte persons ond for children.
The exomirrer cott soy somthiry like: "r wunt you to dr:oiar, rne o mort,
*o*n ,g" o child
whichcver you likc-' tloke m attempt lo stnuctrrrcr the inqtruct-noog more
thon{fnnt.

Drqrtqtt: .'
As soan os Tolr'w givcn your lost instruction for tf,o h**sn, toke your scordng folder
ond record thc actml detoil seguence. ,
o.) The first thirg to put down is the aunourrf of fimo. elopsing between comple{ion
of i'stnrctinn ord the subject's beginning to <lrow (initiol lotency).
b') Abo recold any-Pouse occuring once thes.rbject hos begun to drow, l.[re
lrotqrl
\ tine cmqrmed for each drowing separ,ufefiy and oll spontoneous comrnenjrs and

i'
I
c.) Record house, tree ond persor,rby ngme ond by number ond
ry
the HTP rmking.
tfire dei,ils erf

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ll
rl{ I

i14,, Afler the subject hos completed his ochromotic druwings, tell him .lo
reiox while
you osk some guestions ioncerning whot he fros just
dro'wn.in order to b,e sure that the
exominer understords the litlle detoils ohd goin extro infonnration
oboutr lris drowinrg.
This octuolly intended lo help oscertoin lhe rnaonirrgs ond
cornnototions trre :;ullrject hos
for his drowings: (See guide questions...)

t,
 o. o
" l"
,ilt
ghA ehrnqo-t1g Dnownq Fhole
ty
-l
f.' t oncc ryn,,o* rhe srrbjecr r, rrrrrw a han'e, tree orxr p4rrson, rn
thst sryue*cq fhis
limc irr cr.oyons.
Note: fn giving -lhe instructions for #rrs s-l,cn, avoir! r.lsing fhe phrase "another
house, tree .Ind person". The word "onother,, is *ob*o,
for to rmst of fhe subjects, it
woutd imply thot he must ndt duplicote. hisqohrwmctic jrowing.
It is best to,proiiaethe
subiects with the widesf latitude of choice. Also. there slrould
be no puncil #
ovoilable, the subject is not given on opportunity to erose. ".;r".
And losfly, moke no cttempt
to present lhe croyons in ony porticulor order wifh re4ords to
color.
? Aller giving the'instructions, toke onother ..oring folder ond record the
needed
detoils just os you did in the ochronotic phose.

Otql Post Orawhoebrroaafion ph ,!

This is where you try to ascertain lhe meonings of the detoils in the drowings of
your subject. ,!l

yIIT. POST DRAWING INTENROGATTON QUESTIONS (ACHROAAATIC

&
CHRO,tIA'tTC)
I}(. SConfill6
A- Quonti?otiw Scorilg
- Bosed upon the iterns of deloils, pr-oportion, ond perspectivs frlhat
wene
found by their presence ond obsence.
Qtnntitotive scoring of HTp involves:
l. seporate detairs for det.irs, proportion cnd perspective.
Z. Cornporison of detoils, proportiom ond perspective..
3' Thragtr the conPorison otrova:. we get,inforrution concerninc;
1he
proboble c;oltlie of any personcrlnty disturtronce
B. Adify of emrily
o') Detoil scores to be.o guontitotive inrlex of the, srlg;ec1,s recoqnit.ioyr
oF his
orieniotiontotheehrrrentoryconcreteospectsoteverydoyl;fe'
b.) Proportion scores - saems to be on irarJax of tho- srilr;ect:si.1r.rg*rr,rrort,
rcprescntirg chracnio I reht ionsh ps o f (letoi ls.
it is a'w of
i

c.) Perspcctivc scores - seem to be o meos*{.c of tfire ,sub,ie,c,f,s

obirity to eyaruofe hfs
environmerrt ond his rehtion to it ond ttre peopte
in it onl
d''l aoa scorc - opP€ors to be on index of the"suhiect'i hroad hosis.
ouit,ty to opprois :riticolly
such rchtionships os ?he octuol functioning
,f ihe individuol, [,iJt
onother, elc. "**rhip to
C. ermlitufir: Amlysis
It is the third ond fiml systern of approisol of the
tl
reasr objec,ive,
is oftcn by
;,;#i.rH
for the most reveoling.
il#ffi:':1#,H"1I # #:ll#I'i:
:fiI of
ond skill the exouniner. It
"'v.
The wholes:
o.) lrgnreort@
b.)
uJ-iEo&+jfiil'#e (wherein the.
viduol's feeliry of bosic hunk reflarc[.s l.he-
whife tho brqnch. strrrcture represerfis t!.te
,dffi-erq l's f texib i tffiy).
l/Person/s the self-rPoIYd.
<----/ .----
.f
4
f,1
 a
fuTctrt rrttect ffifity
l. Detoils
a. Essentiol
b. . Non Essenfiol
r: Bizorre
?. Emphosis
3. .Seguence
4. Erotic Monifestation.s
5. Con.sistency
6 Proportion
7. Perspective
8. Time
9. Line euotity
10. Criticolity
i
lt. Attitude
l?. Drive
13. Comments

X. TNTENPRETATION
The-Halth.v Drowing
There is a tendency in the field of
to focus on pothology, sorne,tirnes to
the exclusion of the more stoble ond.psychology
healthi"r'or6ru.t".of personolity. Rnffirrer than
ottempt the difficult tosk of defining emotiorml
l e"ttl with oil its unique oncil individual
voriotions' psychologists tend to focus on mrhot
is not healthy ond to ossume. t6ot the
remoining ottirudes, feeri.9s, and behoviors
fail within th, b";;;;#;;;',rornmrey.
fn ihe field at psychologicol iesting. tFris opprooch tros predomimcrfed,
interpretotierns beirg bosed on what is ;urromg"' Wi+h
u,i*r the pe!.son rathen thor whot ds
'righf'' As wot'trl be expected than, im mosI drowimg
interpre.tnt ian guirje-liner ilhere is
little mention of whot constifutes c heolt["ly drowing;
encourogement to studv the drowing
rother, fhere is suhHa
in ex'f!'eme detoil ,-ntil t"'t th"
tttr' rr,ui'rr.,r
intennql pothrlogi.d
dynomics of the unconscious o"r"uj1r"d. ?f,ll
'lhen <rpprooching drowing interpretotion, 't$re
clinicion needs to hove o clear
definiiion of his personor concepts of both
puy.r,rr"fio;"["ffi;nr"p"rili"rr.
-or:ientptiorr, He
should lhen be cmre of how lhese
concepts bios his os well
help clorify his drawi4g interpretotions. as how fle.y
Althotgh the theoreticql fromework
onrl value system of eoch exohine.
tremendoustv, there ore cerroin chorocterisrics moy vory
of Fd;i;;,;*;;,;;irroir"
orientofions' wlrich would be considerecl
when *il";ing ;rowings. peoplewho.se ^ort
oppeor to be working well for them lives
ore intdividrmts who-or e able ta identify
their psvchotogicor needs "' *rd meet
";; Th"y feer
to express ";";;i;
thenselves' ond ore not ofroid -occurorery posi.irve obout
tfireis. ideos awt feelir,,s to of$rers.
oddition, these penpre ore occurote .tnr
in their surt pe,rceptiJns, ona they
power ond conirol in their lives feehhey hove
to effect chongr: when necesmry. rn dthen
hove thc toots to hondle their words. they
life'p.rot"*, lnd conflicis suc..ssfully. As ,ty
expected' these troits are visible would be i

in the drowings or p.y.rougically

ond ore demonstroted clearby in heolthy i^dividtmls
the following guidelines:
nl
'
*lf'csfecm- ffi:n.the drowing .ontJn, parson, the, figir?.g is infegroted
contoins oll the es.senliol detoils (foc;j oncr
feottres, torso.'hontis , fe.e:i,!egs, orrns) (Buck, I

1948; urban, 1963).. ,t drown in proporti,n t, the rest

ir
ond for rncles' the rJrowing of ,ilF,e picfure (urt:,nn, 1969),
is neither extrernaly r"*" n".
ixtremufly srrrnl! (Deilatte ond

j
F--
 i-
lli .,, ..'.i.:'l.nr 1gS2). iH: qurlity is firm.r::ri :izf ir;r.,a, riitd lv .i{1*trlutt:z rI .',
,;. ,,. j.;,. .';lj,l, r:rrC operr irr position ilevy, !!.;,,;;)-
trg1.r,:
''.:.,:(., ;,), ,,,rAa,1
S*lf-cir,${iCiym;e. 'iir3. i.gr;1 ,*., -,. -;h.,-,lrurririg., r:.s
r:i. 'r',(.i:!*;i.l rr: tuUCLitrg ihe crrr ih,,rr flut,r. ritt.,.i, r,r.Cupy-lhe. r-errtftri rriAt
?., .-ea :,rr.
oi .rtc p61pe:
<rnrj do nnt cling to the edge of the sheet ([.akirr, tgso:).
Line guolity is firrn a;rd strorry
(tirban, 1963). Figures o"e oit"n shown moving in the picture
or having the p..rentiol to
move; they Possess orms, feet ond legs thof qre lree rtnd odequote
fi, ,nut liity in the
criyironment.

I Pcts*ral Rclotiotrshflos. The figures in the drtiwings ore foirly elose to eflcfr other
ond show sotne type of dynoniic interocliorn or relotionship; Itre
figures thgmselves
contoin the essentiol tools for communicotion, fhot is, openorrns with honds, e.axc,s,
tiilr)ulh
ond eyes (Burns, 1982).
t

i
@enncss. The figtrres in tire drawing ore standing in open posfure nr irnterocting
with their environhent in o positive ntonner. Buildirgs ore ,lrownr with window$ ond doors
ihot ore unencumbered ond occessible to the environment (Barnouw, 196g; Jolle"s
slabilily and Ncrlinss. The drowing forms o.complete picture, wifh tfire ports
,lglt),
integroted orrcl reloting in a compleun,entory trtlonn(,r. ErrcFr firllns in 1ha drowir7u4rr
t:orrtoilrrj
its essentiol elements ond relotes with the ctirer figures lo fomn cr unified niird orderl.y
pir:tirre (Jolles, 1971; Urtun, 1963).
Sewo|l Jklenfiflc:afian. Figure of people ,rrc drown us obviously rnmle or fiqrnole, r,xrrrj
the. fipsl figtlre rlrowm is the some sex os fhe person doing the drnwing (6rravr,,t,,1g6ttj.
A![ figuras (mole ontl ferrurle) contain the deioils as.sentiol irr t$re fr,urnrm figun.r rlruw[ruq,
or'n cornpqncrbly size, cnd ore in proportion to the complete picture (Buck. fg6o).

Age Ccnsiderztion
Whe.n interpreling drowing of young children, it is import<rnt ts 1,nke imno
comsirfcr,rfiorr lhrzir re.specr'ive capubililies r1i 6;iar;g! slq,1{-s r,f rlzvelcpme,rrf . ,,\ ?..f,r,rnr
o!.twill u;rmlll'rir;rit-rbl'e when presenterJ will,
ii4r?r'.rd;rrr;cit. l-lis mrrscle, ilrovqrlraml$ rrtr,,e
uttcoordinofed and rondorn, olthough he con nroke dots and doshes. He ccryl rnove
obrr,u.i.
the poge, filling the unused porfions ond ustnly nnrrging to stay on the. pCIper.
The 3-yeor-old con execute circlas, loops orcs, *d lin"". Thes,z eonlie.st rtteropts
{'o ;rrea'[,r unidentifiohle olljecfs often result in r.rnrecogniz-ahtr- forms, while0r:
tfire chilrj
m, y coll"Dudt{y" or "Momrnyo.
.l*4 years of oge, o clri[cil corflt cl'r(rng,r !-ro1..1 .ud :ircles,in a ]neiriz:,r;rmtr.lil fil,;ll,ior,;, r,,rur{ a
;-s (hle t: cdri lincs ?c fhe circtes f,o refr,esani. p:,rgrlc's
lg,g1s tnttlrrnms. r1[tlr1,,rr6, u,,,
ye.rr old con onient hirnself on the
F,oper frurn l"_rlt t,, r;ght,"ony nrther di{ t*iu,,,i"rlior,,,
order in fhe drowing is unusuol.
5-yrar-old is oble to use.oombinotions of circles, qres,
{;mas ,n<i dots
,h croatlo
fornilior objects. Most children of this age_ rl':e. oble to crrlss verticul
with l,rorizontol
lins.s.
By 6y€rs
"1e3, fhe child is gryqbh af ffiqr6frr9,his drnwimg omrj lioc*fie frne
rnofor con?rol needed to represent his visuor wo.rJ mor. ar;enr.ateli,. r.re cqn orienf o
squore obliguely, produce vertical series, ond successfully
moke dofs, which ora not
circles.
ft is nof until the child is nbout 7 c- g thcf he isr cble,.fo {oresee, sequences
therefore represent movemenl in his drowings, tjnfil this atge,4fhe
cf,lild,s iruurges ore
stn#oond fhe fisures ofren unreiote<j ro *i dh;: ;;il?.";;-.-;;;':;,ffi!"r,ira
B
*'-:::
on.i nrcerored pi cture. !{e hqr the
t:j,rylhe picture he lros in his rnind Occurqtely on thc
ilenror l ff; d;;'rt
u
fg repi'eserrf "rdpoper. ^l*"*nr
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ll' - *F,,,r;"mffi;#1, o c ons i d ero ?i,,n

"l;'jlf-ft ,,,ff
wrr en
::,
;D:r..:ger in which the.rosk ," ,,,n r .
:: "pp.*J1l anct th.e;; ilT#,lli;fgir:::;::;
;, * IHJH::, I ;, :l il.ffi Tk i,ff **;i; **l ns,h edra wi ns,h en s,. i

coUt ton A fn bryre-to lie!1

No one thing indicotes
onything; if is.bcrseal rrn n&.1,e whole comfigurolioh,

3Ue#rem.retqrlqe_tu,Ce
I. HOU5E
A. Plocement
l. upp"" lefl cente,r of
2' left side - indicotiorlhepoge
_ usuolposition

i;" f,"J
ur.,nts; troditionar in
.r'f fhi,kir.rg; +,.frniliv,s,
3 ",r*
li'llll'l'*ffii?,1fl'
k,*XX y'
ri,",
i.,"il,*ul,,n a{ r e,eti^,7s
frrture; intellectuol con*nnr. of whnt ,n,;trl iluri,1,*rr in tilre
^u.^-|lu':t:.in<licatian
',,"01_ffi;l:[i[:L-,
s.
6 e,,T i";;;;+#Ai,i;n; -r;;;.;;',;lrll_ffifffry*tu"
t rr 1.."i;-"-
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itmjl**ffi#:J::'hffi['
{al
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rr' qY
:. ::jlfe g@ 1.. I n, hypercontrol
:":'::,."v,'5{eprTsron;
",sa hi;; ;;; ; i o
I
b0tforn o.-f tlre
I
poge
.ien<JenlEs itnu'eqtney
\{eqtney ond insecu te. tfc,ori^no.
insecurz fe.elings: tle,4rressivu
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8. Ilferaoy-lorn tf of s
9. e_
9lv:r - in<rccessi ble;
cirown to the siJe of t6e p"o* ]'i,""*-".,,",rv I,Jhdro& t '+l

ll il I;f :l: l;ll:" rnountoin, smolirrouse

hos deperdency
sreor on rhe nrc,nhr:r
r! on iorr or, ; .il",il:ffi:^: lf:i::X"l::ffi**f-
drcwing - regression
I. l?;""rr" t,f.Uy ,.lul, subject)
l. tiny house
'seFuTtrFl-rr-enic l1htl:g
te1{e!r:ies:
regrusiotl; pos.sihfy
ne.au,otic q,r
2. tiny br.ii well drown hn,,ao _ 1..-.^ t: ,.
r #Tf
'

,inr# j;ffiil'
.i,?--___- *t'imsdesutcv
.t. irarr<o - rl.
lurcs ious,e
forge tna'requrcy ?o lhe rhe hostiie
6rr..,iirq ^i':: !3-*1t'n,'u t*].'iiJ,,i,,,"'i,:;":;#;';i;i*',',i','?,1*,ilJi,',
hosri ertqi:anytw^.1
fiy,.:''rcjn.ricting.etrNirrtr-iur.nl
comp€nsoti un of
foiltac,t il*.'^-...- :,vv.r
;:I'#Ti;Jl-i;':'l,X';ly::::i
ieelings of grent ten -vt u*''wJ'o 7
slore und irrit,ririli
Perspecfir p f rt e
Iy

, i"','i,[,,,::# ,;:;:^,:::;o,1"ffi;;g,catorschi;i
:#,.]';",iff
lt:"tility towords the *ri*nil,
- profile "t -
i,hre,, r s
aneself: secre.,,ye;
show
.1. of the hous,, - .,

a. 5;<te uen,
5. on
; ;;!o;;::lm;:'.
q"ouilEml6
"-;;^-":'-rlrtE'/(

rroTtirtg
to the left or ,ight '
6 ,";;,';;r;r ['re-psycfrtotic
I ;" "u;;',;;;;# ;:#Tiil'l#?1'o.to.. *, r,',,1" * ril.u r,.s
8. floating house-or
-' *'"wrr
drown f"rrX'ii"
rrom the i_
disorder under:;ide - schizophrenic due
to r:horacter
,r

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- .[; t) birrl's cye vieu - rejects onn horne: (for from th" is"rr"r) imc,:e-ssibiliiy.
urxrlr.le lo r-ope willr ol home., (.rr-rlr fike.) dqrrrrtft:nr:y on thr: molher.
exhibitionism rnoy be opplicd
l0. rrorm's eye view - feelings of rcjectiqtn om,{ rarrhoppiness: tvithdrawrl t+.ndencies, t
desire for only limited interper.sontrl contocti Inferiority ond inodeqmcy'of
feelings: gonls perceived os uncrtfoin,rbla:
D lype
1. split house - split between parent ond child : ,

?-. oportmeni house or wilh mony doors - lock of frrmily integrotion; rn.personol
(:ontoct6 of home
3. row,f horrses or houses neor euch other. .- has ., need for stlpport
4. aqory-snXtsgrqld -htrs contact witth nenlity t
5. with goroge ^ need for motor octivity; desine to gel,out of thn liouse
6. with gutters - concerned with eliminqtion of bed-wetting; defensive
7. onthromorphic house - if drown by o child, highly arlistic
8. house like o rnosk - poronoid schizophrenic
9- house rnore verficol thon hor:izonfol ; shows involypment in fontosy; ottempting
. tn cling to reality
lo. blue print of on orchitect'- hyper concrete; procticol; excessively utilitrrnion
E. Roof \
l. overemphosis on the roof; schizophrenic
?. hrge roof - shows o lot of ,fontosy
3. srnollroof - shows fene of fontosy
4. orch-like roof - shows dependency, fantrrsy . .

5. shopeless roof - psychotic

6- roof ruith wings or wing-like roof - psychotic; ideo of flyrrg gwoy
7. roof with eors oi eor-like roof - ouditory sensitivity; epiteptic .

B. roof is the uroll - octs out his fontosies

g. like o tent - octs out his fontasies
lO. roof rlith leaves - overly defensive onrl suspiciors
11. overernphasis on the leovas on the raof -.suspicious;
schizophrenic
12. nrelianlously drounr roof - shows obsession i

13. enphosis through si4e: fqnlosy sol.isfoctions

l4-.deep sfroding - onxiety in fcnfosy leve!
F. Chirrncry
l. chirmey droum - phollic ,onr*r{
it
i;
2' arphosis lhrougfir enlcrgement - over concerned with psycholoqirr;rfl
wormrth
lr
i,,
of house; sexuol concern; virility or costrotion f,errr:;; exitihitioaristic
ii
il
inlellectrnldeteriorotiom .
;1

ti
3' omission of chimney - feeling of lock of psycholo!tricol urorrnth i6 the home;
li
'11
)issiry fother; difficulty in sexuqlnotive
il
ri w jyw'nt'*"": *g49l9y if sroEis drown browing from reft to right ond
li
it olsosugges@
_ intense
.i'
5. smoke - suggests feelings of Irw;ronmcntol pre3sures
{;
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6' profuse or large smoke - inner fension or anxiety in home situo1ion; over
ri
,;l
tx
concern with sex
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7. little. smoke - shows littlewarmth /
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0
f. if blowing frorn left to righf - pessimism onrJ feelings of pressure
,}
ll
1
9' if blowing from both le.ft ond right - pofiroloqic .*iity tesfing as in
psyehotics
:i l0' toftering smoke - virility <rnd costrofioru feorl; firos p."t"nse
of onosculinii.fy
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ii- ric.fililr€nt smoke - hos pretense

of rnosculinity
5
12. pzvping smoke or $$oke just corning
out _ shows fza.r of emctions ond phallic
fe,rr
1.1.trizorre smoke = hos problehs walh sexuol oreas
14. entire chirnney within rhe boundo ry of
th,e roof - costrotion feor
15. with antenno - protection of phollus
G. Wolls
?
1' wtrlls rnade bigger or ouer emphosized wolls -
shows greal effort
control to mointoin
2. foint wslls - feors the breok of e4o
3. no umlls. sidc of the poge used os wolls _ ocis
out his oggressions: no control over
impulscs
4' broken lines of the unlls - influenced by the outside forces: hyper suggastive;
shows loss of control
5' tnoteriols of umlls drown (tiles, holtow blocks, etc.)
- hos over concern with the
body; feels pscyhosormtic tension
6' fransparent wolls - (inside is seen ) lar:ks rality contoct;
markerl re4ression:
severely impoired judgernent; compulsive nzed'toslruc.ture
t7. .
double perspecf*e - possible mentol deficiarcy
situotions

8' single perspectivre- (only one woll is drown) - stror€

need to rnointtrin acce.ptoble
fagade in interpersonol rehtions; if o side Lll, serious
withdrntaml onr,
opposi tioml tendencies ond poranoid reactions
h*uy shoding of urolls - (if s.bject is beyond 6 years old)showi depression
?- sides of rhe ruoils - (if subjacr id bevond i y*rrori)
H. lo^^::'.0
uoors schizoid i
(

'1' of doors - psychologicol inoccessibility ond withrirow,ol

obsence ;l
?. lnrge doors - orolty @cndent or over dependence on others tendencie.s
3. srnall doors - hos ornl necds; reluclonf
occessibility with withrlrowol t ;rr.leng;sg
4. stmll, borred door - tend lo be on lhe look
out for trouble
5. open door, pcople inside - hos o need to be
seen by others
6. open door, rcthing inside - open-iEv-*[lhara6-rlttn-1-.:1.-
7. heovily hiryEd er locked aoFilim"aruwd
ond defensiveness
8. drorm obovc boseline without sreps
- inoccessibiriS; tendenr:y to corrrto6f others
only m one's own terms
9. door krrob ernphasized - possible phollic preoccupotions; possihle
excessive
conccrn regnrdirq occessibility and interpe,rsonol
relations; oroliiy ond
de4etd,arly
10. hrgc door knrb - dcpendent on thc
mother
11. door beyond boserine - greot de$ree
of wiilingness to get in contoct
12' shodcd doormy of the house - rho*
hostirit/to the environment
13. bock door - steolthy, guilt-ridden
onxiety
I. Windows
l' rmrry in number ' possible exhibitioni.stic
tenrJencies; hos orql needs
2. without shades or shutters - r:eadiness
to environmentar crrnr-oct
3' with shodes - ov:r concern regnrrJing envir.onmentor
interoc{iorn

5' srnoll windows - hos onol needs; psycholoqicoi

inoccessib;lify; lcrck o{. interest in
people
6. overly lorge windows - grent denmndness
.7. hlonk windows - shorus oppositiontrl i
tendenciee
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{r"*"r*ard shodcsdserrt _ txtfo-t;,.^ _t .-

,, ffiolted soc,oliri*'*=, rn sonre

onxiet,rri,"u
with inrerperso;i
concerne.dwith orifici",
i,*rilXlr:rn
,. windows w*hour panes _ ,rliilj,::.{ ;r;;:; 1si pos.eibry
[' ^..- -.. tendencies;
onoleroticisrn ._stility onti oppositional
I possibfe orol or
o6

li flliffi,ff fTHf lil --'l"y, r eeti,ps oremp?iness; apothy

--:";;lH;:::ir#rr,:{j'.;15";ti:i[ii**#,:#1ililt,,
14.borr:d u

t5. no windows;,s.hows.;rr;;;"
16. d,ffcrerrt wiridowi-_;;;;ffi g.ffgt."ri;; ffi rahty ,
17' cellar with windows unpredicta bte:ocrssibte
-;;;r'*rchfurness '
"rd psychiotrrc tendencies
jl. up on *,1'dli-i,ciory
_ parh;illfl"ff:ish umichins
J.
inolcessibre; schizophrenic

";;";;;cYes
t. *t+<**,a3tTt or sidc w1ll _ has good contocr
ehotiomlrt"riirfilrffiff!!*- conto with reority; occesbibil*y;
:
1 rorge nethwoy l'sf i'
long, nomow

: Pothtrcy growirtgnorrower
porhwoy, pofh is
short _ h::i"_l"ccessibirity
compensotory neccls
: - rhoot of superficiol friendliness
K. Bockground ,', --' '"-" rretlse - cotnpensotory sociobility

I €lrrd-"qt
? ffi e.<per)e1162s onxiery

, Irreteyont
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Detail

rl II. TREE '

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A. Detoils
l. o,ppla rr"a- fhv .t ;tr---r , i

itr z, ;:;;; i,;1u1-criulen) depende

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rl.$

_ pos,,,,.,,,t?l?;ffi[Jil[;lli.xillJ:*tlllT,,,
3.enorlnoustr"r-]^I:LI"'"1 .;; l
suitt reeti,ss with
teadencies, over
conpensorory
4. ;ff* ::i,*-""#;,ffi'"
hill _ possibly,o strong
ocrion,
,end*.,"r..r_,,ke
_ isohted dornimted nn"a
ofext,lt itionistic
5. on o hill top,_ possi
ble fr
*v . r sup er i,, pix y;
i #lf--,#f[,
ternhl
##if,li;,,I*ffi* p. ss i b, e

*ith ;;;ffi
dependency:
_ tcndcncics row energy leve[ withdrowol
I #i,$ t-'ffi j:],;:;:[T,
:,:::*,p;ne
trees side by side, ter ty
ed ro r, s h e r ond se c ur i
bronch structrncl ;-::: ench ru;+l;l_7
T:i#*,ffi ffi:r:
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r
,,-*#;;:xf,ffiritr1
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}1ees - siblin$'rivatry or
f1,yo , cnxiety ,

f,i., gross crrd shrubs oround the tree - with so;e onxiety but
well tinder control
t3. yellow tred' - (if
drown by o child)'ouristic; (if =draum by on odult) shows
inoppropriiifd emotionol iove; schizophreni c r ...:
14. top of ihe tree is. djvided - shows psychotic
breokdown
r5. like o key hole - shows resistonce; selt centered
t6. x-roy trass (pure bronches) - s_trong suicictol
tenrJeylcies
1',7. anthropomorphic tree or tree
like. u rnon's fqce. seen trs coming out of :rr
?hrcugh
the tree - psychotic . ' ._

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[8. tree with fruits'- sho*C dependency r.,,',;1;,
49. polm tree - prides himself ,wi*h sexuol p,.ow€ss ,' - i,, .
20' odvance orgonic tree or oll its ports ore s(:sn - desirefor
irnrnec1iate sntisfaction
or ov€r conirol
21. tree with falling fruits - charocter disord,zr
Position
1' leaning to the left - hos need tor emotionar sotisfaction
tl. leaning to the right - uses inteilectuorizotion, J".iL t, repress unpleasonf
rnetnories
3. shifts frorn left to right - hos urgent bosic needs
4, leaves droopirg down - shows aggression 1:

Plocement
1. beyond topof the poge - heovy fortasy
?. on baseline of fhe popcr - dcpression; (in odults) reeiilq of inodeouocv
3. in yord like or€a - mtcrrrl dqe;rrdacy ' '
D. Roots . . , ,oi.
.!.1, '

I' exposed or colirg ant- crguufified neds: unr*:liu,liu*i'instincfual

drives
?. ernphosized - graf d fq deprarrdenq
3' rrts cut ott W the grotrrd j Crows sfrong rnosochl-qflri has suieidnlt4andencies
4. foint, thin rootr. hos poor contoct wilh rllitv
5. ,en&il-likz ruts - fnoil, not grosping p",.sonolity
6. tolcr.fiftz rols - potcr-oriented personoiity
7- tolon-lilc rloots b,t do rut'go'to tire ground - poror;oid tendency
9. hgc root cro, ryneod out roots _ domineeri,g ondt,ltomrnont
10. rootc claborate bur.not on the grounrJ
r;ne -&rJs;.;i;ilo cring to
lL roots trur+orcnt through the ground,- hos guilt
,Ar,in.r,r*rj shows
poa jufrerrurt ".r,r,*y;
roofs #fitgderyr in the ground - show dependency
f2.
E.
1., te1rilrr* - shors inorleguocy; ineptness ad a weak e4o
"2' - feelings of environmentol -.onii.*.r,on ond oggressiveness
ffiH,.tr*rk
tendcncies
3' .ovcrly hrge trr.k - react aggressivery in fontosy or in octrrority
Z
4. ?ubrrgrrtnk - oroldepena"i.y
lorge trunks wiih srroll bronch structure _
excessive strivinq or sotisfocfion_
seekirg
6' slender but with lorge bronch strucfure
- excessive'stqivi3g
seekinq behovior. ,i - -----':;;.-i , or sotisfaction-
,,
7. tree with spliftirrg trunk - schizophrenio due to laci
'=-.,i':of inteqrotion or due to
chorocter disorder

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tree wrthlreddiness to split - borderline schizofhr#o
1
r1

I real spilt tree - ocute schizophrenio

to. norrowot_the bose, lorge on top - over striving
:
11. trunk reochcsobove iop of the poge - strong
in fontosy preoicupotion txlt tends
not to rcveal this
12. trunk with cut - hos troumotic experienr;e
13. sloshed ocross - iuicidol
7 [4' spoce bctween the boltorr of the trunk nnd grounri - shows difficulty in grospilvg
reolity or .schizophrenic ,,: r :

15. foint-lined lrunk - shows weak controir:rrrl susceptibilir,y

16. broken lines for trunk - shows hreok n the oge boundories
t7. emphosis on the frunk or reinforced, shoJed tqu4k - shows sheer
e{fort la
rnoinioin control i

18. one dirnansionol - inferior odjustment to lite:,{ if drawn slowly) orgonicity or

-
depression: feelings of irnpotance, f.,tiliiy ond low u4o rtr"nqti - i'
F. Bork
l. scglls in the tree - shows costrotion onxiety
2. h*t y, inconsistent drown bork - show hypochondriol tendency
3. well drown bork - show good ego integrotion
e. Brcnches
l. poorly integroted bronches - show disfirbonce in integrotion botonce
2. bronches more to the left - seela imrnediote emotiill satisfaction; pensonalify
imbolonce
3. bronches hore to th. right - hos ovcr-intellectuol cotitrol
4. cquolly distribrrt"d bruntrrar - tows ombivolence ond no consistenl course
of
oclion; perscrorty irr$olrrce with excessive tendency l.o tivoid or delCIy
emotioml stitfoetim t

5. very talnt brarchcs - indccision ond onxiety

6' tiny brcrdtcr tnrnk - frustrotion ,dui;to inodeguocy in deriving
stisfociirn T ry
from frustrotirg environment' 'i i"r ii .

7' cxccstiu? brurchcs m srmlt irunk - over string or high ochievement

tendencies
drach rnuy bc conp€nsoto ry f or inodequocy if f
8' f"lfi'B ry - possible loss of obility fo cope up ""l,ng,
withinvirorrmental pressures
9' sftort spco-llkc bronches - s?rong [rosiile' ond oggressive terrdencles;
rnsocfristic ?cndencies; costrotion fp-ar; hos
exqggeroterl desire to dominale
lO. vcry toll brur4cs.extglding off the
lop of p"p"ii;#"r,rsive fontosy or schizoi*.{
ll. trrnriq anmd rr,her ihon out - egeeentric; inirpvplSirn; obsessiv_-l""pJrr,
12. thick, wry torf 'aut off,, brqnches - suiciclal I r,. .

13. brokEn or docd brunches - trsumotic exgrerience.s

, ,

. 14. one dinrcnsioml irudr,qqfely r:eloted and joinerl

to,,tt unk _ inodcguotr. $ol.qrces of
sotisfoction in oners environment; possible orgonicy
15. one brunch - shows depression and hos weart
innei .ou.." or resources

17. shorp-edge. pointed bronches jdominofiag

ond sodistic
18' all bronchcs drlvnr to the edge of tha pap-er
- hos strong octing out tendencies
19. bronches srnall but rorger rrunks: reh-se
of tensione:,
2o. bronches shootirg out of tfe reoves - excrus;iveJf
I

21. bronches like orms - tends to escope reolity

,*-*i*ted; sodistic
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22. bronches going lo the grourrd -suicidol .,,,

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23. drooping bronches,- shows depression .,
:

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.l i.,. ilr..ruyling broncfrres , show depression

,'.6 cluh like brsnches -. shows fear of ctrstr.otionj hns exaggeroteri t{esire [o
durninole
2'7. open-ended ended bronches - hos repressed impulses
28. open-ended bronches, but oll of them enclosed by o line - hos need for nclief but
has strbng control
I{. l-eayes or Folioge

/ uver emphosis of g,reenon top of the tree... forced ef{ecl

leoves really drown - obsessive desire for someihing or fulfiflrnent of
'/Z for
de.sire
o thing
3. shodes ond diffuse d leaves - show onxiety; neurotic
'4. no leaves - rigid: cold: frustroterJ
5. leaves around the periphery or border of the drown tree .- show hypornonioc
deniol of his schizophrenic cou,rditiom
(r. tree with drooping leoves - depressiorr
'1. veilimg or enclosing of lenves by n line -sohizoid
B. .,.two-dimensionol - ohsessive-compulsive
.9'1 of the folioge -schizophrenie
dt:;orgonizotion
10. fruits follinq - lrcs feelings of rejec'iion i
L Dead ports
l. bronclres - loss of sotisfoction-seekiig resources
7-.. trunk - loss of corrtrol of his satisfac+ion-stzkilg
3. roots -- loss of grdsp cn reolity
J. Sources of Death
1. [:xterml (e.9. lightning, insects, etc.)-.rejection of n weokness of n pei-r,]on
?. Internol (roiting) - pathomorphc (self-coused)
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A Visuols
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t. silhouettcd or shddes figure - shows depersonolizotioh done. by schizophrenio

,.{ bockwew of lhe person - shows withdrowol
3. /sealel figrre - shows depression or possivity ,i ,.i ,.
4. imrmlure grlities of the per.son drown -,hysterE,,,,.i !

5. insecure bositg of ihe Person ond house - shows insecurity; onxiet,y neunosis
6. person clirging t,t tence or lree - orxiety neurosis
7- Person crossed ty the subject ond drowing of onother - hos recovcrnobility seen
in chorocter disorders
8. toll person, lorg legs, norrow trunk, an<J long thin neck'- schizophrenir:
B. Pcrspective
l. Person looming over - hos grondeur delusions seen in grundiose p<r,rq1oiri.s
2. person locoied by the sun - tries to equro"le qnondeur da-lusions
3. pe!..scn folliry - shows intentling collnp se, af the e4o
C. Heod
'1. head is morkedly e,rrlarge - grondiosifyi hove intellecfua! aspirutions; on moy hove
hend poins or ofh€r schenT,utic
Ympfonr.s may it be introcpective or fontosy
rirdHen
Z, head and face dimme<j out *extrewra self -consciousness or .shY,
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4. hand is very cl€orly drawn in controst with n vagugly skelche.d or re,ject,ecl body,.
rP,sorls to fontosy I . \'.
lr stnrrll heod -
-suggests
obsessive-cotnprrlsive.; rflnrked infe.riorify teelirqs; dcniof
of site of guilt f eeling
6. lorge heod in srnall body - fnlse impulsqs a:omtrol (ccrtntonic rmoy draw tiny head,
huge body, outsider house, huge tn'ee) ;

I lcroe body ond srnoll head - may indiccte. impulsive oction i

B. lorge head - show emPhosis on the. irrtellect or superior mind; hos grandeur
delusions :

9. emphosis on hexd, shown by heovy lines - struggling for tension control

LO. flot top head - suggests feelings of coslr<rtiorr especiolly intellectuolond leorning
r ore9. .l ,ira: ,.:1

ll. lo back - poronoid withdrawcl

head
12. peripherol' line in heod - suggests etforl to control fontasy or perhops
obsessionol reaction
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rl portion drown oddly :
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ii, . 14. bizarre, vogue drowing of the heod - schizophrenic

15. heod without feotures - show depersonrlizotion
16. round, lollipop heod - shows immaturity ,,
D. Hoir ond Beord /
1. witlrout hoir - shows sociolircensitivity or impotey'ce
2. well-dr"cwn hoir - sensit:yity ! '

3. heavily shoded hoir - orxiety obout fanfosy :

'4. ostray or'mesy'hah - there rmy be onxiety about sexuol strivings
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5. whirling hoir - slros r.oule lension ond nrantnl instabrlily
6. lorg hoir - slrors sexrnlity
7. long hair txrt rpt filled in - shows ombiv,rle.mc;e ovarrsexuolity
8. long, over enphasized hoir - shows ove:r concern ove,r sexuali'ly
g. gives hoir o greot''deol or otientiorn omd care - norcissistic or hr.r:',nossl:urrl I
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t0. hair on focc. beord or mustoche - msscr:inted with comperrstrtory stmvinq for
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'1. ovcr emphosis on ?he face - effort to r,uintoin faEa<te or sociql font
z. :Wof+ac" - suggests depersonolizotion, guilt ,-z'
3. featrres arphasized - shows suspicions os seen in poronoid schizophrenics
4. c-symnrtqT of features - shows personol disintegrotion ,

5. tmsk-liked tace - show depersomlizotiou schizophrenia

6. druwr witlr physical distress, e.g. tace seems submissive - conversion hysterio
F. Eycs
t.
very hrge ond if thosa pf mole figur.e hove loshes,- tends to be homosexuol
2. hrge in outline birt pupils omitted or obsent - moy be expressing guilt in relotion
to voyeuristic tendencies
tl. lorge ond storing - ptissibility of poranc,id trends./
4. [ro!!ow iockets - lock of obility fo occerut sfinnulus frorn the eye
5. closed eyes - suqge.sis ovoidonce of rrrrple,asnnt stinmuli
6. complefe omission of the eye - rniqh{' irr<iirr:te visuul hollucinations

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tl. orientol €yes - suspiciousness
9. wutchful, lobking eyes - emphosis on defoil; very sensitive visuolizotion
10, with blinders;like eyeglasses or shodes ocross - hos Visuol hollucinotions
11. wide eyes open - shows fear of voyeurism
12. slonted eyes - schizoid tendencias
13. big, slont, or unseeing eye - poronoid sc0rizophrenio
G. Nose
'1. lrooked or brood ond florad - may be exprassing rejection ond contempf
?.. especiolly lorga - ossociated with feelinqs of feelings of sexuol impotence
3. exiremely lorge - usrnlly drown by rnole involutionols; <lepression
4. lurned up nose:-schizoid
H. Mouth ond Chin
l. heovy lips - orol emphosis :

2. teeth - oral hostility

'3. srniling mouth * desire to be occupied.sociclly bul rnay be ortificiol
4. one line mouth - orol r,esistonce o,r denial - :

5. no mouth - resistonce
6. emplrosis by shoding the mouih - shotu sensr.rali\
7. jogged rnouth - shows orol oggression
I. chin - ossocioted with rnosculinity, oflen sociot ralher thon sexuol
9. under emphosized chin - s,ggests feelirgof sociol impotence
Eor
1. enlorged or emphosizel'possibility of orgunic d<ltnoge lo fhe ouditory areo;
' ouditory hollucimtions in o paronoid individuat; o h*.ing
disobility; or possive
homosexuol cmflici
.2. if under errphosized - scnsitivity to cril'icism l

3. ornitted entirely - possibility of ouditory hqllucinations

J. Trunk
l. lorg tn,k - rnstisfied needs of which the. potient is not owore of
?- short tnnk - d"nialof drives ,,, ,,,
3. toll, rurow trrnk - ovoidonce of extrenre contact, fontosy
l.lcck
l. thin neck - drour by schizoid people. ',

2. noncck-suggestslockofcontrol ,,,:
Shodder
t. fcetings of inferiority ./
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2. For4ded. re.ll bolonced ,.'
3. s$tre - ov€r defe.nsiveottitude
4. rmequol - sextrol conftict; (femole) lefr; (mole) righf
M. 6cnitolio
1. over enphosis on buttocks - rnoy be seen in nmre homosexuris
2. hck of pelvic closure - rnay sugiesf 'lotent homosexmlity
N. Arms
l. orms as wirqs - schizoid tendency
2. too lorg orms - over ombitious striyinq^
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3. shorf orrns - absence of strivinq
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d. broken off or omitted -
feelings of crrstrotion .
9. ot O1.k.l guilf;-no desire to mee.t people
::nlr - feelings
10. no.o"ry of tremendous irncleguocy
u. reloxed orhrs - suggests adjusf rnent a -
12. tense - rigidity
13.crosscd over pelvic region - involutiorrals,
melanch orics: feelings of loss of
potency sextnt
14 orms ogoinst body _ ocling out ogoinsl
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O. Honds
environment

1' good honds - usuolly found in drowings. of person of

,, ' -
obove averageintelligence
2 heovily shadcd - strggest guilt, rnostrirbotion
3. cienched fist - hosiil. t"iling,
4'
extremely lorge. honds - irmpuisivenessi
owkranrdness in sociot relotions
5. petalor mfften hond - infontire frustration, ;kil;eendent
6 hond behlnd - afroid of own oggressiorr
,! ohsence of honds - guilt; .ortiitirn
feelings
' 8' lorge'fingers, spike-rike, protruding - ouggtt. hostirity .
9' hond o line with no fingers delineoled 'Jrigesfion of
feel:ngsof loss of r:,ntrol
P. L.gs ;
t. lorge - striving for outonomy
? tied together''- rigidity and tension in regord
to sexuar oreo
3. brood bosed stance, spreod out rt€s - s,iggests.d;;n.,
no? too wellbolanced
or insecurify if br:dy is
reloxe'd posirion, norrmr - can odjust;
I5. controlled r eels f orcerto irchieve
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running - atterhpt to Jscope or" o.i
6- poaric reaction, conpelled to run - feielitwsof costrotion
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l' l$ee - enphosized honosexuor tendencies;
srr.oin duri,g oct of sex
?- bockword feet - 'desire to'set
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ossoultive w€opon ",ry phofiic rookirg;
hrge f aet - moy suggest ptrittic eihibitionisn ' .
:. tiptoe
1- f eet - tenuous ,*iitr; fontosv
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5. clubfeet-poorjudgemenl'. r'':' :'':

6. web-lika f.t -,sqhi4piC;,hostility of,t:he
kand.sepn in sociopoth; schizophrenic;
conmtes weakness ,

-Y,1B. '- F"t - fcrrn of defiance

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-{W|,D-f9elingofinfertiorifytowhichthesubjectover
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corapansotes through [rhysicol otiroction
2' heovfly coored figuri o. *itt o n*ry cmt -
environrnent
show isorotion ogoinst the
r."S in sch
zophrenic due to charoctel disorder
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with tic-Sosnroblem,of,,n*"Jrfinii1,
Body
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to:,[I',H*"*l#,li:tt'* - has conrri:r,1,", sexuar irnpursas, has poor
:' over enphosis
2' on body shown by heavy rine - shorrs fmrciss'r,n
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deterioroti on of ogabounds; hos ego budy .. s5ow

l'. ay.fui"ifni schizophrenic
Othcr gr.ophic considerotions
I, irnpulsive drowlng e.9. s treeor fruits _ hysier;o
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I3. wide spocc schizophrenio
drcws veny fost - ocute'hristrna
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in drawirg - po"onoid schizophrenio
4 lower port of the page used _ neurotic a"p".r"ion
? ,5.lockin9dclolls-neurotic/prychoticdd;:;;";-... :

6' disorgunizotion of details or confusion in tio J"owings-

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7. excessive dcloils - obsassive_compulsive neurotic 'r- ocute schizophrenio

8. cleanliness - obsessive-cornpulsiva
'9. repoirad linas - onxiety naurosis neurotic
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lo' over use of shoding -,ho*, tense onxiety seen in onxiety neurosis
schizophrcnio ond horderline
ll. very light shoding - neurotic/psychotic depression
12. ovcr amphosis on symmitry - obiessive.oinpurrir"
neurotic
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13. exoct orgulotion - obsessive-compursive
14. shorp ongles- poronoid schizophrenic
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;{ TThe more difficult, ond the less decisive the subJect,s

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- method
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of expression
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rhe sreater is rhe tikehood p.ir,rr"."i.itv.

l. - extensive shodirg, porticutoiJy in the foreground and

Dqree of'.,ehodi^g
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bockground irnplies a greof deal of
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" Hec\T - fullof onxiety ] -.
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. Dots - ilfurninotion color r, ':.

2. Amount of colors ', ' I

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o T or lltore : highly lobile
3' Arcn of the, house shoded; noting tha eguority of the shoded oreas, ,rneven
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4. Area of tha forrn poge.shaded :
o Arore thon I oreevenry shoded - we,
controred emotions
. Foreground ond bockground.(includirg
the,k),) ;;; pJtior,,npt i.
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5' control - erultntcd in terms of tie qudlity
of liris rrid t'hc obility of thesubject
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to kccp shodirg os rarctivcry os uniiorm bosirrg
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within thc periphcror borders bf the
;the guority ond rorgery
t. o.* *,jrJ.d . &adcontror but not
melicrrlouscowrotas,slr:ngth., .- , ?

f, 6' Popuhrity - corwcntionor uscic; reorify usog";- pccurhr combinotions i

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most difficult for the ernotionolly
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l' .*,.? disturbcd fo hondld
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I Grcen - produccs feelirys of sccurityj
J ? color of bolonce
?!r" - enrphorizcs on control and proiection
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highh) irnpries defe.sivenes' ona on
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6' Yellow- hostire ottitude (frequenf in the drowing
7' of the sun)
conbinorion of-hosrirrf .ra senstrtry;
""ffi; ;;,,*Hr;l;,rmpy irnpties
E. Violet - leost used; need lor power
rfurore daviont use of cotor, ih"
* Remcmber thot rneoning.on the part of the subject.
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The chronr'otic phose of HTP involves
G rrew set of drowings, in that
collects the drowings previousry rnade the clinicion
with:po,r.,l*J*ou p.*r*.it.;;r;l;;; of pcper
ond croyons' Sotne opprooch crayons
with hesitonl onxiety.characteristic of their
cusfotnary everydoy potterns of trehnvior.
rmeir crayolri- rin", or* toi;; ffi uncertoirr
with the c,lor choices rimited ro rhe safer bror:k,
rrja;r1,
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personality constriction,anJ,rnterp-ersoncrr
,-,,;;i;;;;;;y ".;i;;dorirry ro o9166
bolder reds' oronges and yellows. Such up wifh
^ot subje:cls
col.r -r"g" prr.o,n tp,o*;
tlte personolity continuurn of which'over'cautiousnls, at the end of
;nl;*tnong ing pleniureon, poin with
others prevails.
Psychologicol healthiei subjects, by.contrast,
ilunge. into the ehromotic
-ti" tosk,
confidently ernploy fhe wormer Jolors,
utilize n firsn,'"u"J .p""."ure on ..ryrn
thus reflect their'greater self ossuronce o^,f
in fhe emotionor .,ra,,srhot color represents.
on the othar side of this heolthier rniddle roffi
subjects who ernploy on olmost sar*rge pressrrre
in the continuum ore those
(freqaintry bearing down so heo,yily
they smp the croyons) ond o closi of thot
unhorrnoniouu,i h.Jt colors. Excessive
tirrtrulent entotions ond jorrihg inner lobility,
neeris irr o tension loden setting
prychologicol stoti of the sublqtts chorocter ize the
in this group.
From the normotive stonJ point,
the r^Le of'from threE to five colors
theaverage rong:,as does two for lhehouse
to thnee for rtre rree, ond thr"J't" fir"
fi:;tr; fn.
The subjacts who ore umure
t" *1".,1 worm,.hging'poro*f rerotionship
o<hibit on inhibited use of coror berow freery
this ronge. Il,".';*t .emofion-shy,, srbjecfs
tend fo r,'e croyons os if it were
opencit, n, ;i;; urhatsoever
use of coror thon"*er,,yiig
rfre noimative rniddre ronge-d,porricurcrry
.rro#;;;-rglsive' if
rhose,no,,ir"sti[t!ffi I'il"iy:?#fllr.;Jh.3il];i1.,,;",xiirnff I#
convenliomlreolity, by drowing each
of fhe eig|ri
"irdr;;;lis house o differant color.
X. Conclusion
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oie fomitior ro cven comporofiveli y;rng.ilt;.;;
(ffi;;e wiiling occepted as objecr
Ifii::[*l t"thev oppdalij t, ii""r"r"i,""'i'J',il*q ,rree
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