Fear is an inevitable part of our being and has been following us all through our lives. Sometimes emotions like fear are hard to explain verbally and to express. Artistic expression is particularly impotant for preschool children because it's precisely though the art process that children express them selfes and communicate through the art language and simbols that bring their thoughts, ideans and fears closer to us. This paper consists of two parts – theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part shows previus researches ang knowledges associated with emotional development and with the emotions of fears. The stages of childrend's art expression were presented and the visual symbols, artistic langunage of preschool children were desribed in more detail. Furhermore, art therapy is described as a means that gives preschool children the opportunity to express themselves, to get to know themselves and their emotions more. Since drawing is precisely the measurement instruction of this paperwork, presented are its functions in children's development. The purpose of the empirical part of the paper is to examine the fears of preschool children and to enable children to face their fears through their artistic expressions. 34 children aged 4 to 7 years took the part in the survey this paperwork explores the most frequent categories of fears, the most commonly used colors as a way of expressing the emotions of fear and the difference in the fears of preschool children in relation to gender and age. The drawings collected are divided into 4 categories according to characteristics or symbols.