Artistic expression gives children pleasure, play and encourages the development of various abilities. It allows children to express their thoughts, emotions, cognitions and experiences through artwork if they can’t express them verbally. Preschool teachers are among the most important role models in the life of preschool children. Therefore, they have to encourage independence, freedom and individuality in their artistic creations. To achieve this, they need expertise in the fields of art methodology, pedagogy and psychology. Additionally, they should demonstrate traits such as creativity, resourcefulness, patience, empathy and desire for educational work. It is only possible to understand a preschool child’s artwork if the stages of the child’s artistic development are known. These stages are the following: phase of expressions with primary symbols, phase of expressions with complex symbols, intellectual realism phase and visual realism phase. It is also needed to recognize the child's artistic type to know how they express themselves. Regardless of individual differences and pace of development, all children go through all of these developmental stages. These stages involve mental, emotional, cognitive and motor maturation, not just maturity of the artwork itself.