Art education is important for the overall development of a preschool child. In the development of a child's artistic expression, there are several processes of learning and maturation, from the development of psychomotor skills of the hand, knowledge and insights about the environment and the transition from intellectual to visual realism. For quality work, the educator should know the stages of development of children's artistic expression. In the very beginning, the child expresses himself with hand and elbow movements, which brings him joy, happiness and pride after leaving a mark on the paper. At the earliest stage, the child is not guided by ideas, but everything comes spontaneously and from fun. When a child begins to name his drawing, then it can be concluded that he possesses the experience and has transferred it to paper. And that comes only at the end of the phase of expressing the primary symbols. The idea appears in the phase of expressing complex symbols and then the drawing has more details. The child conveys a certain message through a drawing. In order for adults to read this message, it is necessary to learn the child's way of thinking. By this is meant the stages of development, artistic techniques, symbols and compositional principles. And above all, a love of art.