“the little painter” is the name of the “mixion” educational group and is intended primarily for children between the ages of 3 and 10 years. The curriculum is developed by the chinese academy of fine arts, the centre for fine arts in its professional, academic and authoritative form. It focuses on the study and identification of children's artistic development patterns and on the development of progressive artistic appreciation and performance at different ages. Guided by the contemporary international philosophy of art education, and guided by the unique professional, academic and authoritative nature of the centre for fine arts of the chinese academy of fine arts, the programme focuses on the study and identification of patterns of artistic development for children aged 3 to 10 years, and on the development of artistic appreciation and performance at different ages. Since its inception, the american painter project has accumulated a wealth of theoretical a...