Projective drawing the human figure method - myths and facts

The article deals with the projective method of the drawing of human figure" and provides a basic list of yet existing modifications of the figure drawing tests and the frequency of figure drawing use in diagnostic practice at home as well as abroad. It also brings in information from original sources of the authors, whose procedures in the diagnosis of figural drawings had and still have certain influence on the so far non-codified ways of using this method in the current diagnostic practice. The aim is to evaluate critically the general expectations and common assumptions, or, if need, to correct and clear up them according to the diagnostic interpretation of original sources, that are generally known. Numerous international studies provide lots of arguments that the method of drawing the human figure isn't safe as a diagnostic method. Article is to stimulate psychological community to consider to what extend can be the results of figure drawing diagnostically reasonable, acceptable and applicable.