This is the peer reviewed version of the following article:Darling-McQuistan, K. (2017), Beyond Representation: Exploring Drawing as Part of Children's Meaning-Making. Int J Art Des Educ, 36: 281–291., which has been published in final form at DOI: 10.1111/jade.12158. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.