In this article, the author discusses the importance of Viktor Lowenfeld's influence on her research, describes visual anthropology, gives examples of her research, and examines the implications of this type of research for teachers. The author regards Lowenfeld's (1952/1939) early work with children in Austria as a form of participant observation research. Participant observation is a process of describing, analyzing, and interpreting an everyday activity to understand it more fully. Lowenfeld intensely watched how children made art, listened to what they said, and asked questions. Similar to Lowenfeld, this author also elicits student views on their artwork. Teachers do this tacitly everyday to some degree and often times more methodically. Observed through the lens of his own education, largely based on psychology, Lowenfeld regarded his findings about children's artworks as "universal," not context-bound, and failed to understand the influence of culture on children's artworks. In contrast, when studying children's artworks today, this author attempts to search for meanings of different socio-cultural contexts through visual anthropology. (Contains 5 figures and 3 endnotes.)