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To think these drawings are pretty great for their ages. What do you think the ages of the kids are?

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Sweetsweetland · 13/02/2025 19:34

Lighthearted thread. 🙂

Went to watch Dogman movie with my 2 kids. I was asleep through most of it to be honest but the kids found it funny. When they came back home they started doing some drawings based on the film. I think they are pretty great for their ages but then again I am hopeless when it comes to any form of art !

What age do you think my DC are based on these?

To think these drawings are pretty great for their ages. What do you think the ages of the kids are?
OP posts:
Beekeepingmum · 13/02/2025 22:51

Sweetsweetland · 13/02/2025 20:56

Thank you all for such lovely messages ! I read some of them to my children before bed and they were very happy . The drawing on the left was done by my youngest son and he is 5. It did involve a bit of copying from his brother whose drawing is on the right and he just turned 8 🙂 I swear you dont ever want to see mine haha

I think they are good for those ages. My drawing skill never progressed beyond the one on the left through so I may be easily impressed.

Crispynoodle · 13/02/2025 22:37

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 13/02/2025 20:12

I 'fink your 'aving a bit of a laugh' as they say on Eastenders Street.

I suspect that these were actually drawn by you and DP, although I'm not sure which was done by whom.

At a wild guess it is to prove some sort of point in a marital dispute...🤐

Erm I think you mean 'Avin' a giraarffe' if they are Eastenders! Apologies I am useless at guessing ages

AnxiousRose · 13/02/2025 22:28

I would have guessed 6 and 9 so yes very good for 5 and 8.

LittleBigHead · 13/02/2025 22:24

Around 10 or so? This is a really typical way that pre-pubescent boys start to draw - by copying their favourite cartoons. THey're copies so the basic shapes & outlines are there for them.

I wouldn't fuss over "gifted child" for such stuff.

ZebedeeDougalFlorence · 13/02/2025 22:17

Oh, I was spot on!

ZebedeeDougalFlorence · 13/02/2025 22:15

RadStag · 13/02/2025 19:35

This is Mumsnet. Opening answer will be.... 3.

Haha. 3 is exactly what I was going to say!

Thinking about it now I reckon they might be 5 and 8. They are very good pictures.

venus7 · 13/02/2025 22:08

TheThreeCheesesOfTheApocalypse44 · 13/02/2025 19:41

Is that it ?

Well my Tarquin and Esmerelda managed to paint an exact replica of the Mona Lisa AND swim round their daddys nutsack at the same time. 😏

Ppfff! My little prince painted the original before I was born, therefore before I had eggs.

SquashedSquid · 13/02/2025 22:08

Hmm. I teach Year 1 and 2. Going to say 5 and 8?

Mielbee · 13/02/2025 22:07

8 and 11

moanaom · 13/02/2025 22:06

It's weird how art by kids is so highly valued and encouraged, but most working artists are barely scraping by and are offered a lot of work 'for exposure'. Where do we lose it?

crinkletits · 13/02/2025 22:05

MyVIsForVendetta · 13/02/2025 19:42

23 weeks

👌 .. I wouldn't dare come back if I was the OP.

BetaMom · 13/02/2025 22:03

I have children myself but would not be able to draw as well as your child who made the right hand side picture

BornSandyDevotional · 13/02/2025 22:00

Sweetsweetland · 13/02/2025 20:59

Perhaps I need to sign them up to some art classes and there is some potential there that I wasnt aware of 🙂

I have an artist. He's 16. You don't need classes. YouTube and commitment are all you need. Together with time and encouragement. I think these are really good. The little one's especially so. At their ages, artwork is an indication of general intelligence and wellbeing. It's lovely you're deservedly very proud of them! Whatever they choose to specialise in as they get older, they will have you to support them. Art is quite an exacting discipline. Ability is important but it involves an enormous amount of practice and training. You seem like a lovely mum who will nurture them in whatever they choose to do. They clearly have bags of potential!

MillyVannily · 13/02/2025 21:58

5 and 7 is my guess :)

TheChosenTwo · 13/02/2025 21:58

I was right - do I win one of the drawings?! 😂😂

CarterBeatsTheDevil · 13/02/2025 21:52

Sweetsweetland · 13/02/2025 20:59

Perhaps I need to sign them up to some art classes and there is some potential there that I wasnt aware of 🙂

Just let them enjoy it. My 7 year old loves drawing for us because we love all of her pictures 😍

BatchCookBabe · 13/02/2025 21:43

I genuinely guessed 4 and 8. So I was almost bang on! Smile

Lou205 · 13/02/2025 21:41

They are fab OP!

Lemsipper · 13/02/2025 21:38

I think the kerning on the dogman logo is off

soundsys · 13/02/2025 21:37

6 and 10?

AttentionDeficitAndSquirrel · 13/02/2025 21:35

Sweetsweetland · 13/02/2025 20:56

Thank you all for such lovely messages ! I read some of them to my children before bed and they were very happy . The drawing on the left was done by my youngest son and he is 5. It did involve a bit of copying from his brother whose drawing is on the right and he just turned 8 🙂 I swear you dont ever want to see mine haha

5 and 8 is incredible. I'm impressed with the writing of the 5 year old as well. Hope they had lots of fun doing it.😊

Peaceandquietandacuppa · 13/02/2025 21:34

6 and 11?

Onlyvisiting · 13/02/2025 21:32

5/6 and 9/10?

WiddlinDiddlin · 13/02/2025 21:30

On a serious note..

Get them art materials, good ones (not professional grade, but decent student grade where possible, not the fuck-awful barely pigmented pencils, pens that are dry before you open them, paper that won't take a mark or alternatively feathers out the ink the second pen touches paper. Nothing kills creativity faster than shit materials and then being told 'a bad workman blames his tools'. Children are already struggling with a lot of disadvantages due to their age/developmental stage, don't make crummy tools/materials another one)...

DO NOT caution them to be 'careful' with them or 'save them for best' etc - let them be free with it, encourage them to make marks, experiment with colour and shape.

Be enthusiastic about creating stuff in general, if they want to fashion the Taj Mahal out of noodles or build a life size flamingo out of discarded socks... (within reason...) go ahead.

This isn't a fool proof guide to producing genius artists - but feeling free to experiment and try things out boosts confidence. Evaluating your work and trying again at something builds skill and also resilience. Soldiering on through a 'messy' stage (every art piece has a messy stage, where it looks like an untrained monkey did it!) is a skill everyone will benefit from.

You might end up with fantastic artists, but these skills are transferable to all sorts of aspects of life, and learning.

I am an artist, but it has taken me a really long time to relax, let go and be free with materials and dare to mess up, waste stuff and make a mess. As a result, its only in my late 30s and early 40s that I really got somewhere, became professional and started actually earning money from it. I can also think of a lot of other areas in my life where the above applies!

fingerbobz · 13/02/2025 21:09

18 months and 3?

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