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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?
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AttentionDeficitAndSquirrel · 13/02/2025 20:27

7 and 12

wipeywipe · 13/02/2025 20:27

My kids were in the womb when drawing at that standard.

My eggs could do this.

arcticpandas · 13/02/2025 20:26

7 and 9

Bournetilly · 13/02/2025 20:25

7 and 8

ItGhoul · 13/02/2025 20:24

I'm going with 6 and 9.

UbiquitousObjects · 13/02/2025 20:22

Is the twist going to be that the one on the right was the younger child? 😯

GroovyChick87 · 13/02/2025 20:22

First one 7, second one 9 but with a talent for art.

UbiquitousObjects · 13/02/2025 20:21

I think my nearly 8 year old would be in the middle of the two...but possibly a bit closer to the one on the left.

On that basis I'd say 7 and 9.

80smonster · 13/02/2025 20:18

6 & 8.

sparepantsandtoothbrush · 13/02/2025 20:17

6 and 9

PlasticineKing · 13/02/2025 20:17

I’ll bite. My 8yo could have done the one on the right, quite easily but she loves drawing and is very creative (for balance her spelling is shit(

Floralnomad · 13/02/2025 20:13

6 & 8

Topsyturvy78 · 13/02/2025 20:12

5 & 7

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...🤐

EnglishGirlApproximately · 13/02/2025 19:56

No idea on the ages but just mentioning that Phoenix magazine do drawing tutorials around these and other characters on a fairly regular basis if you're kids like drawing.

gmgnts · 13/02/2025 19:53

I'm going for 6 and a precocious 8. Now it's time for you to come back and tell us the answer, OP!

TheChosenTwo · 13/02/2025 19:50

I’d say about 5 and 8ish? My son is 13 and still couldn’t draw with that level of accuracy how but my girls were possibly drawing like this at those sorts of ages (of course it’s been years now so I’m possibly wrong 😂).
Either way, they’re great drawings and very clear what they are. TBH I’d definitely struggle to draw something as clear now!

I had a boy in my class a few years ago, he was about 7 at this point, he struggled with writing, numeracy levels were through the floor, found it hard to sit still and listen, generally found many aspects of school life really challenging but my goodness he could draw to an astonishing level. The attention to detail was remarkable. I often think of him when I see kids drawings!

FallenRaingel · 13/02/2025 19:46

5 (maybe young 6) and 8 or young 9.

Goldenbear · 13/02/2025 19:45

6 and 10 for the right picture.

Pertner · 13/02/2025 19:45

7 and 9

RadStag · 13/02/2025 19:44

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. 😏

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Oh well, they did have an advantage for the swimming I suppose.

Aforementioned child isn't even the artist of the family. If you care to look, my uterus has a wonderful version of the Cistene Chapel Ceiling from the arty one she did as the egg travelled out of the tubes.... Please don't scream when you see it.

EnRouteElsewhere · 13/02/2025 19:43

4.5 and 7

RichardGeresTie · 13/02/2025 19:43

I work in a Year 3 class with7/8 year olds.
The right picture looks like our best artists work so 7/8.
The left picture I’d say is a really good Year 1 child so 5/6.
Also it looks like the picture was copied from something rather than an original idea so that makes it easier.

MyVIsForVendetta · 13/02/2025 19:42

23 weeks

FoxtonFoxton · 13/02/2025 19:42

How sweet, they are really good!
Every child has different talents and it's always difficult to say how old the children involved are. It doesn't matter really as long as they've had a lovely time drawing!
DD was always a very natural talent at art from an early age while DS had no interest or discernable talent at it. Meanwhile he could read amazingly at two years old while DD really struggled throughout primary.

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