What age would you think did this drawing?

[NowWhatUsernameShallIHave]

Just that really

4?

I’d say y1.
My Y3 and y5 dc would add more detail

Based on what my dd9 brought home for the “you must buy me” Christmas card, I’d say about Y6!

The writing is neat and the colouring accurate.
I'd say 8 or 9.

what shocks me a bit is that i totally assumed it was done by a girl not a boy. Why would that be?! I guess I think it's very neat, but also very simple. Anyway, shows up my preconceptions a bit uncomfortably!

I think there are some low responses here. Looks like the kind of thing my DS would do and he’s 9.

That's better than I'd have done at 11 and I have ASD.

I am terrible at art because I am unable to visualise, so any drawings I do have to be quite formulaic as the present and the tree are in this. I was well into my 30s before I learned that "my mind's eye" wasn't just a metaphor and some people can actually create images in their minds!

I really like it. Has a graphic, cleanness. I think it could be an older child, maybe a teenager?

5/6

I don’t think younger children so stick men though so I guess slightly older 9?

@Underthestairsbears

My DS is almost 11 and couldn't draw as nearly as that, but he can wipe the floor with me at Maths. I'm not sure assessing his drawings is the best way to figure out where he is or if he's on the spectrum.

This. My 23 year old dd would probably draw like this now, definitely NT but her talents always lay elsewhere.

6

I was going to say 5-6.

I'd also be concerned if an 11yo drew this but hey, we can't all be artists or good at drawing.

@Formel

That's better than I'd have done at 11 and I have ASD.

I am terrible at art because I am unable to visualise, so any drawings I do have to be quite formulaic as the present and the tree are in this. I was well into my 30s before I learned that "my mind's eye" wasn't just a metaphor and some people can actually create images in their minds!

Amazing isn't it. That some people have this weird superpower of being able to see pictures inside their head.

5-6

It is very neat, which indicates an older child, and there is some character in the figures in the bottom, the man is without a face which might be significant unless it is a gingerbread biscuit, which it probably is. What you might be thinking about is composition, that the choice of subject and composition is young, and it might be, but not in a worrying way. My eldest dc is a bit younger and draws amazing pictures - I got an A for my art A level but he is quite honestly better than me in relation to drawing and composition, and cleverer at school - but he still might be on the spectrum. Not been assessed as yet.

Can you say more about what you are worried about here, why you are asking?

I'd say 15

Newborn

It's similar to what my DS would do and he is 10. His drawings are very basic and often draws stick men when drawing people.

It's so variable;

DS1 - age 9
Dd - age 5
DS2 - age 3
DS3 - still not quite there at 11....

Newborn

Wanker

To be fair @NowWhatUsernameShallIHave it's about all I can manage and I'm not autistic or delayed in anything but artistic ability. Definitely not blessed in that department!

My autistic child could barely hold a pencil. My friend’s autistic child draws like its real life.
Is it your child being assessed? It feels horrible. I over analysed everything with my first. It was a very difficult process to go through. Hope you are ok, OP.

My DS is 12 with no additional needs and probably would do a similar level of drawing but not as neat colouring. DD would have done something like that at around 8 probably.

@CommonPersonLikeMe

OP I really hope that you are not posting for validation that your child is super amazing and x amount of years ahead of their time. I have seen posts like that before and it never ends well. Some people will think it is amazing and others will tell you that their child was doing this and more years before yours. Honestly, it’s a lovely picture. Just enjoy it.

I don't think the OP is.

My son at 15 can not draw like me but his Uncle is amazing. We do stick men.