What age child drew this?

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Just want to know if I'm being PFB or not.

Sorry just notice we already found out.

Her explanation of the picture is lovely.

OP I think as others, that is very good for a 3yo, even one who is almost 4.

I have a painting up that DS2 did of a snowman - with stick arms and fingers coming out of the body (rather than the head) in nursery, and one by DD of a girl with a kite (no fingers but clear features). Boith of these were painted which is tricky I think; both DC were almost 4. I framed the pix so I must have thought they were good :)

Enjoy your creative child, she seems great, and don't bother about whether her artwork is above average or not. Just let her keep doing what she enjoys.

Is there paint on the table? How old is the sister?

StrugglingArtist ooh at least 37. I really like the way you the artist has layered the dough to create depth.

It’s very good, and lovely that you are proud. Dd produced stuff at that level aged 4, and she’s gone on to be pretty good at art. Not exceptional, but good at it. Ds, on the other hand, would still struggle to produce something that good and he’s nine! It’s ok though because he’s a maths genius.

In that case, I also have a genius.

3/4. Depends how much you child enjoys drawing etc. I work in a nursery and of course the children who would sit and draw all day are a bit more skilled than others who don't.

Not looked at answer if it's there would say older 4 or 5.

It's good for her age, but don't stress about whether she's advanced or not, just identify it as something she enjoys and keep encouraging her! Mine was a good little artist, but never did it at school, and still makes fantastic little cards and paintings for family.

It doesn't matter.

Just enjoy that she enjoys it. Stop trying to quantify her creativity, it only leads to problems.

bebanjo

I suppose it depends on what teaching you have done with her. Art skills, like everything, improves with practice. Our local art studio does art classes from age 4 upwards. My 5 year old has been attending since summer once weekly and I can see a massive difference with an artist teaching her; she came home with this picture she drew today in oil pastels.

I’m surprised there aren’t more fine art classes for kids. A lot seem to do music lessons, dancing, gymnastics, karate etc but this is the only art class for kids that I know of. I would have guessed 3 as that looks like my dds drawings off that age too.

@Miss2018 I agree! Although YouTube videos are great too. Explicit teaching goes a long way. Only the very talented kids figure it out on their own. If means a lot of kids feel they're bad at art until they get to secondary school where often there is more explicit teaching of technique.
My niece is 4 and she taught herself to draw 'cute' eyes off a YouTube tutorial.

@Miss2018

I suppose it depends on what teaching you have done with her. Art skills, like everything, improves with practice. Our local art studio does art classes from age 4 upwards. My 5 year old has been attending since summer once weekly and I can see a massive difference with an artist teaching her; she came home with this picture she drew today in oil pastels.

I’m surprised there aren’t more fine art classes for kids. A lot seem to do music lessons, dancing, gymnastics, karate etc but this is the only art class for kids that I know of. I would have guessed 3 as that looks like my dds drawings off that age too.

With all due respect, the difference is that the 3 year old drew it from her imagination. I could copy a picture and it would look good, but I don’t have the imagination to create my own.

Your kids pic is amazing, but the techniques have been taught so your DC has done really well and followed the brief. Not every child would be able to produce what your DD has of course, but if they were shown how to do it, more would be able to something similar.

It’s the imagination and creativity that comes without being shown at 3 that stands out.

[quote Nevermindthesquirrels]@Miss2018 I agree! Although YouTube videos are great too. Explicit teaching goes a long way. Only the very talented kids figure it out on their own. If means a lot of kids feel they're bad at art until they get to secondary school where often there is more explicit teaching of technique.
My niece is 4 and she taught herself to draw 'cute' eyes off a YouTube tutorial.[/quote]
This. It’s the innate creativity that makes a child stand out I suppose

@TableFlowerss you are right but at the same time you cannot expect good level of free creativity without having some explicit teaching. The PP child will probably be able to use the technique in something else she draws freely.
You would never expect a child to make creative jokes without first learning the language, to just pick up a music theory book and be able to understand just because, or to be proficient in karate because they are kicking their legs about everyday until eventually it looks like something resembling karate.
Obv the OPs DD is 3, so this is all irrelevant really but all the famous artists had to master the foundations but repeating art exercises before they could make excellent pieces from their imagination. You need to know how to put your imagination on paper. Some kids are innately good at this, most need training. Just like any other subject.

Very cute. Dd2&3 are artistic and could draw meaningfully at age 3 whereas dd1 couldn’t draw a person without significant help at age 4. Dd1 however is very academic and expected to get levels 7-9 at GCSE. Dd2&3 will be more likely to get average gcses but are much more creatively talented. Basically, enjoy but don’t over think it at this age.

My youngest has been drawing amazing since around her 3rd birthday, eyelashes in people before 4, a range of easily recognisable animals. As a teacher who’s taught eyfs I was amazed…

Now she’s year 1 she’s gone on to have horrendously bad writing and reading skills compared to my other 4! It’s bizarre, the fine motor skills have not translated into any ability with letter formation and her memory for animal details did not lead to mastering phase 2 phonics at six.

Gorgeous little thing, but the early genius signs turned out to be early signs she’s just good at art. Conversely her brother, that kid in reception who missed every goal going and couldn’t hold a pen, developed beautiful handwriting.

[quote Nevermindthesquirrels]@TableFlowerss you are right but at the same time you cannot expect good level of free creativity without having some explicit teaching. The PP child will probably be able to use the technique in something else she draws freely.
You would never expect a child to make creative jokes without first learning the language, to just pick up a music theory book and be able to understand just because, or to be proficient in karate because they are kicking their legs about everyday until eventually it looks like something resembling karate.
Obv the OPs DD is 3, so this is all irrelevant really but all the famous artists had to master the foundations but repeating art exercises before they could make excellent pieces from their imagination. You need to know how to put your imagination on paper. Some kids are innately good at this, most need training. Just like any other subject.[/quote]
I think it’s like any subject. Some children/adults will never excel at a certain subject regardless of being shown.

Some will flourish once shown.

Some will click instantly and need no intervention

Being good a drawing at a young age can be indicative of intelligence so I suspect that’s why the OP is posting. How many features they get in the right place gains more points on an actual IQ test. Like arms coming out of the body and not the head.

These are the innate things that some particularly bright children will pick up sooner so it’s not really about how pretty it looks but how accurate it is.

It’s the finer details I suppose

@TableFlowerss that's interesting, I've not heard of that link before. My DD was exceptionally artistic for her age. It was picked up early on, a lot of her interventions her teachers would use art as a reward. She scored in the 99th percentile on her IQ when we had to have hoards of EP assessments done.
Sadly her dyslexia is so severe the high IQ just makes her very aware of her difficulties and frustrated. She has an EHCP and is at least 3 years behind in English and maths. So maybe the IQ thing is correct, I guess your child also has to know how to express that intelligence.
I imagine there is an element of people wanting to be proud on posts like this. It does sadden me though how as a society we've become quite obsessed with our kids 'achievemnts' from a very young age. Its not common anymore to let talent be.

@Miss2018

I suppose it depends on what teaching you have done with her. Art skills, like everything, improves with practice. Our local art studio does art classes from age 4 upwards. My 5 year old has been attending since summer once weekly and I can see a massive difference with an artist teaching her; she came home with this picture she drew today in oil pastels.

I’m surprised there aren’t more fine art classes for kids. A lot seem to do music lessons, dancing, gymnastics, karate etc but this is the only art class for kids that I know of. I would have guessed 3 as that looks like my dds drawings off that age too.

Wow that's such a good picture! I agree, I think though the arts in general are neglected even though as well as people enjoying doing them they do teach a lot of other skills like improving fine motor skills etc when young. Like sports, there will be some that just enjoy doing it when they want, but others that would probably really flourish and find a lot of value in classes. There's a lot of messy play type stuff here, which is obviously great, but it seems to extend to older children and then there's a gap before classes aimed at adults of nothing. One of my friends is an incredible artist, her work is not just creative but also technically immaculate. She used to always have her sketchpad with her and would forever be drawing even when we were really young; people always said it would be better for you to have a book to read rather than a book to sketch in, but she's made a career she loves.

@Nevermindthesquirrels

I think it's good but no, not exceptional. I think it depends on context too. Is your family quite artistic? For context this was my DD age 4 (beginning of reception). She was always an amazing drawer, very very detailed from early on. She was incredible at art but very dyslexic and not academic at all. Her handwriting is abysmal but she can draw incredibly well. She's 14 now and doesn't touch a pencil anymore. She was obsessed with art until about 12 but hated it once she started secondary school. Didn't even choose it for GCSE. Wasted talent in my eyes but she's happy doing other things. Carry on being proud, it's great. Frame as much as you can or laminate, you'll love looking back at it once she's older.

I could've written this @Nevermindthesquirrels about my DS, he was always so talented at drawing from an early age. Atrocious handwriting but fantastic art (also dyslexic) and has stopped drawing now at 16. Total waste of a talent, it's such a shame but you can't force them 😭

@TabithaTumbler ah I know! I do miss it. DD used to carry a sketchbook everywhere until start of Y7. Makes me sad thinking about it .