Is this exceptionally talented for a 9YO?

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DD has been saying she wants to be an artist for quite a while. I'm not naturally artistic myself so can't really teach her myself nor do I really know what makes good art. Everything she does has been self taught. Is this talented for a 9YO? How could I encourage her?

Excellent!

Is there a local Art School, often they run classes for under 16. Well well worth immersing her by visiting galleries, look at artist studios on line, Instagram etc. She is talented.

wow brilliant! It’s WAY better than my 9yr old could do but he’s never been the arty/crafty type!

Could you get her into a local art class to start tapping into some more knowledge/experience from a teacher and local networks?

Yes, superb picture

That's fantastic. Well done to her!

What a fantastic talent.

That's nice.
I'd look for kids art clubs where she can learn and have some fun with art.

My 9 year old is at stick man level so I would say that is wonderful!

Yes...I'm no artist but it seems to be not only a 'good drawing' but also has an emotional impact I'd definitely not expect from a child.

That’s amazing!

Its brilliant

That’s brilliant. Definitely see if you can find her a local art club.
Do you have a specialist art shop near you? You can ask for advice in there.
My daughter regularly goes on YouTube for art tutorials. She’s learned loads from free online tutorials. I bought her a huge box (looks a bit like a tool box) where she keeps her pencils, pens and sketchbooks.
Lots of fun art competitions she could enter if she fancies a challenge - look on social media pages of art galleries etc.

Yes! Wow!

Absolutely.

Look around for art classes for the new year but in the mean time, there are some fantastic youtube tutorials if she wants to fine-tune her pencil skills.

Hugely talented!!!!

My almost 9 year old couldn't do anything like that so yes I'd say so

The sketchbooks oh my gosh they cost a bomb she goes through so many and the art supplies. I think I will enquire with an art shop she will just sit and draw for hours until she thinks it's ok. Better than playing on the tablet I suppose. 🤣🤣🤣

This exactly.

Yes, very talented! As well as pp suggestions I would say, try to give her the opportunity to experiment with different media - perhaps take her somewhere like The Range where they sell lots of different paint types.

I agree. The eyes especially.

I'd say that's talented for any age, never mind 9. No idea about classes but there's certainly plenty of stuff online.

That is fantastic. Wow

First of all, yes!

is she copying drawings or is this coming from her imagination?

Wow , exploit that talent it looks great to me

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