To ask what age you think drew this picture?

[amiaweirdoo]

Trying to work out if it is good or not. Does this look like a child that has artistic potential and how old would you expect the child that drew that to be?

Or they’re 6. Jesus what genius 6 year olds do you know that makes a 6 year old doing this ‘shit’? They’ve barely mastered handwriting at that age

😳he is very talented! Amazing!

@Sunisshiningweatherissweet1 That painting your son did of the guinea pig is amazing! Real gift he has there. 😍

I agree with @peachicecream its difficult to pin down an age to an artistic style.

I don't agree with the comment that artistic talent cannot be innate.

My brother is a case in point. At the age of 7 onwards into adulthood he was completely immersed in art, mainly pen and ink drawings. He could literally draw anything, the detail and observations were totally awe-inspiring. It was innate talent no doubt. You'd never be able to "guess his age" by looking at his art, it would have been impossible, or at least wildly inaccurate.

Similarly a girl in my class at school was prodigious by the age of 11 she could have been a new age Beatrix Potter with her Tales of the Riverbank genre. She used to unveil her creations completed over a weekend in the Monday art lesson. She went on to be a professional artist.

OP I love your DC's painting (presumably Queen Victoria?). It's charming, love everything about it, down to the rich red backdrop, with the contrasting royal blue sash, all very regal. I hope you come back and tell us their age. I think 10-11 years old.

I can't believe people are saying 6! I don't think I could draw that and I'm 42.

Maybe 10?

My 4 year old could have done this while taking a break from reading Harry Potter...

Picasso aged 27

7 to 8.

I don't know what age but I like it, I like the style. I'd be more likely to have that on my wall than the guinea pig someone posted but that's the thing about art, it's all subjective isn't it.

An adult. Definitely. In a “child-like style”. But definitely an adult. Not to do with skill (I was very accomplished at art as a child, but didn’t draw like that). This just has adult-drawing-as-a-child written all over it.

Year 5/6 at a guess

7-9

Finished your GCSE's then?

10

6 year old

That's incredible!!!

I've just done a similar project with Year 4 children, so 8-9. The top third of the class produced something similar. So I'd say a talented 8-9 year old and they're unusually talented if they're younger than that!

Remind me of this https://www.boredpanda.com/painting-progression-practice-makes-perfect-marc-allante/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

It has eyes on either side of the face, so no.

My original thought was 7 - but do 7 year olds colour in the whole page, I don’t think so.

Going with a safe 10.

When are we going to get the big reveal?

9?

9

Unbelievable isn't it lol.

Innate artistic potential/talent is a myth

I am not entirely convinced. We don't draw or paint at home, we're not into art, kids have not taken any drawing or painting classes. But when DD asked DS to draw her a dinosaur, he sketched this. He was 7. I might be biased but I do think that's better than average, and that's without any training whatsoever.