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?

I've seen worse in museums. Though I'm uncultured for Mumsnet 🤣 I'd say around 9.

I’d say 6 or 7.

This is amazing. What I love about the first pictures if that they show real character. Even as a kid he captures something of his parents. There is this energy and fun in all the pictures. However I would never have imagined that the toddler would go on to produce the detailed work of the later pictures.

7

It’s hard to put an age on art because it varies so much between people. I am very not creative so could never draw something like that. Going by the average of what I have seen from children though, I would say they are in year 4 or 5 though.

I'd say 10 to 12 years old.

Think most people have artistic potential if they find the right medium and have interesting things to say.

But am on the fence a bit about how much the ability to reproduce images has to do with artistic potential.

I’d say 7!

A child that enjoys art has artistic potential :)

5 or 6?! 😂

Tell us the age.

8 or 9.

I am wondering if this is a trick question and the OP drew it!😂

So, maybe the right age is about 26.

Very difficult to tell without context and amount of teaching guidance given. It looks very similar to art work I see produced in after school art lessons given by a specialist art teacher. In such lessons this quality of work can be produced anything from 5-11 years. If the child enjoys art let them continue enjoying it and exploring other mediums.

In my 40+yrs of childcare I've seen children draw like that at 4 and children of 12 who wouldn't know where to start. It depends entirely on the child.

My 52 month old drew this yesterday so I’m thinking the OP’s artist is a bit younger…..?

8-9 would be my guess.

@amiaweirdoo, I do hope you tell us their actual age!

I think it’s much easier to copy something than create drawings from scratch. DS does pretty well at copying but is terrible at free style drawing

Well yes, anything can be taught to a reasonable standard but being taught maths won’t necessarily make you into Stephen Hawking and being taught English might not make you into Emily Brontë. (even though they all had to learn at some point too)

quite a few comments along these lines and it’s pure ignorance, learn about camera lucida and other techniques masters used and you’ll see there’s no shame in using photos references or painting from photos. If you don’t know anything about art don’t comment on it.

I think there's a touch of adult interference or direction with this. It could be a child's work, probably 8 or 9, but details like the black lines and colouring suggest adult input.

I love it!! 😍

My DD thinks about 7.

Op still not back 😂

Its amazing, she looks like she has Mumps