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?

We don't know what the OP wants, can only speculate, in the absence of a return to thread.

There’s something quite captivating about it, I think it’s great. My DD is 6, nearly 7 and I regularly see artwork that her and her classmates have done, and something like this would stand out a mile.

And the OP doesn't have a posting history under that name, as far as I can tell.

Stop talking bollocks.

It's a nice drawing by a child. I am an artist and teach children art. This drawing clearly isn't drawn from the imagination or from life, it's been made looking at an existing picture of Queen Victoria. I'd say copying existing pictures is technically not as challenging for most children/people. I agree with PP, why the question about whether or not it's good? It's a lovely drawing. If the child likes art, encourage them to keep it up!
And encourage them to draw both from life (eg looking in mirror to do self portraits, drawing things around the house) and from the imagination, as well as copying paintings/photos if they enjoy that.

🙄 Picasso must drive your 6 year old mad!

Being 'gifted artistically' isn't just about colouring within the lines.

I think people who are saying 6 or 7 haven't looked at a 6 or 7 year old's drawings recently!

While I think DS is quite talented (posted his drawing earlier), I haven't considered DD that special, and this is what she did age 7. So I am quite surprised people are saying the original painting is good for a 10-12 yo. Maybe I need to reconsider my opinion about DDs skills.

You can certainly have an inclination or tendency towards it, I'm not disputing that. I have that myself. What I do dispute is the idea that people are simply bad at art or can't do it - observation and drawing are skills which can be learned.

The people in your examples, as well as having a natural level of ability, spent a lot of time doing it.

If they had not spent a lot of time doing it, their 'talent' would not have progressed. The same with anything else.

I dislike it when people say I am 'talented' because I have created a high quality art work. That is the result of years of hard work, effort and skill, honing my art.

You would not say an olympic athlete is 'talented' if they win a gold. They might have some natural flair for sport, but what is recognised is their years of hard work. It's exactly the same in art.

Anyone can be a good artist, just like anyone can be a good sportsperson. Not everyone can 'win a gold' but everyone can do it if they put time and dedicated effort into it.

Looks very much like this pic of Queen Victoria. I think it has been copied.

People saying a 5 year old 😂
I'd guess 11 or 12

9/10

It could be any age in a big range - my dd’s art was similar around age 6 (she has always loved art and spent a lot of her free time on it), but my son is nearly 10 and hardly ever draws/paints of his own accord - I’d be really impressed if he managed something like this. Whatever the age it’s a lovely picture.

They might have some natural flair for sport, but what is recognised is their years of hard work.

Yes but you still need some innate talent to start with to be not just OK at sport, but great. I'm quite sure even when training as hard as I can my entire life, I would never be an olympic sprinter. Of course the opposite is true, DH did show natural ability to be a runner - but his parents or teachers never developed it, so while he is still good, he could have been great with proper training.

Oh, your dd's work is wonderful. Lucky you to have two talented kids.

That is amazing. I love it. I would genuinely have that on a birthday card or something

@KatharinaRosalie that is absolutely brilliant 👏 my lovely 6.5 year old is still drawing basic stick people 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Scrolled all the way through and still no answer?? I think a 10 year old for what it's worth

Lol that's probably why my contract wasn't renewed never mind the cuts it was the quirking. I'm in secondary school now they're a bit more accepting 🤣

Can't help notice the OP's username.

This is a fantastic drawing! really talented

I am simply bad at art. My OH can draw brilliantly. It just is that way. He doesn't need to practise, although he would really improve if he did.

Whereas I can only produce drawings that look like a poorly co-ordinated five year old did them 😆

420 replies and no answer 🙄

OP has probably fled from some of the unpleasant responses here.

It doesn't take much courage to write 42, or whatever the age is.

I wouldn't say it's a particularly good drawing, but then there's plenty of worse art that's regarded inexplicably highligh. It's impossible to tell the age of the "artist" though, I'd guess at least five and less than 120?