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?

Innate artistic potential/talent is a myth.

This is absolutely untrue.

Of course working hard at developing as an artist is a huge part of it - but it is complete nonsense to say innate artistic talent is a myth.

Although I'm curious if you believe that about music/acting/football/athletics?

Or just fine art?

Its good, around 7

In threads like this child turns out to be a teen.

I think yr 4/5 IME

I think it's good. Shows artistic potential in the bold use of lines and also shading. How old is the child?

Surely all this is subjective as it’s different if it’s made up or copied from a book . I wish people would just say my 9 yo did this what do you think rather than people randomly guessing for 4 pages etc .

11

Did they copy it from a photograph, painting, cartoon or memory?

It depends really whether they were copying a very similar picture in a similar style and just copying the shading etc or "seeing" the shading in a photograph and translating that into different medium. I guess it also depends on whether the style was a conscious decision or they were aiming for realism and just happened to create something beautiful by chance. Either way, it is lovely.

I am terrible at art. What is in my head never reflects on the paper! It’s better than I could do in my 40’s!

12

Its mumsnet!😂

28

I think age 7

8-10

Or two😂

Come on, it's a toddler bringing back their art from playgroup.
so 2.
not 28

exactly 😂

I got it: 23 months!

7 or 8

Looks like an adult drew this in the style of a child.

5 excellent control of the brush, amazing understanding of body proportion , and colour mixing

10 has been well taught to use line, to observe, to understand how to represent facial features , to use available space, to use background to enhance the composition.

15 absolutely no artistic talent whatsoever.

I'd be surprised if they were younger than 9 tbh.

DS is very artistic and nearly 9. I think this is slightly above his age.

46

Yep..innate inability to draw certainly exists! I have it, despite having two artists as parents, and growing up in a household where drawing and all things creative were encouraged.

But I draw like a four year old. If there's an art equivalent of dyslexia, I have it. If I have a simple object in front of me, I can see it, I have a pencil in my hand, but my brain simply can't transfer what I see, to my hand and to the paper. I am seriously bad, and when anyone suggests a game of pictionary at Christmas, I panic.

My DD on the other hand draws absolutely beautifully.

Trying to work out if it is good or not. I mean that's a great way to knock someone's love of art out of them.

I like it.

Picasso potential