How old is the child who drew this?

[374jtwqj]

DS just gave me this picture. I know there is quite a lot of variation but how old do you think is the child who drew this?

Sorry to be'that person' but three or four. And usually a girl. (from experience)

Drawing is a skill, it needs practice, no one can magically draw perfectly. If your DS doesn't draw regularly, he won't improve his skill. Encourage him to draw more often, encourage him to draw lots of pictures. He may never practice enough to get really good at it, but he might. If he's a quiet studious kid then it would be a great hobby for him.

My DS is 7 and he’s improving with his drawing but that picture is very much the type of thing he would have drawn when he was 6. DD is very artistic and it does get DS down when he compares himself to her. But I just keep telling him he can’t be good at everything and that he is definitely improving, which is true.

sadly the basic fact is, I’m hopeless at art and he takes after me. My DH is very good at drawing and DD is more like him. Horses for courses.

Between 4 and 8.

4

I'd say 5 or 6.

It's adorable. I treasure the pictures my kids did at that age, they're so precious and guve you an insight into how they see the world. 🥰

5?

My son has just turned 7 and I would say his drawing ability is similar. His hand writing isn’t great either. Fogets to put spaces in between words, certain letters he does backwards however his maths and memory for facts are above average. All kids have their strengths and weaknesses. We practice his hand writing and my husband does drawing with him as he is good at drawing. My daughter is such a good drawer and has beautiful handwriting but struggles with spellings and remembering facts. Try to help him improve on the things he struggles with and praise what he is good at x

Hi @374jtwqj keep an eye on what he thinks he's not as good at as he should be because he may have a condition. I'm not saying this to label him but to get him help if needed.
Three stories to support this

• My reading age was 4 years below what it should have been until I went to senior school (I was top of the class year after year so no learning issues) - I now know I have dyslexia and even now after gaining a degree from Kings College and a masters from UCLAN, my vocab is still behind my peers!
• My friends DD also had terrible handwriting and motor skills and she managed to get help and a diagnosis of dyspraxia, so got a laptop and support. She graduated from Oxford Uni last year having won a scholarship at the best sixth form college in the UK.
• My son is super bright yet his language was behind. His nursery suggested getting him checked. I did. The speech therapist said he was just immature. He wasn't immature, he has ASD diagnosed 9 years later and had he received support earlier, I am sure he would not have some of the struggles he still has.

I hope he's just taking his time and will get there, but pls listen and check in with school as it could be important.

BTW I love the drawing - my DD would have drawn this at 3yo and DS at 5yo. Both DD and DS have ASD.

My dd is 6 (year 1) it looks very similar to her drawings
Sometimes I'm not sure what she's drawn but I think they're great and your sons is too👌

I’m a primary school teacher and I guessed 6 before I saw how old your son is.

Going by my own drawings that my parents kept and would write my age on the back, I'd say around 3 or 4.

I think this is lovely! I would have said anywhere between 5 & 7 depending on how much they like drawing: I’d be delighted if my 6 yo (who is not that interested in drawing and doesn’t draw often) drew something like this (and my 4 yo, who loves drawing and does it a lot, couldn’t do this). I’ve noticed that (unsurprisingly) children who spend a lot of time drawing are way more advanced.
But horses for courses: each kid has their own skills and interests. The only thing is if it’s impacting their confidence: if so (as it was for my older kid) it’s worth looking online for basic drawing tips (eg how to draw a… etc) . If they have a few up their sleeve it can build confidence so they start free drawing. But it looks like your child is doing that already: I love all the different elements. Well done to them.

It's a beautiful, carefully observed piece of art. The sun graduates from red to yellow, and the cat is defined, even with detailed paws in a different colour. It is typical for a child aged 5-7, but those details show that your child has really thought about the composition. What concerns me is that your DS is worried that it's not good enough. Does he get that from you? Stop comparing, he's doing well, and the advice to talk about specific aspects instead of general praise is important. That will increase his confidence and help him develop his critical thinking.

4/5

@374jtwqj, put us out of our misery! How old IS the child who drew this? What is the purpose of the post?

She’s already said he’s 6. And this is a gorgeously observed, lovely drawing, very characteristic of a 6 year old. I don’t think your DS is bad at drawing at all OP but agree with the PP who said rather than saying ‘it’s great’ pick out specific things - ‘I love the way you drew a cat at the top of a tree/it was such a great idea to use two colours for the sun/these flowers make me really happy’ etc

3

I guessed 6, it looks totally age appropriate to me. It's sad he feels bad about it as it's so lovely! There are a lot of great "how to draw" books for kids that are really fun and easy and he's the perfect age for them. They usually don't have words, just pictures that show how to draw each step, maybe he would enjoy something like that!

I would have said 4 years x

25?

47 years old ... and he's allowed out of the special unit for the weekend, is he? Did they send him for respite care with enough medication to last until Sunday night?

I admire the quadrapeds walking down the right-side of the page. Very avant garde attitude to gravity!!

Also fascinated by his fixation on flipped 3s and the number of crucifixes.

Get him to sign it with his autograph. I sense you should put it on eBay with a starting bid of $USD35

There’s a Bluey episode he might want to watch called Dragon, nice little story about not being ‘good’ at drawing, but the emphasis is on not being good yet!

I would guess around 4

As a mother of 2 very different SEN children, my 11 year old would have run out of patience long before getting that far and my 9 year old would be seriously impressed with that as she simply can't draw. I have the artistic skills of a sloth and she's inherited that. I'd be impressed with that if I drew it. We can both colour just fine, but free form drawing is impossible for us. Being a rubbish artist has never been an issue for me...except in art class at secondary school.

I'm not sure if your post is a boast or a roast, but your child took the time to draw you a picture and give it to you, it was made with love. He may be rubbish or brilliant at art, he may have SEN it really doesn't matter. Take it with the love intended.