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To think these drawings are pretty great for their ages. What do you think the ages of the kids are?

142 replies

Sweetsweetland · 13/02/2025 19:34

Lighthearted thread. 🙂

Went to watch Dogman movie with my 2 kids. I was asleep through most of it to be honest but the kids found it funny. When they came back home they started doing some drawings based on the film. I think they are pretty great for their ages but then again I am hopeless when it comes to any form of art !

What age do you think my DC are based on these?

To think these drawings are pretty great for their ages. What do you think the ages of the kids are?
OP posts:
ZenNudist · 13/02/2025 20:42

6 and 8

ThreeMagicNumber · 13/02/2025 20:43

5/6 and 8/9?

RadStag · 13/02/2025 20:48

Come back op!

Happyhippos123 · 13/02/2025 20:48

4 and 7

OP you're supposed to come back andvtell us the ages.

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 13/02/2025 20:49

I'm rubbish at this and kids vary so much it's really hard. One on the left maybe 4-6 and the one on the right 7+

MarioLink · 13/02/2025 20:54

4 and 8

PointsSouth · 13/02/2025 20:54

RadStag · 13/02/2025 19:39

Wow, such a shame you have a dullard... mine did a similar piece of work in my left ovary...

Edited

That's no big deal.

In our case, the sperm was doing the line drawing and the ovum was doing the colour, and they only got together at all to work on the animation.

RadStag · 13/02/2025 20:55

PointsSouth · 13/02/2025 20:54

That's no big deal.

In our case, the sperm was doing the line drawing and the ovum was doing the colour, and they only got together at all to work on the animation.

Oh, it took the sperm AND the egg to combine for your ... "artist", did it?

I'm sure the drawing was ... Lovely.

AngryBird6122 · 13/02/2025 20:56

5 and 7?

RadStag · 13/02/2025 20:56

Maybe OP is never coming back, because her kids are 13 and 11 😂

Sweetsweetland · 13/02/2025 20:56

Thank you all for such lovely messages ! I read some of them to my children before bed and they were very happy . The drawing on the left was done by my youngest son and he is 5. It did involve a bit of copying from his brother whose drawing is on the right and he just turned 8 🙂 I swear you dont ever want to see mine haha

OP posts:
RickiRaccoon · 13/02/2025 20:57

7 and 9.

RadStag · 13/02/2025 20:58

Sweetsweetland · 13/02/2025 20:56

Thank you all for such lovely messages ! I read some of them to my children before bed and they were very happy . The drawing on the left was done by my youngest son and he is 5. It did involve a bit of copying from his brother whose drawing is on the right and he just turned 8 🙂 I swear you dont ever want to see mine haha

They're very good 😊

Sweetsweetland · 13/02/2025 20:59

Perhaps I need to sign them up to some art classes and there is some potential there that I wasnt aware of 🙂

OP posts:
LBFseBrom · 13/02/2025 21:04

They are delightful drawings. Age roughly 7?

MummaMummaMumma · 13/02/2025 21:06

5 and 8? However old, it's very good.
Really depends on the kid though... I am a truly awful drawer, but one of my kids has been incredible since about 6.

RadStag · 13/02/2025 21:06

Sweetsweetland · 13/02/2025 20:59

Perhaps I need to sign them up to some art classes and there is some potential there that I wasnt aware of 🙂

Nah, just let them be.

fingerbobz · 13/02/2025 21:09

18 months and 3?

WiddlinDiddlin · 13/02/2025 21:30

On a serious note..

Get them art materials, good ones (not professional grade, but decent student grade where possible, not the fuck-awful barely pigmented pencils, pens that are dry before you open them, paper that won't take a mark or alternatively feathers out the ink the second pen touches paper. Nothing kills creativity faster than shit materials and then being told 'a bad workman blames his tools'. Children are already struggling with a lot of disadvantages due to their age/developmental stage, don't make crummy tools/materials another one)...

DO NOT caution them to be 'careful' with them or 'save them for best' etc - let them be free with it, encourage them to make marks, experiment with colour and shape.

Be enthusiastic about creating stuff in general, if they want to fashion the Taj Mahal out of noodles or build a life size flamingo out of discarded socks... (within reason...) go ahead.

This isn't a fool proof guide to producing genius artists - but feeling free to experiment and try things out boosts confidence. Evaluating your work and trying again at something builds skill and also resilience. Soldiering on through a 'messy' stage (every art piece has a messy stage, where it looks like an untrained monkey did it!) is a skill everyone will benefit from.

You might end up with fantastic artists, but these skills are transferable to all sorts of aspects of life, and learning.

I am an artist, but it has taken me a really long time to relax, let go and be free with materials and dare to mess up, waste stuff and make a mess. As a result, its only in my late 30s and early 40s that I really got somewhere, became professional and started actually earning money from it. I can also think of a lot of other areas in my life where the above applies!

Onlyvisiting · 13/02/2025 21:32

5/6 and 9/10?

Peaceandquietandacuppa · 13/02/2025 21:34

6 and 11?

AttentionDeficitAndSquirrel · 13/02/2025 21:35

Sweetsweetland · 13/02/2025 20:56

Thank you all for such lovely messages ! I read some of them to my children before bed and they were very happy . The drawing on the left was done by my youngest son and he is 5. It did involve a bit of copying from his brother whose drawing is on the right and he just turned 8 🙂 I swear you dont ever want to see mine haha

5 and 8 is incredible. I'm impressed with the writing of the 5 year old as well. Hope they had lots of fun doing it.😊

soundsys · 13/02/2025 21:37

6 and 10?

Lemsipper · 13/02/2025 21:38

I think the kerning on the dogman logo is off

Lou205 · 13/02/2025 21:41

They are fab OP!

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