DS not very interested in painting/drawing

[chelseamorning]

My 3yr old DS is a bright boy, particularly with speech and language. However he shows very little interest in painting, drawing, colouring in etc, either at home or at pre-school. Is this pretty normal for a boy?!

I get out paints etc a few times a week, with no pressure, to encourage him but he gives up after a couple of minutes. He wants me to do it for him ('Mummy, can you draw me a *?' etc) and has on occasion said that he's rubbish at drawing, something we've never said to him! (I'm a bit concerned about this as he's not comfortable in holding a pen/pencil and whether this will disadvantage him later when he goes to school.)

However, he seems more comfortable in building with lego, the ELC 'build it' kits, in fact anything really using 3D objects.

So he seems to be able to imagine and build in 3D but not create in 2D.

Anyone shed any light on this or give me tips on how to encourage him to draw etc?

Another one with a DS like this. He's 51/2 now and after a year at school is a wee bit more interested in drawing, but not much. He much prefers to construct, loves 'junk modeling' and is always coming home with rocket ships, pop up boxes etc that he has made with boxes and toilet roll tubes which explains why my house looks like a recycling depo. Just something to look forward to there .

Another 3 year old who doesn't much like drawing here. He loves chalking outside though and I also painted a massive blackboard in the dc's bedroom recently and he likes to scribble on that. Nothing wrong with it at all. Making things is way more fun :). We are working on a big Thomas for a scarecrow competition and he has had a great time building and painting it.