What age do children start drawing?

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My DS is 14 months old and loves drawing. Is this normal at this age?

I'd say so, yes.

Ah, just noticed this is in gifted. Do you mean he draws recognisable objects, in which case it's not standard, or so you mean scrawls & scribbles?

To save time in the future, does anyone know of a website that has a timeline of when children achieve different things?

Is what he draws recognizable? Or just scribbles?

He can't talk, but they don't look just like random scribbles.

Milk - the Wonderweeks maybe?

DD was drawing perfect faces at 17mo.

I think children are supposed to be able to draw a cross at about 2yo and people at 3yo-but I think the range is huge. So him scribbling at 14mo doesn't really mean anything.

There seems to be a core of mums at my DD's nursery who sit at the drawing table with their DC's during "social" time after drop-off, comparing their DC's pictures with those of the other children, it seems to be the pre-cursor to the Book Band Competition that gets underway in reception . I smile and follow DD to (usually) the water area.

If your child likes drawing, great.

Art is my thing and I was just 2 year's old and drawing people, if that helps. Not sure what I drew before that. My DS3 is 2 1/2 and he scribbles.

Is this any good?

That is very interesting. I have a six year old and eight year old and they can't draw as well as those examples. My two-and-a-half year old is still very much at the complete scribble stage.

Yes, sounds quite normal

bigtilly/beckybendy- I'm 32 and can't draw as well as the eight and ten year old examples!

I'm not sure DS (11) and definitely not DH(43) could draw as well as 8+ examples. Not that I'm much better

Yeah, normal. My eldest cold draw a recognisable car before he could talk.

My DD is not G&T but drew her first really recognisable object - a sun with a smiley face at 18 months.

i was thinking exactly the same-theres no way my drawing is as good and the 8 and 10 year old examples (i'm 38 by the way)

My niece drew a fully recognisable person with a face, body, arms and legs at 19 months and she is definitely NOT gifted in anything other than art and craft type things.

Dd1 is 12 and her drawing is probably one of the worst things she does, but she wrote her name for the first time at just turned 2. Dd2 is 2 and a bit and she's just decided circles are the way forward.