Yesterday my four year old picked up a piece of chalk and started doodling on the chalk board. This is what she drew:
I’m fairly sure I haven’t shown her how to draw petals like that but I’m so impressed at her perspective. The person next to the flower is me apparently!
Then this morning she rubbed it out (so glad I snapped a photo) and drew this one:
She said this was herself and she drew it for her sister. Notice that it has knees and a lovely big smile. Very sweet.
I am always amazed at how well she draws as I have always assumed that most of our drawing talent is learnt not inherited. Maybe I’m wrong about that one (anyone know?). I always felt like my own drawing skills were learnt and yet when I think about it there is an awful lot of artist ability in my family, on both sides. My Mum oil paints, my Dad can draw and was a graphic designer of sorts for a long time, my brother is brilliant at photography. One uncle has beautiful hand writing, calligraphic even, another uncle can water-paint, a cousin has an art teaching degree, another cousin is good at charcoal sketching and another cousin is another brilliant photographer and another one is a trained graphic designer. I once found some notebooks from my Nanna’s school days and her sketches were pretty good too.
So, the odds are against me, artistic ability just may be inherited. I’d love to read some articles on that.
