Ask a rocket scientist to draw a tree or a house. Very likely, he or she, would draw very much the same tree or house, the way they drew it at age seven years old. What happened along the way? Why do 90% of older people are unable to conjure up a real looking drawing? They don’t want to actually. Their artistic mind for creating gave up around age 11 or 12. Here’s why.
The creative processing of a brain at 5 to 8 years old is extremely active. Page after page of colorful, random 2 dimensional artworks can easily cover any family refrigerator when a grade schooler is encouraged. Or, they can waste those creative years at computer game screens where nearly zero creativity is required.
At age 9-10, artistic children tire quickly of doing the same art. They want realism. The images 3-dimensional art yet don’t know the basics. They try to draw realism but dislike the results. Most kids quit altogether, embarrassed by their attempts at art. What might be the solution for this?
Phil has taught realism and surrealism in a private school years ago in Las Vegas. The 9-10 year olds were extremely excited and engaged to learn the simple steps to shading, perspective, and 3-dimentional drawing. If your child is good at art and is approaching nine, don’t let them quit. Get them some advanced training.
