Do you believe any child can learn how to draw? As a matter of fact, anyone at any age can learn how to draw.
When I was a little girl and observed some of my classmates’ beautiful art, I believed you must possess an extreme talent to be able to draw. One of my friends used to “fix” my drawings during art classes so that I would not end up with Ds on my report card. I appreciated her very much. Her flawless art creations confirmed to me that knowing how to draw was a gift and I was not the one being blessed with it.
Looking back at my childhood, I wish somebody would have told me that art is a skill that gets better and better with practice. Yes, there are those who, because of their gift, can take this still to another level, but it doesn’t mean that the less-gifted ones cannot master the basics. It is the same as, for example, sports or music; you may not become a professional swimmer or piano player but you can learn how to swim or how to play piano.
Because drawing is a skill, it needs instruction and practice to develop. In The Stages of Drawing Development in Children: 0-6 Years, Tanja McIlroy, a former early childhood teacher and creator of Empowered Parents, gives a basic overview of fascinating stages of drawing in child development and why it is important to encourage young children to draw. Based on her description, it is exciting to see how fast children progress from simple scribbles to complete people, animal, and object drawings.
If your child has reached the age of being able to draw lines and follow instructions, they may benefit from Emily Drawing Tutorials. What has Emily prepared for you? Following are just a few samples that will delight every child:
