Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion The ultimate brag thread

ha - i think "perspective" is the operative word, here, aquinas!

i'm not sure DD really has any particular artistic talent - her command of the pencil is pretty typical for her age, i think. but that said, her artwork has had some odd quirks pretty much from the get-go: for instance, she never, ever drew that line kids put at the top of pictures for the sky - her skies were always filled in down to the ground. she's always depicted background objects smaller than foreground ones. when she draws pictures of people from a bird's eye view - their bodies are foreshortened.

but all of these things feel like they're related to observation (and math?), rather than actual artistic ability, you know? i'd love to start an art thread - to hear all the other stories like this.

so here's the rabbit - you can just see the places where DD has erased the cube she drew to plan the seat and the back of the chair. it's kind of neat!