When did your kids really start to draw--not just scribbles but easily-identifiable scenes and objects? My DS (4 years 1 month), who's very verbal but not so big on math, went from drawing scribbles to drawing pictures virtually overnight when he was about 3 years 10 months old, and he's really on fire with it at this point. As soon as we've finished reading a book, he wants to draw whatever we've just read about. We got him good markers and colored pencils and a fat, quality art pad at Christmas, and he's nearly filled it with drawings. He draws space scenes, ocean scenes, underground scenes, pirates, himself at different ages, his bedroom, vehicles, etc. Does this normally happen at this age or could this be a sign of art ability?