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Unread 04-10-2015, 12:21 PM
Roger Slater Roger Slater is offline
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There's a huge difference between an adult creating art that has "child-like" qualities and the art a typical child will produce. I don't agree with you that children see more accurately than adults, as a rule, or that adults are more likely than children to be fooled by their minds into seeing something that isn't there. More often than not, a child's drawing will reflect lack of artistic skill rather than a true sense of what the child is seeing. A child is not seeing more truly than an adult when he draws a house as a square with a triangle on top, or a person's neck as a single straight line. I have observed talented artists develop from childhood over the course of years, and just as with any other art (writing, music, etc.) they tend to get better, not worse. When they really have talent and drive, it's a beautiful thing to watch.
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