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Portrait of me by my 9yo (She absolutely refused to draw my belly, btw) (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by nieceandtows to c/artbykids

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[–] nieceandtows 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah this portrait blindsided me. I think posting her stuff on lemmy and seeing people appreciate her art makes her want to get better. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

[–] glimse 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a great thing! Artistic expression is beneficial to anyone but especially kids.

My one word of advice is If she really takes to it and is considering a degree in art, PLEASE make sure she understands you have to be extremely passionate and skilled to succeed and there's still a good chance the fun will get sucked out of it. Prepare her, don't scare her.

I'm an art school graduate who lost the motivation within a decade. Now I do CAD for a living and wish someone would have talked me into an engineering degree because I did NOT have the passion to make freelancing work!

[–] nieceandtows 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm sorry to hear that. Hope you find your motivation again. I grew up in a culture where no matter how many artistic talents you had, you grew up with an understanding that you were not to pursue that as a career. That was probably more our financial status that dictated that, but I used to be good at art and music in school, but now I'm a computer programming drone. At least I like programming, so that's alright I guess. She's still at a stage where she has a dozen 'when I grow up' careers, and she just today told me she realized she wants to be so many things, but she can only have one career. I told her she can have one career, but can have many hobbies, and she replied, 'well, I can't be a surgeon for a hobby though, can I'. There's still a ways for her to go.

[–] glimse 2 points 3 weeks ago

Don't feel sorry, I've still got my other creative endeavors (ADHD) so losing one that requires an entire film crew isn't the worst thing.

I like that outlook your culture has no matter what it's the result of.

she replied, 'well, I can't be a surgeon for a hobby though, can I'.

Your niece rocks!!