Anyone out there with artistic boys?

[motherofboys]

I should say his 5 years old. My 3 year old isn't very interested and has been at preschool a year and brought home maybe 3 pictures. DS1 is 7 and he enjoys drawing and colouring but not for as long as DS2

[Pangea]

My boys both love drawing, painting and colouring. DS1 refused to draw for years, I was worried because he was being assessed at the time for aspergers syndrome and I was trying to see if he had the motor skills to draw circles etc. He would start to draw, then get angry and rip up the paper.
Then one day around his fourth birthday he suddenly started drawing, and the pictures were really advanced. I couldn't believe it, you should see the stuff he draws, really complex maps and things. I think that was what was in his head the whole time but he refused to draw until his motor skills matched what he had in his head. He still gets very frustrated if he gets something wrong, he's a perfectionist so I don't always encourage him to draw because it can lead to meltdowns.

DS2 loves scribbling, mainly on the walls though! He tries to draw little people, it's so cute he draws a face with stick arms and legs sticking out of the head. DS1 never did that, he went straight to drawing complete people.

[ocean]

I think it says something that when I read the title of this post, I thought the OP had mistakenly typed 'artistic' instead of 'autistic' -- only b/c I see zero association between artistic strength and gender. My 3 1/2 year old, according to his teachers, is at the top end of his class for creativity -- they'll send out a class picture of their sculptures or drawings and you can always tell which one is my kid's - it's the most dynamic, most radical, most interesting. He loves to draw - it calms him and he has clear pride in his drawings (and feels badly when 'they don't look good' in his opinion ). Now it's not all rainbows around here, he has other issues of course like most kids, but in my experience artistic interest and/or ability is COMPLETELY about the individual kid. My DH and I are as un-artistic as they come. We can roll playdough into balls, and we can draw stick figures, and that's about it.

Not only do you have as much chance as anyone for an artistic DS3, you have a fine chance with the other two in time -- so much changes for kids in a year or two.

[Rainbow baby]

Ahh she is following in Aunty's footsteps <3 My little guys love doing arty things painting, playdoh baking and decorating cupcakes/cakes!! Half the time any art projects we do involve eating it after! There is absolute in my eyes any reason a little boy can't enjoy art and be good at it! Gez give my boys a glue stick, glitter, and sparkles some paint and I don't here from them until I have to clean up the mess!!!!

[OneLastDream]

All my 3 boys like art and crafts although ds2 will come home from school and draw or write every day. He draws really intricate pictures of buildings and castles which his teacher says he has never seen before at this age. He is 7. Both me and my husband are quite creative so it does happen - don't give up hope xx

[Hobbermittens]

I don't have an artistic boy, but I do know a few. One boy I used to babysit (he's 9 now) is amazing! He draws incredibly realistic pictures, and has done so since age 3. I am artistic, and like you, always hoped one of my kids would follow in my footsteps. So when babysitting this kid, I used to really envy that he was artistic and my children weren't.

[1+2+3boys]

I think it could be an age thing too as to my dismay my 3 year old son doesn't give a care at all for art and I have two more boys. Art is one of my favourite hobbies and main talent so of coarse I hope I can share it with one of my children one day. My partner had his two sons over to stay last week (8 and 10)
The 10 year old loves to draw and I ended up bonding with him talking about art when we all did drawing together. It was so nice to share with him and feel appreciated