People born with natural talent in drawing? or just with interest in it ?

I like to believe that people aren't born with natural talent in drawing but only with interest in the subject, which motivates them to practice from an early age and later come to be seen as "gifted"





I'm 14 and I beat everyone I know in person at drawing ( except super older professionals of coarse). In my drawing class in community college I was way better then everyone else and one of the few who got an A.





People assumed I was just a gifted child but I actually just practice practice practice. I pour blood, sweat, and tears into drawing. I do do it for fun, but when I'm trying to learn new techniques I treat it as a scientist would when doing research and try to keep an open mind. It is serious business if you wan't to get good.





I very much like to believe that I'm good only becuase of practice and interest in drawing.





Does anyone else think this ?
People born with natural talent in drawing? or just with interest in it ?
Some people do have natural artistic talent. They seem to instinctively know balance and design. As a child, even their scribbles look good.





But even natural talent can improve with hard work and practice. And a person that doesn't have much natural talent can still develop skill, however the person with natural talent will always have that little extra something that separates skilled from great.
People born with natural talent in drawing? or just with interest in it ?
Yes ...there are two ways by which a person can become a superb artist...first is like you ...with lots of hard work and dedication ..u become perfect........and the other is the way ur talking abt ur sister.......I m a psychology student and we learnt this in the begining that there's some stage when a child learns " HAND AND EYE CO-ORDINATION".....that has to do with vision,ba;lance and judgement ....many a times children gain that ability a bit faster than other children and hence they are referred as CHILDREN with natural talent or born artist ....so its all about the timing of hand and eye co-ordination and even the family environment....for their content of the imagination....thanx ....all the best and may god give u one of the best arts in the world ...and u may be a reknowned artist all over ....just because of ur hardwork and dedication ...all the best for ur future endeavours....
Reply:I too fully agree with your statement. I was exactly the same which i was in my school and college days. No one could dare to win me in any art competition in my place during my school and college days. For me too it was sheer practice practice practice, and i wish to always see perfection in my work. Which has brough me a long way. We can say 90% is practice and 10% is talent.





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Reply:ppl said im good at drawing, but myself feel im not really good. yes the result is fascinating, but i still feel lack of myself.





when i was kid, i just feel that i love to draw anything even my drawings are bad lmao.....





but i just keep drawing and drawing and finally i can get good result in drawing.....





i called it not a talent but an instinct to keep drawing and drawing even though im bad at that so that i become very good at drawing......
Reply:No one is born an artist but everyone is born with the need to express themselves and some find or pick their medium of choice earlier than most. Interest in whatever one does helps one remain focused and practice makes one better. The only problem i have with everything you have added after your question is, you compare other artists work to yours and put yourself on top. In art, being good at what you do helps but you will soon learn that there is more to it than that. In the real world no one cares what your grades were or how good you think you are. Three things to keep in mind are, substance, consistancy, and does your artistic skill have any marketable value. You are young and need to keep in mind, having what it takes is one thing, actually going out there and doing something with it is another.