My 13 yr old is an artist (pic)

nic, but very depresive

that age they are all like that.

very good, she will be great in the future

She is very talented

It is awesome when your kids actually do something productive with the things we throw money at.

Having actually had a 13-year-old daughter (mine is now 16), I can tell you that this is very much the normal type of expression for that age group. The hormones start up and they go a little dark on you. It's just part of growing up and experiencing overwhelming emotions for the first time.

And Tam, I don't know anything about art but I know I couldn't do any of that!

when kids draw things, they don't want them to just look 'normal', otherwise whats the point? i was drawing all kinds of crazy shit when i was way younger than that, the teachers were concerned but i was just exploring every avenue. for every 'grusome' pic i drew i drew at least 10 other things that weren't violent or 'scary' at all. its only when adults point out something THEY see in the drawing that suddenly the kid starts to wonder, maybe there is something wrong with me all because of the adults projection of their thoughts and feelings into something they had nothing to do with creating.

My brother was drawing at this level when he was about 9 or 10 years old. He would sit and draw for hours every day, for years! Then one day he just stopped and wouldn't do it anymore. He is exceptionally talented but these days at 24 years old he only draws something he thinks is challenging to him.

Pisses me off, because he could have done something with his Art but instead got into Music and started his band which went nowhere.

Try everything you can to keep your Daughters interest alive, she has a talent. I just wish we could have kept my brother drawing.

I'd enjoy that,2x's!

Btw, does she do blog headers?

very nice images. she's on the right path!

That's what I was thinking, a full on emo teen

If she decided she wanted to, she could.... but she isn't working in PORN.. rotfl

My son in law has just informed me he's bringing some of his software over for her to play with, some very expensive that she's been begging for, she'll flip out on that one. He takes graphics design and does anime stuff, and he just realized how good she is.

My baby is home schooled and this is part of her extra curricular stuff and when it comes to that, I'll spend whatever I have to spend to help her on that. She doesn't have teachers telling her what she is doing is too dark and she should be "checked out" so no one to suffocate her and what she feels.

I talk to her a great deal and she says what she does is to give each character she draws a personality and that helps her draw thru it.....Bob Ross.... my favorite painter, he used to do that and he was so awesome.

Both of my boys are musicians.... one plays drums and in his dad's band, the youngest writes rap and puts that down and produces, writes and puts all that together.

All of my kids seem to be very artistic driven.

You're blessed to have such talented children. Your daughter has skills and a good eye for detail, I can only imagine the work she'll be throwing down once she gets her hands on that software!