Oh man, that looks awesome. Poor little girl.

Yeah, so far from what I've seen from her website and news articles, it started as something innocent and fun, but I think that the father might have pushed a little bit too hard at least at one point. But what parent doesn't? They want their kid to be the best football player, the best ballarina, the valedictorian, and are always cheering and pushing and coaching from the sidelines.

So what's to say the art world is any different? At least she will have her college paid for, and if her parents bank the money right, she'll never have to work. She can just continue to paint, if that is what she truly wants.

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I think one whole issue with this girls paintings was that the media started questioning whether she actually painted the pictures.
There was a lot about the fact that her dad was an artist or something and everyone thought that he painted the pictures and said that she did to get more fame..

Either way, I think the movie looks interesting.

wow. i would love to see that. i will keep my eyes open for it!

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Which I don't doubt that the girl painted, and I don't doubt that the dad could have tried to speed up the process when he saw the money rolling in. But I'd rather give them the benefit of the doubt. I'll have to wait until I see more to have a firm conviction either way

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Well, looking at her stuff it does look much more detailed than Ive seen many children do, and its a lot more developed that most 4 year olds (I study early childhood at university and did a whole semester on childrens artistic and drawing development). But, there are always exceptions to the normal development process. Plus, she has been given huge canvases, professional equipment and has probibly seen her father painting before.
Id love to give children a huge canvas and all that equipment and see what they do when Im a teacher. I think they would come up with some amazing stuff.
Although Im still sceptical about her talents, Ive learnt now never ever to underestimate a child, because they are all so much more capable than we give them credit for. So Im with you, I dont think Ill ever make a complete decision about this. Its like a lot of high profile stuff, only the people taking part will ever know the true story.

I never even give myself big canvase, but I'm going to have to remember to let my daughter have some good stuff to work with. I just don't want her ruining my good brushes. I'll have to get her her own! But I think my daughter is more into music than art at the moment (she's only 16 months old)

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