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by hoseja 1599 days ago
You're, perhaps intentionally, mixing hard and hard. Could a child paint an abstract Picasso if it had him hanging behind a shoulder, saying what to do? Could it paint a realistic Picasso?
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I personally find the art of children a lot more interesting than 99% of highly skilled adult artists who work in a "realistic" style.

Children's art usually has a freshness, originality, and vibrancy that's missing from highly skilled adult art.

I had to get over my worship of realism before I could appreciate it, though, and I find it very sad that most non-artists are still stuck at valuing art only by how realistic it looks.

> Could a child paint an abstract Picasso [...]?

No. Could a child paint something that to their own parent seems similar? Maybe.