Serious question, has anyone changed their approach after a kid said something blunt?

I was doodling some flowers at the bus stop yesterday, just messy pen sketches, and this little girl maybe 7 or 8 said 'why are your petals all the same?' I told her that's just how I draw them, and she said 'but flowers don't look like that in my garden.' It hit different because she was right - I've been drawing the same boring petals for years without noticing. Now I'm trying to actually look at real plants before I sketch. Has anyone else had a random comment totally shift how you doodle?

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victor_jones9915d ago

Took her advice and started drawing my dog from life instead of memory. Found out he has a white patch on his chest I never noticed because I always imagined him solid brown. Now I carry a tiny sketchbook everywhere and draw whatever I see sitting still long enough. Kids see things we trained ourselves to ignore.

bennett.mason15d ago

Wait til you notice how many cracks are in the sidewalk you walk every day. @victor_jones99 your brain edits out all the boring stuff so you can function. But drawing makes you stop and actually look. It's wild how much detail we miss. I started listening to bird calls at bus stops and now I can't unhear them. The world is way more crowded with small stuff than we think.