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Originally Posted by 12clicksMichele
I have gotten her the pencils, acrylic paint and oil paints. She hasn't done too much with the oil paints yet. She draws constantly and has a bunch of flash art my tattoo artist friend gave her and a magna drawing book that she consults from.
Would you suggest she starts with the most basic classes or take one of the more advanced classes. My daughter is little miss contentious and knows the classes are expensive so she wants to make sure she picks the right one. I cannot even draw a stick figure so I really don't know what I should steer her towards.
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If she's never had training... go with basic, your instructor should be able to gauge her technical experience and move her up if/when necessary. A major part of art instruction is not "learning how to draw", it's developing technical expertise. Even some of the best "sketchers" have no technical expertise which holds them back. You can't build a skyscraper without a rock solid foundation. Stick to the basics until they are second nature, then start getting tricky with it.
The pictures above are amazing sketches... with the right technical expertise in place she can learn to shade and blend colors without streaking (takes longer then you would think for most people) and turn those into professional renderings.
She has the raw talent... technical perfection isn't far behind with some solid hours and practice. She already is, and will develop further into a pretty amazing artist.