Your Natural Gift of Horizontal and Vertical Comparison
Lets test your first natural gift. Here’s your first question (in a series of five).
You walk into your living room and there is a painting hanging on the wall. The painting is hanging crookedly. What would you do next?
(a) Get a strong urge to straighten it, and then adjust the painting until it is straight.
(b) You’d notice it, but would be perfectly happy to leave it crooked.
(c) You wouldn’t notice.
Your Natural Gift of Size Comparison
Here’s your second question (in a series of five).
You go to the kitchen and there’s a tasty looking chocolate cake on the table. You have eight(!) hungry kids who all want a piece. What would you do next?
(a) Cut the cake so there are eight evenly size pieces.
(b) Just chop out slices randomly until everyone has a bit.
(c) Give the whole cake to the kids and let them just dive in.
So what has cake got to do with learning art? Find out more…
Your Natural Gift of Arranging Objects
Here’s your third question (in a series of five).
You have just moved house and even though the removalists unpacked and arranged all your furniture, cushions and decorative objects in the living room, it’s not organised quite how you would like. What would you do?
(a) Move the furniture around the room again as soon as the removalists leave so that the room feels more organised and comfortable.
(b) Leave the furniture where it is, and think about possibly moving it later.
(c) Just leave it as it is and it wouldn’t bother you at all.
Your Natural Gift of Light and Dark Comparison
Here’s your fourth question (in a series of five).
You’re on holiday, it’s a lovely summer day and you’ve decided to leave the mobile phone at home, turn off the TV and radio and put away all the clocks in the holiday apartment. You fall into a relaxed holiday doze and then wake up some time later in the afternoon. It’s just starting to get dark outside.
How accurately do you think you would be able to guess the time?
(a) Within an hour
(b) Within 3 hours
(c) I wouldn’t have a clue
Conquering Artability Phobia
Here’s your fifth question (in a series of five).
Which of these statements do you feel apply to you?
(a) I know I can become really good at drawing with practice.
(b) I’m not sure if I can draw but I’ll give it a go.
(c) There isn’t a creative bone in my body. I can’t even draw a stick figure.
