Activity: Is it talent or hard work?

Is it talent or hard work?

A. Recognize the main idea. Choose the main idea of the article.

Answer: a. Artistic skill can be taught.

B. Identify supporting details. Read each statement. Check true or false. According to the article. Support your choice with details from the article. 

1- Young children generally do not worry if they are talented or not. (True).

I think the statement its true because children are always willing to show their creativity and do not care about how it looks.

2- Most adults think they are not talented. (True).

I think the statement its true because adults generally do not care to practice their drawing and his drawing it is not how they would like to be.

3- It is easy to see which children are going to be artists when you look at their drawings. (False).

I think the statement its false because most of the people including artists used to drawing the same things that all the kids do.

4- There is not much difference between famous artists and the other people. (True).

I think the statement its true because when the artists were young kids they used to drawing the same things that the other kids.

5- Talent is all one needs too create great artistic work. (False).

I think the statement its false because with hard work and practice everybody can develop  a great artistic work.

6- People who do not have natural talent can improve their artistic skill. (True).

I think the statement its true because according to the last paragraph anyone can learn and improve their arstistic skill.

C. Paraphrase. Read the paragraph in the article about Drawing on the right Side of the Brain again. In your own words, restate Betty Edwards theory about artistic ability.

Answer: According to Betty Edwards everybody have the ability and the potential to improve their artistic ability, even when you were not born with natural artistic talent. All we have to do is work on it.