Teachers grade papers. Artists don't get graded — and 6-year-olds definitely don't.

A 6-yr-old's art teacher said she did her painting 'wrong'. Professional artists disagreed.

Six-year-old Edie painted a scene at her after-school art club, and her teacher told her she had done it wrong. Her mother, Gemma Leighton, posted the painting on Twitter in April 2021 asking people to show Edie some support, writing that art is her daughter's favorite thing and that she was upset. Thousands of artists and strangers responded with encouragement. Edie, now around eleven, still creates art daily, working mainly in digital art, and her mother shares new pieces on X.

Source: A 6-yr-old's art teacher said she did her painting 'wrong'. Professional artists disagreed. — Upworthy

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