ABSTRACT
The extreme depth of the initial obsession is a common phenomenon in those who become artists of all kinds, and not just in the highest achievers, but only in its strongest manifestations might be considered as predictive of achievement, otherwise being vulnerable to deflection. Every mature artist recognizes the huge investment in time and experiment required to generate real progress as an artist; without it, there is constant regression and insufficient impetus for development. Children exhibit much the same difficulty as they journey towards and through adolescence. Many theories about the development of drawing fluency adhere to the concept of an ideal pace, with deviations above and below that, according to 'talent' and tuition or 'early' or 'late' development. The very early appearance of lifelong thematic interests has seen is indeed startling. Contemporary theory rejects the separation of nature from nurture in favour of their inextricably interactive role in the developing personality.
