My husband has been looking at Kids art supplies lately. He is thinking of trying to get the children doing more art things. I agree that it is good to try to encourage their imaginations, but if they do not show a natural artistic talent then I see no point in pushing them. I was never that good at art as a child, I remember sitting with a friend in my art classes, hiding behind our easels and hoping no one would look at our awful paintings! I did manage two good pictures which were pencil and pastel drawings and I enjoyed playing around but was not good at representing people or animals and especially faces. I suppose playing around is what our children should perhaps be doing and so maybe getting hem a few basic art supplies may not be a bad thing. It may also increase their confidence so when they start having art classes they may have an idea of what to do. I think that perhaps my lack of knowledge of even the basic materials may have held me back a bit, at school. I knew nothing about mixing paints, pastels or even about types of pencil. I had never been shown anything about scale, shading or perspective and perhaps if I knew these things I may have been a lot better.