Cue Card: Describe a child you know who likes drawing or painting very much.
To be honest, this is actually a tricky one for me, because I don't really spend much time around children. I don't have kids myself, and none of my close friends do either, so I can't really think of one specific child who's really into drawing.
The closest person I can think of is my colleague's daughter. I've only met her maybe twice, at a couple of company events where we brought our families along, so I don't know her all that well.
As for how often she draws, honestly I have no idea, since I've never actually seen her do it. But my colleague talks about her all the time, and apparently she's constantly drawing at home, according to her mum, so I'll just go with that.
Why she loves it so much, I couldn't really say for sure, since I barely know her, but if I had to guess, I'd say it's probably because drawing is one of those things kids can just get lost in. There's no winning or losing, nobody telling you you're doing it wrong, you just make whatever you want.
Actually, now that I think about it, I do remember one thing. At one of those events, she showed everyone a drawing of her family, and her dad was drawn about three times bigger than everyone else, which I thought was pretty funny.
So yeah, I can't claim I know a child who's obsessed with painting, but that's the best I've got.
正直に言うと、これは自分にとって答えづらい問題です。というのも、普段あまり子供と接点がないんですよね。自分にも子供はいませんし、親しい友人にもいません。だから、絵を描くのが本当に好きな子を一人挙げろと言われても、なかなか思いつかないんです。
どのくらいの頻度で描いているかは、正直まったくわかりません。実際に描いているところを見たこともないので。ただ、同僚がよくその子の話をしていて、お母さんによると家では四六時中絵を描いているらしいので、とりあえずそれを信じることにします。
なぜそんなに好きなのかと聞かれると、よく知らないので断言はできませんが、あえて推測するなら、絵を描くことは勝ち負けもないし、誰かにやり方が違うと言われることもなく、ただ好きなように描けるからじゃないかと思います。
そういえば一つだけ思い出しました。そのイベントのとき、その子が家族の絵をみんなに見せてくれたんですが、お父さんだけ他の家族の3倍くらいの大きさで描かれていて、それが結構面白かったです。