Singaporean
Arkin Rai, eight, has garnered international praise for his artwork and
professors from University of Cambridge and Boston College have
labelled the young boy a prodigy.
One professor, Dr Ellen Winner from Boston College, went as far as to draw similarities between the boy and Picasso. She said, "a slide contrasting Arkin's layered dinosaurs with a similarly layered drawing by Picasso as an adult. I was struck by the uncanny resemblance."
Born on Aug 24, the talented youngster began drawing recognisable figures when he was just two, and started doing multi-layered objects the next year.
Between the age of four and five he was capable of drawing animation sequences, and evoke movement in his drawings complete with 3D perspective.
According to his Facebook page, the boy was sent for a Visual Spatial Test & Artistic Giftedness that was conducted by two professors, Jennifer E. Drake and Ellen Winner.
Their tests concluded that the boy possessed superior visual imagery skills, superior mental rotation skills, superior observational skills, and superior visual memory. He also excelled in all the tasks that he handled.
He even excelled in drawing a still life made up of a corkscrew and a vase comprising of five transparent cylinders. Dr Drake said, "His drawing is highly realistic and way above average for a child his age. His drawings included many of the characteristics of drawings by gifted child artists."
He aspires to be a film director in the future and currently visualises his own action sequences and camera angles.
One professor, Dr Ellen Winner from Boston College, went as far as to draw similarities between the boy and Picasso. She said, "a slide contrasting Arkin's layered dinosaurs with a similarly layered drawing by Picasso as an adult. I was struck by the uncanny resemblance."
Born on Aug 24, the talented youngster began drawing recognisable figures when he was just two, and started doing multi-layered objects the next year.
Between the age of four and five he was capable of drawing animation sequences, and evoke movement in his drawings complete with 3D perspective.
According to his Facebook page, the boy was sent for a Visual Spatial Test & Artistic Giftedness that was conducted by two professors, Jennifer E. Drake and Ellen Winner.
Their tests concluded that the boy possessed superior visual imagery skills, superior mental rotation skills, superior observational skills, and superior visual memory. He also excelled in all the tasks that he handled.
He even excelled in drawing a still life made up of a corkscrew and a vase comprising of five transparent cylinders. Dr Drake said, "His drawing is highly realistic and way above average for a child his age. His drawings included many of the characteristics of drawings by gifted child artists."
He aspires to be a film director in the future and currently visualises his own action sequences and camera angles.
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