This document discusses artistic child prodigies and aims to identify their characteristics, the factors that increase their likelihood of appearing, and whether their talents develop naturally or through practice. It will explore artistic child prodigies through historical examples, artistic talent development, art education for children, and use surveys, interviews, and observations to gather data from parents, teachers, and experts.

2. • Child prodigy phenomena in general
• supported by some theorists.
• Child prodigy who is famous in Malaysia and
overseas.
• Failure and success of child prodigy.

3. This paper is focused on child prodigy in the field of fine arts,
available talent from an early age or their artistic talents due to
continuous practice

4. 1. To identify the characteristics of artistic child prodigy.
2. To understand the factor that can increase the probability of the
appearance of artistic child prodigy.
3. To identify whether artistic child prodigy develop naturally or through
continuous practice.

5. 1. What are the characteristics of artistic child prodigy?
2. What are the factor of that can increase the probability of the appearance of
artistic child prodigy?
3. Is it artistic child prodigy develop naturally or through continuous practice?

6. 1.4. 1 Artistic
(online YourDictionary, 2014)
1.4. 2 Child prodigy
(The free Dictionary by Farlex,2012)
1.4. 3 Phenomenon
(Cambrige Dictionaries Online, 2014)
1.4. 4 Natural talent
(blueprinttenis.com, 2011)
1.4. 5 Practice
(online Merriam – Webster Dictionary, 2013)

7. 2.1 Child prodigy
2.2 Artistic child prodigy reference in fine art
2.2.1 Realism painter
2.2.2 abstract expressionist painter
2.2.3 autistic savant artist (Malaysia)
2.3 Artistic talent development and Expertise acquisition
2.4 Art education for children

8. Quantitative Approach
survey
longitudinal
Follow-up survey

9. Non - Random
sampling
Snowball sampling
Owner/
curator
gallery
Parents
Child
Prodigy
School

10. Observation scheme interview
Semi - instructed
PARENTS Family History , environments
EXPERT
OPINION
Cognitive child prodigy, IQ level,
character
TEACHERS Art learning, Art education, Scaffolding