Drawing must be one of the first skills to erode as children grow. Up to age 9 children draw prolifically at a mere request. But ask an older child and he/she would make excuses. How much of this is due to self-awareness and how much is due to peer review ?
It is quite possible that passing remarks about your drawing starts to put you off . Or may be around this age, there is a burst in cognition of real world - as a result child realizes that his drawing can't really catch-up with the world in full detail. Thus grows the reluctance to put a pencil to paper.
Whatever may be the cause, there seems a barrier at around age 9-10 when children seem to grow out of purposeful drawing activity. Though they may continue to doodle well into their adulthood.
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