Early Signs in Artistic Giftedness and Visual Artisanship?

Most gifted kids do not go on in their no matter how precocious to become great creators. So what are the factors you might look at? I mean, is it parental encouragement or mentorship? What are the factors? Right? One of the factors is being really interested in the art world. And i also don't think we've at all nailed this thing about ampathy and art. William james once said that he worried about the russian lady sitting in the theatre weeping over the plight of the characters on the stage while her coachman was outside freezing. It means that we can feel extremely ampathetic towards characters in fiction, but remain unchanged as soon as we step out of