This incredible six-year-old boy is a child prodigy with his jaw-dropping art skills.
Santiago Peña, 6, from Lima, Peru, has been drawing since he was nine months old and his artistic abilities have only improved with time.
From starting with scribbles on the walls to majestic paintings of safari animals, Santiago has impressed up to 52 million viewers on his TikTok channel, also known as @santiymamii.
Mum, Adianee Peña, said: “When I go out into the world and see any child of his age having difficulty drawing with colours and within the lines of a drawing, at that moment I realized that I have a little prodigy in my house.”
Adianee captured the amazing journey of Santiago’s creations throughout the years as she realised his talent was unique at just two years old.
From an early age, the mini artist showed an interest in colouring and crayons and Adianee decided to fund her son’s talents with the newest art supplies.
She said: “Santiago started scribbling on the walls, floors, notebooks and practically everywhere, since he was 9 months old.
“When he made a real painting, he made a cat figure that impressed me a lot.
“Then I realized that he had talent, he was only 2 years old.”
She added: “Since he was a baby he was interested in drawing with crayons and playing with paint.
“I was only guiding him and giving him the necessary tools so that he could express his art better.
“At the age of two, I bought him an easel with paints and brushes.
“As I saw that he was growing in his art, I bought him canvases, better brushes of different sizes, palettes and even professional paints such as acrylics – which is the technique he uses the most today.”
Adianee admitted that there are so many of her son’s paintings that she adores but the one he made of a lion at just the age of three is one she loves very much. and is her newest fascination
As his talent flourishes, Adianee is adamant her son will go into the art industry when he is older.
She said: “I’m sure he will do art.
“He may go for digital illustration or for animation – I’m sure he’ll go for any branch of art.”