Theres something to be said about The Exiles, the Kids and the art they all make.
WV draws. One of the first things we see him do is draw, and quite well actually!
(At one point, when he's introducing her to John, PM mentions how wonderful his art is. I'm taking this to mean that in universe he's considered to be pretty good at art.)
I don't really recall John doing any sort of art himself? Other than when he drew the jesters he couldn't see.
On the Dave front, we don't really see AR draw or make any sort of art himself. (Some might argue him building defenses for exile town counts as art, since i'm technically counting Can Town as an art project. However that was started by WV, he only joined in once he saw WV do it.)
WV definitely uses art as a coping mechanism. The first thing he does on the meteor is rebuild Can Town, something thats familar to him. He did this after an especially traumatizing event.
One could say Dave also uses art as a coping mechanism. Considering the conditions he grew up in, I'm not suprised to see him putting most of his energy into creating sbahj. We even see him draw during Rose: Enter, where he's watching his friend nesrly die. (Although that may be me reading to much into things, it could just as well simply be a way to show how much he Totally Doesn't Caretm)
When he gets to the meteor, he and Terezi join in on helping with Can Town. We've also seen Terezi draw, during hivebent, so it's not suprising she'd help, especially after all her friends just died.
Drawing isn't the only form of art we see, though. Rose writes, and while none of the other exiles write, we do see WK take an intrest in her writing. WK is the White King, and the Windwept Questant/The White Queen was Rose's exile. Although I don't think it's fair to lump both WK and WQ as One Entity, I do think it's intresting the Husband of Rose's exile was the one to take an intrest in her writing.
(slotting this here since I forgot - Rose also draws. But her writing has much more of a connection to her exile spesifically, so i'm just focusing on that for right now)
I may also be reading too much into things again, but one could also call Rose's writing a coping mechanism, something to keep her distracted and help forget about her mother.
The first thing we also see Rose do, literally when we are introduced to her, is hide her knitting and writing. It's every clear she doesn't want people to see it, but eventually WK does, and he likes it, which I think is nice :]
Jade is more interested in the sciences and Flauna. I don't recall if it was ever mentioned she draws, but I do remember Dave sending her art he made for her.
Jade's art is more tinkering with machinery and gardening. I can't. Really find any sort of connection between her and the other exiles? She and AR do both use guns, though, I will say that.
(I will mention here Jade's intrest in animals and both her and PM becoming Dogs. Bec, specifically.)
