He drew quickly and well. He would often help his classmates do their art homework. Once, he quickly drew more than ten different versions of the same assignment. Worried that his teacher would be able to tell that they all came from the same hand, he used a different style for each.
小學時，王秀杞即對美術展現超齡的敏銳和創意，畫得又快又好，經常幫同學捉刀，有時一口氣要畫十幾張，又怕被老師發現出自同一人手筆，刻意每張都畫得不同。