[froh]

> there’s no shortcuts. I have to be able crawl, then walk, before I can run.

yes, so much this!

my.fad, also a passionate artist, hated how they thinned out technical crafts foundations from arts college. "no more stupid copying and banale Line and color practice! freedum!" the college went.

my dad just said (translation follows)

@> Kunst kommt von können. Wenn es von wollen käme hieße es Wunst und wir wären Wünstler.

art comes from artistry. if it was based on "wanting" we'd call it "want" and we (artists) were "wantists"

or "wished" and "wishedits"

along these lines

he'd learned sketching from herding small livestock, goats, geese, chicken and sketching them, as a kid...