On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:10:27 +0000, Invisible wrote:

>>> Other people can pick up a pencil, draw a few brisk strokes on a pad
>>> of paper, and produce something the like of which I couldn't copy if I
>>> had several hours to work on it.
>> 
>> Very few people have the raw talent to just pick up a new medium and be
>> good at it, for most of us we have to *practise* until we get good.
> 
> I spent 6 months on taught drawing classes. You know what? I *still*
> suck at drawing.

And I sucked at playing the violin after 6 months.  After 15 years, I 
wasn't bad, but I haven't played in a while, so now I suck at it again.

You can't expect to become Da Vinci after taking classes for only 6 
months.  Some people study for years (or their entire lives).

Jim

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