What does it mean to have skill and understanding in visual art? Does it mean drawing accurately, expressing feelings and ideas creatively and competently with a variety of media, being interested in and coming to understand the work of others? It is all of these things—while learning through practice and experience to see, analyze, examine, take risks, and develop confidence while relieving stress and finding personal harmony and balance.
There are no tricks to achieving this competence. There is only practice and persistence. Drawing, for example, is a physical skill involving hand and eye coordination that can only develop over time. It is about seeing clearly, about trusting what the eye sees and ignoring what the brain wishes to see. There are methods and techniques for building form with shadow and light that are made more understandable through observation, practice and experimentation with various media like charcoal, graphite and conté.
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