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There are methods that claim to guarantee the student will learn to draw. I believe they start with simple objects (boxes, spheres, cones, etc.) and then begin drawing them shaded with different light sources and then progress from there.

Beyond the people with extraordinary natural ability, perhaps the rest of us just need to be taught what others can easily intuit?

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You're probably right.

I work with adults doing art work quite a lot. They are often upset that they can't just do it, they've not tried before, or last tried decades ago, but some how expect to just rock up and be great at creating something "artistic" without doing any practice or learning towards it.

I'm one of the "omg I might be aphantasic" set here today, but I've never really tried picturing things in that way I don't think, so perhaps I can but just haven't learnt to.

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