>>4522798Interestingly (or not) the first teacher I heard say that it’s not about talent but a skill that can be learned through hard work was Myron Barnstone. I will not describe his methods but, while he is super idiosyncratic his methods were definitely oriented towards teaching people to draw from life.
Other people I have heard say this are “atelier” people.
In both cases/contexts were are talking about using various plotting or measuring methods, definite ways to hold pencils and a clear concept of what is to be learned and when.
Cynically, we can say then that this view is promoted by people with schools or courses who need to pay the bills.
But otoh, the system actually is pretty much consistently reproducible. We could theorize about why, but probably a combination of leaving what can’t be taught out of the process and pushing what can.
Myron would say “I can teach you to draw but I can’t make you an artist”.
So this “no talent necessary” meme seems to be dependent on context. I think you need talent or better than average visual memory to make the leap from observation to invention.
>inb4 “nice blog” 
