>>5971815>it is more efficient to learn the solution to the problem and the method to get to that solution than flailing in the dark to get to the right answerYes, obviously, and that's why you should learn fundamentals. Maybe you can eventually figure out the rules of perspective yourself, just by looking at how other people draw boxes, but you can also just look them up and have the right answer immediately.
You don't start learning math by looking at the notes of a famous mathematician and copying the symbols. You start learning with a primary school teacher, who knows fuck all about math, patiently explaining basic algebra in the shortest words she can think of. This is a dumb comparison, but it's one you made, so I'm running with it. If you're worried about learning as fast as possible, you shouldn't blindly do things others do without trying to understand why.
To be fair, I think
>>5971684 has a point too. I think most artists probably start by blindly copying, realize it doesn't work past a certain point, and THEN start studying fundamentals. That seems like the more natural path. If you're not already drawing, why would you even care about learning to draw?
