It’s too bad because unlike, say, the art of acting, drawing and painting CAN be taught. It’s techniques are very easy to understand and if you have talent you can progress. I took life study for years and learned a great deal about anatomy. In England, great art schools like the Slade have an apprentice system.
Also, courses in art history will teach you world history on a grand scale. Although memorizing 400 photos of Doric columns was not to my taste.
Agree. It's interesting that Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge both majored in Art History at St. Andrews.
My younger sister studied at the SF Academy of Arts University. She was disappointed that my daughter, at the age of 5 years old was a better artist. What came natural to my daughter, was a tough learning task for my sister. Sister never did make any money from her art, while my daughter did. Sometimes schooling is a waste of money.