I've spent most of August in Alberta with my family. My ten year old nephew asked me how I "draw so good", so I told him to draw for thirty years. I was only just mostly serious, but I don't think he grasped the subtleties of my advice. Now, after a few simple exercises, he draws like any of the great masters.

Artists! Allow me to relate to you. How many times have you heard the following, in exactly this form?

"How do you draw like that? I can't even draw a stick man!"