Here's something that I can never figure out about drawing, and I am afraid to bring up to other artists because it sounds like I am "barbecuing the scared cows" when it's just something that doesn't work for me.

But no matter how much I "study reality" it never really clicks with me, I get so frustrated because nearly every art channel preaches this as a holy mantra. I actually learn more from watching other artists just drawing, I see something that some how "clicks" when I learn a technique or a trick from them.

I guess the thing is it's like cooking, like I can sit and stare at chicken Gyoza but I will never learn how it is made, even if I break one open and study the ingredients but I will not understand HOW it's made all I would know what it looks on the inside.

But if I find a recipe, learn the step and even watch another cook I understand on how it all works, and even take what I learn for other meals.

Too bad it feels like others just sit there, eyes glued to a massive cake and shouting about how they "understand everything" and it is "the best method, ever!"