Journey to Artistic Talent Dearest Basil, I have gone throughout my entire life without ever producing anything artistic. I would always see friends who had done amazing art work and feel forever jealous of there talent, yet most of them had beginnings not even close to what they can currently produce. It is a combination of this and myself moving into a new stage in my life, that i feel i should at least challenge myself an try to improve on my ability to draw and create. I sat down for forty minutes looking at a skull, and attempted to draw it to the best of my ability. This is the result of careful consideration and no previous artistic experience what so ever. Please, offer me advice, suggestions on things i can draw, techniques to impr