You can learn the basics and the techniques of painting in school under visual art. You can even study as an apprentice under a master painter. One can learn all these and yet be beset by challenges. When one has p*ion for it, neither hardship nor expenses can stop one from becoming a good artist. A great artist has a vision and when he or she presents that vision, he or she has the power to stir emotions in every viewer. Vision and creativity surp* know-how in technique.