My favorite painting is Van Gogh's wheat field with crows. Not that I understood why for a long time. I finally realized that when I look at it, I feel like I a

My favorite painting is Van Gogh's wheat field with crows. Not that I understood why for a long time. I finally realized that when I look at it, I feel like I am standing in his shoes, looking at the field and understand just a bit what it was like to be him at that moment. There are lots of ways to learn to paint, starting with paint by numbers, taking classes, reading books, but those are not the important parts and they often get in the way. The essential thing is finding a way to get the painting to tell someone about how you, emphasis on you, experience something. The good news is that just making the attempt will make you a better coder!