I think his stress on the value of drawing is accurate. Art is like programming, a large part is language agnostic and transferable between languages. With rep

I think his stress on the value of drawing is accurate. Art is like programming, a large part is language agnostic and transferable between languages. With representational painting, the most important thing is to have a good sketch underneath, then have a coherent value design, and finally, have a good color design and brushwork. If you didn't nail the perspective or proportion, everything else is trash. Similarly, if you didn't nail your values, then no amount of color or brushwork will save you.