Imagine someone came up to you and said "I want to paint a picture as good as the Mona Lisa. What's the minimum I need to know about art?" Would you say learn

Imagine someone came up to you and said "I want to paint a picture as good as the Mona Lisa. What's the minimum I need to know about art?" Would you say learning to mix paint is as important as understanding perspective? It rather depends what you're trying to accomplish. For example, if your mockup requires something computationally heavy (or impossible) you're really going to struggle.