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Message: <blockquote data-quote="colleenc" data-source="post: 1907165" data-attributes="member: 76425">it depends on where you go and what major you choose, Illustration would be different than fine art say...an atelier in Florence would be very different that a college of Design, or an art academy.here is a link to an online course that would cover everything you'd want for <a href="http://www.virtualartacademy.com/index.html" target="_blank">becoming a painter</a>, the best and most complete I've found.Right now you are a naive painter, ie untutored, like a Grandma Moses, once you start up classes you can't really come back to that, so think carefully before you do as the unique way you paint will change. One is not better that the other, but they are each very different approaches.</blockquote>