Sorry, I really don't mean to come across as being crass
(so please don't take it that way) but either you have it, or you don't. We all can indulge into something we like doing in the academic sense...doesn't mean that we're cut out for it.
I mean I've always envied guys that could sing women outta their draws but I sure as hell don't have the voice/talent for it even when I'm singing to myself I sound fukked up. That's cool because it's not the talent I was born with. Same with guys that can ball on the reg...good in the academic sense but not everyone can be
I can't speak for anyone else here but my skills were ingrained self-taught. My parents told me I was drawing shyt at 2-3 years old outta the comics section of the newspaper
(not great but noticeably impressive for the age) I found art classes boring after awhile because what curriculum schools go over the course of a year, I had already learned on my own. So usually my teachers would just let me cook and give me the "A"
I encourage anyone who wants to get into art to go for it; it's subjective anyway, people are going to like different art styles and/or approaches... But to think that born talent has nothing to do with it is just wrong.