How do you understand whether you are gifted in art and what is “naturally gifted” really means.

I don’t think “naturally gifted” exists at all. It is more like city legend. Because every professional artist have studied at least 10 years before earned good entry level. So you can look at their work and tell, — OK those guys are probably gifted. But that is not because they are “naturally” or “unnaturally” gifted. But rather because of hard work, suffering, pain, stuck, getting up and moving against the wind every day at any weather. They are simply persistent enough, have a dream and eager to achieve it. If you are going to school, and able to work 8 hours straight on one drawing. And if the result is not so good as Rafael, but it is still nice and accurate — you are surely gifted person and have all chances to become professional artist. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*feiBCWiOL7pTSUCip-VOgQ.jpeg" style="height:961px; width:700px" /> Raphael — Studies of the heads of two apostles and of their hands But if you’ve never taken a drawing class, don’t even know how to hold a pencil correctly, but by some miracle you can make better sketches than Raphael in half an hour… at your age of 10… Then rejoice, you are naturally gifted, and every student and teacher will bow to you, and your name and photo will be set as an example to everyone. But, as I said earlier, such people do not exist, it is a legend, because we want to believe in miracles. <a href="https://medium.com/@areaconcept/how-do-you-understand-whether-you-are-gifted-in-art-and-what-is-naturally-gifted-really-means-b481a38727d6">Read More</a>