well i myself have been drawing my whole life . and basicly self taught . (reading and listening to people) i have always wanted to ab because of the many different surfaces and looks you can get with it . but when i started abing i learned very soon from being on this site . that i cant draw everything with the ab . meaning i couldnt pull off stuff just so easily as with prismas or coal. i am still having a hard time trying to not put so much of what i know about my paper and pencil methods into my painting . because painting is painting and drawing is drawing although some things intertwine . whew abing to me just comes slower i guess than anything else ive done . ill shut it up now lol sorry for the motor mouth
