I spent a lot of time drawing in choir lately...when other sections were being grilled, and when it came to my section, I did my best to play a role in causing us to be dismissed from the grilling faster.
But I reflected that in some ways, the fine arts are very similar: The detail works must be intelligently drilled, not drilled in mindlessly. They had to be in the head, not on the head.
By in the head I refer to the fact that concepts at all costs must be memorized and understood fully, and then drilled out. You can't drill and hope people will understand. That is like dumping books on their head, and saying: "do them", and ignoring the question "why?"
Instead, it should be done by letting them understand fully what it is about, and what for it is there, and have them memorize it and record it just in case. Then and only then do you begin to drill them. Then they will have the ideas in their heads, and can get it right.
If they don't understand the concepts, drilling them will just let them know that you want them to do something, they will forget once in a while. Worse, they won't be able to extrapolate it, because they don't understand how it works.
But if they do know how it works, then not only will they be able to be drilled more easily, you will also find it easier to extrapolate the idea.
You can study very hard for a test, but still fail it because you don't understand the concepts and fail to extrapolate the ideas. But if you understand the concepts, it makes your life so much easier!
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