I regularly tell my students that the only way to become a better _______ is to do more of that.

To become a better reader, one must read.

To become a better writer, one must write.

Yet sometimes I find it difficult to practice becoming a better artist.  So, I’m trying to force myself to sketch more.  In this case, I used pen and ink to sketch an anthropomorphic egg on a brick wall with an apple.

He’s wearing shoes and lederhosen.

Why?

Does it matter why?!  Quit asking questions like that!  The important part is the practice, right?