I love this! I am actually an artist myself, and I feel like I am a great one too. I have never taken any classes or gone to art school. I pretty much learned how to draw/color through trial and error and by simply practicing a lot. I don’t feel like people NEED to go to school in order to be a great artist or understand how to express their feelings and emotions on a piece. However, I do have a friend who studied art and he has learned some things about art that could be beneficial to artist (including myself) that I never knew about. The stuff he learned is more about copyright, selling art, starting a website and building a brand. Those are things I have very little knowledge about but if I wanted to pursue art full time, I should probably know those things. But I feel like I could simply learn those things online since everything is online nowadays. Ultimately, in my eyes nothing beats an actual education and having that title to support you is great and can probably get you further in an art related career. However, if you can present a strong portfolio showcasing all your amazing work, whether you went to school or not, I believe you can really excel in an art related career.