Even when you paint, you never stop drawing.
One can compare art education to the solid foundation for a house - once it's built properly, it will hold any shape or form you will place on it.
The more you paint the more fluent you are with your brush.
Painting is a mosaic of colors weaved into a seamless whole.
Perhaps one of the most essential exercises in learning to paint is the copying of master works in the museums.
Art is an international language, understood by all.