Beautiful write up. I am not an artist, but i love the arts. I love admiring beautiful paintings and art work. Its a nice thing you followed your passion, and learn your way to perfection👍. You are very good at what you do, i must say, kudos to you. Back to your topic, i will say some are born gifted, while, some have to learn through the process. I have a friend who is a gifted artist, he didnt learn from anywhere, its just in him (he is a geologist, lol), a born artist, and he is so good at it. That talent is what drew me to him. There are some (like you) who have the passion , so they have to learn through the process.
But both ways artist, generally need to continuously learn to be perfect.