The one thing we get a lot when we talk to interested students about ACD is
"I'm not really an artist." or "I cant draw."
well first we would like to calm your nerves by saying Art is not like your other subjects in school.
ACD tries to provide an environment for you to be comfortable and our slogan used to be "Bringing out the inner artist in you." but we took it off because it was kinda corny. but corny or not it does sum up what we try to do in ACD.
Art is an expression of yourself and no one can say whether you are good at being yourself or not.
And some people merely do art as a release for stress.
but in the end, there's really no concrete definition for art.
but we do understand that in this American teaching of ours, some students just learn better with a little more guidelines so here's so things we found online for you guys. Its suppose to be more humorous than anything but has some good points.

and of course we look up everything now on wikipedia...
HOW TO BECOME AN ARTISTand here are some myths about being an artist. check it out. we think most of it are very common
MYTHS ABOUT BEING AN ARTISTso if youre having trouble with getting started in art, our advice is just to google it
most of the time, your answers are there
and the best award is self teaching yourself
you need not take expensive art classes.
and we wish you luck
and encourage you to come and join us in our events whether or not you think you're an artist.... or not. ^__^
LOVE, THE ACD TEAM