This is a landscape by E., who is taking art in middle school this year, along with private lessons twice a month, and a class in sumi-e beginning next week. It's a good idea...so we theorize...to go for broke where your student is truly interested. Learning technique, different approaches, ideas, methods...it can't hurt.
Thanks to so many for checking this site so often, and come back, because we'll start updating Judging From His Tracks soon.