You cannot create art without mastering your tools. However, "mastery" in nature art looks different than in traditional photography. Here is how the technical palette changes:
The most exciting work happens at the intersection. We are seeing a renaissance of , where photographers become painters, and painters use photographs as ghostly blueprints.
While photography is bound by light and physics, nature art (sketching, painting, printmaking, or sculpture) enjoys the freedom of interpretation. It is photography’s philosophical sibling.