Little late, however if I may:
photography example is all way bad,
first, and most important- the photo-art is kinda of >automatic<, - I mean :
you just pres the button to get the piece.
Speakin` so, : most important part left for you is - the composition - what you can see thru the window ,
there are rules, of course, which can be learned,
BUT
if you don`t have some >talent</ gift, it will not help too much, you never reach THE Art level.
My friend was student of the NYC most famous photo school. He never learned to do it right /in term of composition/.
Unbelievable ,
but
from hundreds of shots from very interesting places /he travel a lot around the world/,no more than five fingers was needed to count good ones!
Suppose, not only my opinion /was to polite to express it loudly/, `cause he was unable to reach professional market.