Spot on about Picasso @jayna - he was a very accomplished draftsman with a huge range of techniques at his dispoal to create the effect (on the viewer) that he wanted.
I guess that one of the things we are trying to do in The Ink Well is help writers also have a huge "palette" of writing techniques to choose from to create the effect they want on the reader. (I'm sure that last sentence could be less clumsy)!
Yes, you encapsulated that well, @shanibeer - that we want writers to have that full breadth of tools and knowledge so they can use them to their best advantage, or to consciously to set them aside if needed for artistic reasons.