Share with you a watercolour painting that I completed recently. You could see that drawing skill is required for representational painting. This skill could be learned and practised.

Monk's Bowl and Fan. Watercolour on paper. Jimmy Quek.

A sound background in direct observation and representational painting is always useful to achieve a reasonable standard of skill in one's chosen medium.

Many objects around us would be the best subjects for beginners for drawing or for painting. Once you have learned how to see and how to record the objects on the surface, you can then experiment with different techniques and medium, and you can even go further to explore the world of imagination and intuition.