use a pen
but seriously if you're in an art class then isn't that supposed to improve your artistic skills, I mean isn't that the entire point of it
I guess you do have a bit of a point. XD
That's only like half of the reason though. I also want to be able to make a fursona and stuff without tracing or anything.
You're using physical mediums I assume?
I don't know much about art. I actually only recently found out what ROYGBIV was. Actually, about a week or two ago. :P
tl;dr What the hell is a physical medium...