[All it means is that she's able to draw those anatomically correct diagrams a person sees in medical textbooks and animate them on a computer when needed. Nothing she truly thinks he's interested in.]

Actually, it's the opposite. If you can use a pencil, you can use charcoal. It's versatile and really the first thing they teach you how to use in art school because it helps you learn how to turn the same line into different lines, but if your main interest is in painting, then that's doable. You have your basic watercolors, oils, acrylics, and pastels to begin with. I wouldn't suggest moving onto other kinds of paints until you have some familiarity with one of those.

[There's a few more technical aspects to that medium she could explain, but she's not quite here to change his mind on his ultimate goal, just to show him the best way to get there.]

I'm good, thanks. [Now she's wondering if it's safe to assume he's a high level resident if he's willing to put out for her (and not in that way that Ariel encourages people to.)] Is there some subject you want to do with painting? Still life, landscapes, abstract...?