The great masters copied the work of masters who preceded them, to learn from their work.  Following that tradition, I have embarked on copying the work of some of my contemporaries that I admire.   But merely copying is not good enough you need to spend time studying their work.  It is always exciting when you pick up a few nuggets of wisdom.

IT IS ILLEGAL TO COPY THE WORK OF OTHER ARTISTS TO SELL AND MOST OF ALL IT IS  IMMORAL.