It’s also a matter of what FORM of art he’s used to.
Most traditional art made close to the poles is made by carving, etching, dyeing, sewing, and weaving. Since you don’t really have an excess of PLANTS laying around in an arctic tundra, you have to use stones, animal hides, sinew, bone, and sometimes wood.
Inuit art often appear as utensils, combs, buttons, needle cases, cooking pots, cases, spears and harpoons, as well as a host of other products made to make life more appealing and interesting.
Sokka’s weapons in the first few episodes were all made of bone, sinew, and stone. Carved bone into beautiful curves and dyed or painted blue. No metal, not very much wood.
A child in his situation would have no reason to learn how to render a landscape in ink. What would be the point? How would he get the supplies?
Instead, he knows how to tie elaborate decorative knots (and probably knows how to make his own thread and rope.)
He also identified the pattern of Haikus extremely quickly, and was able to make them up on the fly. His skill at poetry and how easily he made a character to roleplay (My name is Fire! Wang Fire! And this is my wife, Sapphire.) could imply he’s also skilled storytelling in general. Oral storytelling and musical arts are also something you can practice in any location. You can make drums, rattles, flutes, and string-and-bow instruments with bone and hide.
He clearly showed an APPRECIATION for art - being positively giddy over the idea of shopping. Not just for ‘having useful tools’ but fawning over flashy, sometimes useless items that were visually interesting.
Anyway, Sokka was 15 at the start of the series, and didn’t live in a situation that would focus on ink-and-brush artwork, but there are plenty of other art forms available.
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