I was reading a thread about piping and which tips to use and was struck by a comment about "visual learning". How true. I am one of those people who have to see something to be able to "get it". Obviously I am not alone.
That is why I appreciate the tutorials on this site. I need to see what someone means. How to hold a tip..what motion to use..etc. I buy videos and DVDs so that I can actually watch someone do something.
So if I pm someone with a question and then pm again for clarification it is not because I am dense it is just because I cannot visualize what the instruction might be. (That is my story and I am sticking to it) 
So keep those tutorials coming!!!!! 
Thank you for bringing up this topic. This was a subject of discussion at a sugarpaste (gumpaste) flower class I attended over the past few weeks. The woman who was my workspace partner was complaining that there were no instructional hand-outs given to us, so we could work on the flowers at home. I had to privately and quietly tell her that learning sugarpaste flower-making is easier to learn via the visual-hands-on methods. I also had to remind her that she was the only participant not taking any notes when the instructor demonstrated the different steps in the technique.
Theresa 
I am definitely more of a visual learner as well. I love the tutorials and taking classes. I can read instructions 50 times and still not quite get it, but if I see it once, I can usually copy. I appreciate everyone who takes the time to post tutorials!
I remember the first time I was trying to make a parchment cone for royal icing.
I read the directions numerous times and messed around with the parchment. I can remember being so frustrated I cried over it.
So I searched the net and finally found step by step instructions, with pictures and was able to make one.
I know this sounds ridiculous but that is what I am talking about. Once I see something I can do it. But if all I have are written directions..no picture of what I am supposed to do, I am lost. 
I am having that same problem right now with the rosebud (I am just in the Wilton II class) i had my instructor show me, but her bud didnt look like the books, and in the book it really doesnt show step by step....it seems like it ought to be simple...dont know why i cannot get it!
I am visual hands on. Reading instructions are okay to a point, but I really prefer having someone show me in front of my face (or video). Some people do actually work better reading instructions and not going by visuals. I have had some students learn techniques before I teach them just by reading the instructions and they sometimes have a tough time comprehending when I show them. Everyone is a different type of learner so that is why a good instructor will have hand out instructions as well as visual hands on--to accomodate the different learning types.
I can totally relate. When making royal icing flowers in one of my Wilton classes I just couldn't get the written directions. "hold the bag at such and such angle, then swirl left, blah, blah, blah." It wasn't until I said "show me" that I got it. I felt like an idiot because I couldn't understand the written directions. They just didn't make sense to me.
I prefer visual.... but can do anything as long as I put my mind to it....... glad I'm not alone.
I'm a visual learner too. I can read instructions from a manual, but the pictures always make things so much easier to comprehend. Even when I get ideas for cakes, I draw them out. It's much easier for me to remember what I wanted to do by looking at my sketches. Just always the way I've been....
oh I'm visual too! But I need instructions as well! I hate when you get a piece of furniture or something and the only instructions are a picture.... what the crap?! How the heck am I supposed to figure that out? But I LOVE step by step stuff - and it's so hard to find. Sometimes people leave out a step b/c they think it's self explanatory - and sometimes it's not!!! I've also had this problem with trying to teach myself graphic design - to the point that I haven't done any in awhile b/c I got so frustrated w/ how my stuff didn't match the stuff in the book even though I was completely following the directions...... anyway me too! I'm in the same boat!
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