"Learning the Flute" is a 2000 animated charcoal drawing by South African artist William Kentridge that exemplifies his distinctive stop motion technique combining erased and redrawn charcoal imagery on paper. The work depicts a figure engaged in the process of learning to play the flute, rendered through Kentridge's characteristic style of continuous transformation and gestural mark making. Like much of Kentridge's oeuvre, the piece engages with themes of human struggle, creative process, and the intersection of artistic practice with broader cultural narratives.