lack of success due to lack of communication

Mr. S

Hey i was wondering if i could get any advice on this situation im having. Picture this-theres this girl in an art class which i take and she's kinda quiet and pretty and i guess i like her quite a bit.

So on valentine's day, i decided to get her a card. She read the card and according to a friend of mine, she was checking me out. but then some other guy goes and makes a move cos i didnt make mine fast enough as im not exactly an exceptional womanizer.

Well she ditched this guy ages ago and i lost interest in her for a few months but now im thinking i should go for it again. the thing is i hardly know anything about her, im paranoid as to incompatibility and i hardly get to talk to her except in this one lesson every week, which usually involves very brief or non-existent discussion. I see her a little bit every day around college, but we dont have any opportunity to talk.

i guess i need to get her to notice me in the right light and i need to figure out what to say and when to say it :s

It'd be prettty dope if you could tell me what you think.