A DA20 Pilot reported that the Instructor with him acting as a safety and familiarization pilot encouraged him to deviate from the yellow taxi line nearer to a hangar and subsequently a wing tip position bulb contacted the hangar.

Narrative

The problem started when we were taxiing back to parking. There was a plane facing us (really far; NOT involved in any way); and we needed to park behind him. So me and my instructor decided to go around him; which will require us to get closer to the hangars. So we didn't follow the yellow taxi line as the Instructor told me there is enough clearance. The Instructor was looking for the clearance between the hangars and our plane (from inside the cockpit next to me). We ended up just scratching the light on the wing with the hangar's door no substantial damage just the light on the side of the wing needs to be replaced and also no substantial damage to the hangar. So there was no need to advice the NTSB. My mistake was accepting to get closer to the hangars. What I should have done is told the Instructor to wait for the other airplane to pass so we can follow the yellow taxi line. Since it's already hard to taxi at this airport anyway because of the way it's designed and the lack of Ground Control since it's uncontrolled. The Instructor was not providing instruction he was only there as I'm unfamiliar with the airport and as a safety pilot as most of my hours are in a towered airport.