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Don’t just draw what you think you “should” be drawing, either—draw whatever makes you happy! Doodle, scribble, make shapes on scrap pieces of paper, spy on people in the park and try to draw them as they talk, eat or sunbathe. Make drawing fun, otherwise, you will quit if it feels like a chore.
I would also advise you to draw something every day and take your time to really study how things actually are. One challenging thing about drawing can be to draw things as they actually are rather than how we think they are. That might sound silly, but learning to draw is really about learning to see.
Study something each day and draw it until you can get it as close as you can to the thing you are looking at. It can be helpful to spend time doing blind contour drawings every single day and go slowly when observing what it is you are drawing. Do not worry about the results of the drawing— this is training your eye to slow down and to work in tandem with your hand. This is a very good way to sharpen your observation skills.
Use a mirror when drawing and every once in a while stop and look at your drawing and the thing you are drawing both in the mirror. Leonardo DaVinci did this and recommended it and it really works to see your drawing in a new way and mistakes jump out at you quickly.
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