>>3894108trace. trace a lot. you will figure out everything else you need by tracing a lot. you might need 100 traced pages until you make a small breakthru, or 300, but you will learn. some of those breakthrus tracing teaches you:
>line quality (duh, you will try different ways since you will get bored with times, and so you will find what works for you best)>breaking down objects into shapes (if you bother not to trace 100% what you see, but draw geometrical shapes which better fit what you are tracing)>sketching (having nice lines and knowing what geometrical shapes fits into what is enough for some simple sketches)>inking (duh)>edge control>shadow and light separationcongratulation, you now know how to sketch and ink your sketches, thats enough to start drawing from imagination. from here its where you are suppose to start doing studies, to expand your visual memory. what tracing will not teach you is rendering, which is the main reason why you do studies
you will find out how boring learning to draw actually is, but atleast you wont have to worry if the hours spend where for nothing or not
