let me be clear in saying, however, that I specifically made note in my last post to only mention "tracing artists art" rather than tracing from life.

I'd have never learned to draw hands, or bodies, or poses without tracing a few times over the years.

But I want to be clear that I never trace what I post. & I never trace anything anymore.

I took some time off of art a few years ago to practice things I especially had trouble with. Hands, feet, poses, etc.

I started improving by tracing (for example)hand references for practice.

Then I took a small short class(I think on skillshare, but youtube probably has similar videos) on form and stretching/squashing, and how to form life from basic shapes, etc.

I'm not claiming to be a good artist, but I learned so much from just taking 30 minutes from my day to quick sketch bodies and things like that.