As a kid I used to be really good at art until I got to high school (middle school) where I lost interest in it, since leaving high school I've deeply regreted not keeping art up and I've lost my confidence in my abilities (it got to the point where I was tracing) I really do want to learn but theres never really been a right time to do it but I'm on the summer holidays and I have five days a week with nothing to do.

In my house we have several books on how to draw anime, and a couple of books on how to draw real life.

I tried the anime first on the assumption that it would be easier but after a few sketches I realised that in order to draw in a styliest way I really need to learn the basics, how the body works how clothes fold and crease.



This is one of the first sketches I've done in a long time and I know its bad, it looked alot better before I drew clothes (I took the time to draw circles as a guide) but I'm still not certain on what I've done wrong (it all looks wrong so I need to know exact bits so I can improve).

My other problem is I'm already getting overwhelmed, the statement learn to draw is way too big, I know I need to split it down into smaller tasks but again I'm struggling to do this.

Can anyone help, or atleast point me in the right direction?

cheers

Phil