hiieee, this is gonna be my first thread in the creative corner!
I've been drawing up eyes, lots of eyes, in my sketchbook. here's all of what I've drawn:

 

needs more work work work work... but i see ur potential potential potential... (is good.)  

Posted by Asaiki

needs more work work work work... but i see ur potential potential potential... (is good.)

thanks! do you have any tips or advice?  

Posted by Kosiris

thanks! do you have any tips or advice?

If realism is what you're going for, then you should definitely try to use shading to distinguish figures rather than outlines  

Use references  

So I can see that you're practicing eyes and noses for now, but if you ever want to draw a whole head one of the best ways to start is by drawing the initial head shape out first instead of starting with the eyes, in order to make sure you place it right. Just for future reference  

Posted by Kosiris

thanks! do you have any tips or advice?

I do have a few beginner things so you wouldn't have problems in the future, I learned this the hard way.

If you're going to start drawing humans, I prefer drawing the whole bodies rather than just drawing the head or profile shot because once you get use to the basics of the whole body you wouldn't have any problem, Also use reference for almost everything.

Also don't follow the circle line for the hands, Prefer using all of the shapes for the body, hands, and heads. Also there's something called Iterative Drawing which is a cyclic process or a repeating process, Since I can't explain things well I would just quote a reddit post.

"Keep this in mind: "iterative drawing" is not a time tested technique. It is something that Sycra pieced together by seeing how other artists study and how he studies. It is a suggestion on how one could approach learning the visual language...not an actual technique of drawing.

So...when you say: "I started iterative drawing". People aren't going to know exactly what that is because it's not a classical technique, and thus they will say and suggest things like "You need to do more than one angle" and "Don't do variations...just do the same face over and over during a session so you can move lines and slowly deduce a more accurate face..helping you to learn what's right and what isn't."

Why? Because, again, this is Sycra's personally invented suggestion for a way to study. Those people aren't familiar with his approach and so assume that you're doing something wrong. You're not wrong, but try not to perceive this method as a widely accepted and known method for learning to draw and construct things."
(link: https://www.reddit.com/r/learnart/co..._not_sure_how/ )

Also don't go for dynamic angle and all of those stuff immediately because you need to understand the basics first, once you understand the basics you would get hand of the dynamic stuff and all of those dynamic things easily, I would suggest watching/listening to Sycra, Istebrak, KNKL Show, and Ross Draw... Ross Draw gives a few good tips and tricks in his speedpaints like how to do water but he mostly does digital art.

Also try experimenting with workflows since I'm lazy to give a definition il quote a google search;

"DEFINITION of 'Workflow' A series of tasks to produce a desired outcome, usually involving multiple participants and several stages in an organization. Workflow describes the sequential steps that comprise a work process."

tl;dr use references, understand basics before doing something hard, watch tutorials on youtube on suggested artists (Sycra, Istebrak, KNKL, Ross Draws), and experiment with work flow.  

Personally, I don't think there is a "right and wrong" way to learn to draw, or learn any medium for that matter. I believe that it's ok to learn whatever the hell you want to learn as long as you learn it. Sometimes, the best way for me to learn is to observe and pay attention to detail. Watch others, watch yourself, compare, observe, and even try to make relationships in real life. Try to look at something past its visible illusion and ask yourself, "how can I put that in paper and pencil?"  

When drawing, most of the time you're looking at it up close, so try looking at it 1-2 metres away from you every few minutes to see what needs to be adjusted. Its very similar to how pixel artists need to zoom out a lot

*recommended by my art teacher

Also, like they said above, references are really great tools to help you improve!
You could also buy some of the pencil packs that have different hardness levels (is it called hardness?) like 8H or 6H and 2B which will give darker lines or lighter lines which can help for shading.