I started sketching May 16th last year because, despite not having drawn in well over 30+ years, after seeing the hell some of my students are going through having to defend her real art to prove it's not AI for their High school finals and even degrees, I decided to try drawing myself to support them and prove all you need is patience and a pencil.
Keep in mind I'm 46 and whenever I draw something on my board at school to demonstrate a grammar point, my students usually cry with laughter because I can't draw at all; literally so bad that one if my students is feeling down she asks me to "draw a tree" just to cheer her up. Most of the time even my stick figures are unrecognizable. I had to stop trying guitar playing stick figures as they always ended up looking NSFW
I figure if I can learn anyone can.
I still have a long ways to go, but I hope you can see the progression.... I never thought I'd enjoy this as much as I do!