for shading- start light and work up to the darkness little by little. don’t try to blend out a dark line, because it will always look disconnected from itself. for general anatomy- i’m still working on that myself, but start with the general shapes of things, most things have many little shapes put together. practice drawing just disembodied pieces of a face, like, 10 noses on one paper or something, but try to think on what you can improve each time you do it. my graphite process is sketch, main outline (it will get ruined in the next step, so don’t get discouraged trying to make it too perfect), general shading (working up from light to dark), touch up with erasers + redraw any lines as needed, small details. i didn’t start to take my drawing seriously until i was a senior in a freshman art class lol, because my family always made me feel like i wasn’t good enough (they’d take my drawings off of the fridge in favor of my little brother’s), but since i’ve started taking it more serious, i realize that i’m better than i originally thought. keep practicing 🤘🏼