I'm not an artist, but I'd like to get better. I've started drawing the Retsuko from the show Aggretsuko every night before bed, until hopefully someday it comes out good. So far it has not

First attempt after being given the advice to stop using the reference image. I had become too dependent and focused on recreating specifics and failed to capture the essence of it. Judging by a number of missing features, I still needed a bit more practice