It's pretty much been said -- first you put in the effort, then you make the progress. Get some anatomy books. Study life. Learn color theory. Educate yourself.

Drawing isn't some mystical talent that only a few are blessed with. I don't know a single successful artist who hasn't put in hours upon hours of work to hone their craft. We all pretty much start at the beginning skills-wise, but it's those who are willing to go the extra mile that actually wind up doing anything worthy of notice. 

[i]Anyone[/i] can draw. (With enough time and effort on their part.)

For instance, this was my daily schedule until I sold my home last year. (Things have been to hectic to stick to truly stick to it anymore, but I do plan on getting back into it. This schedule is borrowed from another artist who was using it to improve his own skills.)

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And you know what? My skills [i]did[/i] improve during that time. Doing the exercises made a [u][i]huge[/i][/u] difference. That all said, I'd still only consider myself an intermediate level artist. (Compared to the skills I want to develop, I'm realistically only about halfway there.) There's a TON of room for improvement and more hard work on my own end before I'd even be happy at my own skill level.

Even if you only have the time to put in an hour a day -- it's still [i]something[/i]. [i]Put down the video game controller. Tell your friend you can't come over. Turn off the TV.[/i] There's [i]always[/i] some way to squeeze in practice time, if you really want to. And you have to really [i]want[/i] to do better to succeed. 

Make studying/practicing art a priority in your life -- that's the [u][i]only[/i][/u] secret the greats throughout history have.