How long does it take to learn figure drawing skills?

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Drawing can be broken down into a series of smaller skills. The artists you like are just people that have taken time to painstakingly learn each of those skills. Even the skill of sharpening a pencil is something that can take a while to learn. None of the skills come easy, but they are all doable.
If you are willing to take the time to learn each of the sub-skills that go into drawing, overcome the hurdles and self-doubt, then you will be able to draw as well as anybody.
In this video, I describe that learning process by explaining which skills were used in these drawings and when I learned them.