A couple of years ago, I made a new year’s resolution to try to draw something every day. I have fallen laughably short. I was inspired by someone (possibly Ruskin?) who said that even if you’re terrible at art you should try to draw what you see in galleries as that helps you to appreciate the painting. I do sketch a bit in galleries and I am terrible at it but it does help me to appreciate paintings more. I am surprised too to discover that I have a style of drawing that is all my own (like handwriting, I suppose). Should you be so inclined, I recommend this as a new year’s resolution for you.
I have been trying to draw too. I agree about the looking part (although I would argue, probably heretically) that doing a jigsaw puzzle of the relevant painting also makes you focus on every detail.
I agree re jigsaw problem but it makes one focus much more on the part than the whole unlike drawing so a bit of a drawback?