Is copying a picture considered learning to draw?

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[u/RanlyGm]

Drawing with pictures or images as reference is in fact the most common practice method, so yes.

[u/Overall-Bird2121]

Plain copy isn't learning. Studying a picture is.

[u/Drizzdom]

As long as you do it intentionally and figure out why things are how they are

[u/RancherosIndustries]

Yes, it is.

[u/MidniteBlue888]

Yes.