Regrettably, I could not find the sources from which I got these tips/exercises, but I will upload them when I find them and detail the bit I do remember.
The first of the exercises was to simply draw the same thing - over and over and over. This is likely a tip repeated across many different places and persons - I remember Jazza from Draw with Jazza saying something of the like.
The trick isn't to draw something so you like it - in fact, in a strange way, you shouldn't like it, because that means you won't for example attempt to trace it with ink, or shade it or anything . something I've noticed many times in the past; stopping almost halfways through a drawing because I did not want to ruin it.
A second benefit is of course that the time it takes to make the drawing will decrease and keep decreasing - I remember reading spending about 20 minutes on the first time through, and then slowly decreasing that. Lastly, you will teach the brain to see the important shapes and focus on them.
I've misplaced my drawing book, but one artstyle I've liked for a long time is Glen Keane's, so I attempted the following drawing of Rapunzel (picked for the flowing lines).
The second exercise I've tried is in trying to trace the same line, straight or curved or circles, over and over, to ingrain the movement into muscle-memory. This is something that apparently you should never really stop doing, and it also serves as a good warm-up before drawing sessions. Additionally, I have never been drawing from the shoulder before, so the exercise serves that as well.
While most of my pages are simple straight lines and circles, I picked this because they are some of the first drawings Ive done with the shoulder - while being an exercise.
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