Genuinely finding joy in the process of a skill is sometimes the only way to advance in the skill at all. Practice can be so boring and if you don't find joy in the practice itself you're more likely to quit.
If you are trying to improve your art and you're new and feeling that frustraton that your skills are not where you envision them to be, you need to try and find joy in the practice. Baby steps can be so helpful and even if it feels silly it's rewarding. Struggling with the face and its driving you mad? Ignore the other anatomy and work specifically on practicing faces! The rest you can build up to later. Got the face down? Lets try poses now! Don't care if the body anatomy sucks, get the poses down cause its whats frustrating you, and build from there etc. etc. etc.
Also remind yourself why you want to do this in the first place. Is it intolerable not being able to put the image you imagine to paper? Because it might look like garbage to you now but you MADE it. You put that idea to paper and was it fun to do it even if you struggled?
Finding the joy in the process more than the result, allows the skill will follow you, until one day you realize that what you envisioned is what's finally in front of you made by your own hands and goddamn is that SO satisfying.
