/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Granted this is a very raw sketch, but I had that weird "aha" moment a little while ago while redrawing this figure I skteched out earlier today (2). I'll try to put it into words, but I think it may have clicked for me a little, you aren't really supposed to draw the finished image as much as you are trying to "sclupt" it out of shapes, right? Like I couldn't get the damn shape right, so I just redrew spheres instead to get the shape I wanted. And while the anatomy is not quite right, it is at least better?

All of this is just drawing simple shapes and "chiseling" it into what you want by adding more and more detail? I get that some people don't need to do the whole shape step and can just bypass it if they have drawn a body 100, 1000, 10000 times or whatever. It is really weird, but I think I might kinda' get it?

Following this logic, if I really want to get better, I should really learn how to break down the human shape into simple stuff and then chisel at it till it looks right?