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>>11872058
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Read for 1, reference draw from 2, study for 3. Your problem is you can't keep an image in your head long enough to draw it. Your brain processes a lot of things when you want to make a drawing. Picture this mentally:

1) A circle. Pretty easy right? You can have that image in your head and draw it and your brain hasn't processed much.
2) A circle with color. Not a specific color, just "color". Still easy, but now you're probably starting to process several colors and deciding which one you like.
3) A circle in 3 dimensions - a sphere. Here's where your brain starts thinking a little. If you're smart you'll realize it's hard to create a sphere looking circle unless you "place" it in the world and give it a light source. Where is the sphere placed in terms of camera angles? Where is the light source? Are there multiple light sources? So now without being asked to, you're processing additional tasks just to create a sphere mentally.
4) So now you're doing your best to just imagine a sphere. The image is probably hazy and not clear like the first one, which was just a simple circle. Now try drawing the sphere that you are imagining. Unless you are experienced, you'll probably come up with something not very sophisticated. Probably a shine, a light side, a dark side, and a shadow.

Then you take a look at an actual sphere as it appears in the real world and compare it to the one in your imagination.

tl;dr: drawing things more makes imaging easier