How to paint and draw

Lately, I've been doing more traditional drawing than digital work due to some time constraint, which makes it hard for me to even find time to switch on my desktop (My reason for my inactivity on dA as well). So, the alternative for me to practice was doing some traditional work.
I've been going for Figure Form Drawing sessions, recommended by a great friend of mine, for the past weeks to do some life drawing.

Turns out, I've found that I've improved on my sketching skill and hand-to-eye coordination. In addition, I'm more confident in my pencil strokes. Furthermore, and this is more of a personal thought, you can translate traditional art skill much more easily to digital art than digital to traditional. Granted, that you might have to learn some of the technical stuffs when you paint digitally; like the user interface of the painting software.

All in all, my point that I would like to pass across is:
Do not get anxious about doing digital art; There's always time for that. Instead, get some paper and a pencil and start sketching. You'll be surprised by how much you will improve. A lot of professional artists started out on working out their traditional skill before moving to digital too. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you can't do digital art at all until you have done traditional. They are both equally important to me.

If you want, get a sketchbook and sketch anything, no matter how simple or complex the ideas are, that come into your mind. A sketchbook is a diary of your creativity thought, so no one can say it's awful or berate about it.
(Besides, you can show off your traditional skill set on a sketchbook in public more easily than using a laptop for your digital art. XD)

Here's a pretty awesome website you can visit for lots of traditional drawing tip
www.how-to-draw-and-paint.com/

If you have another website you know and want to share, feel free to post it in the comment section.