Tips and help on drawing for a 'beginner'?

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I used to be pretty decent with pencil-and-paper art, but recently I suffered severe fractures in both of my hands. I had to go through physical therapy to be able to just regularly function with them, thus I'm re-learning.

Anyway, any tips, pointers... Things to practice? Currently I just scribble with a regular, HB 2 pencil you can get in bulk packs, with lined notebook paper. I have access to a couple other types of pencils and everything but... anyway, back to the point.

I'm wanting to re-learn and I am *completely* in the very beginning again. I have to retrain my hands according to my therapist. So, any tips, simple things to draw, exercises... Anything, just some general... Help.

All is appreciated, thanks in advance.

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Just draw and shade shapes.  Draw things that interest you.  This is about getting your hands back, so it really does not matter what you draw.  

I would also suggest learning digital art along with traditional.  Your hands might work better with the computer equipment.  I am not a digital artists myself, my daughter is and the computer is an amazing art medium.

I know an older man who switched to digital due to serious arthritis in his hands.

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