Madeleine Pettigrew

I used to be one of the numerous people that always say "I can't draw" when asked to, but that is in the past and for the last few years I have collected books of numerous artists along with sketch books now filling with numerous genres (from rubber hose animation to Andrew Loomis) all in graphite (my favorite medium) and pen. I couldn't believe when looking at an old sketch in a journal from when I was a child that I said I "couldn't" draw, ever since then I have read as many instructional art writings as i could and have learned the true meaning of drawing. While I know it takes time and practice to become good at any art the learning never ends does it?