Whats the best way to practice art?

im pretty new to art and ive seen multiple different ways people say to practice like using a reference and breaking it down into shapes but since im really only drawing bodies i dont know what to practice more do i practice shapes separately or keep breaking down a reference or do i just draw my own images?

its just confusing ive been breaking down images of poses into shapes but then when i try to draw without an image i struggle a lot more so should I practice a different way or just how i am now or should i do multiple ways? I want to actually draw things instead of just shapes but obviously if i dont know what to practice first i wont be able to