Does studying other artists work really that important? I was

>>3062701
Well, drawing is always a good thing. But how good you want it to be depends on you.
Studying a work does not necessarily mean that you are copying it. Try to figure out how the artist was thinking when they made the piece and walk in their footsteps. Or if it's a certain style you are after, try to figure out what that style is based in and how to emulate (not copy) it properly.
Or just plain copy it. Although that sounds boring as fuck.

It's up to you what you want to do with it. Try to imagine what would give you the most gains and go with that.

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>>3062791
Yeah, this.
>>3062701
It's good to be constantly humbled and influenced by what other people are doing. You should see paintings and work that makes you think, 'That. That's everything I want to be like'. You don't exist in a vacuum with no cultural history. Personally, I love that people are so much more skilled, wise, and elegant than me at art because it gives me something divine to aspire to (and ideas as well).