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[Vester]

I suggest taking some classes to get you started, unless you already have a bit of skill or are cynical.

(I've been meaning to take classes for ages, but I never have enough time...)

[ChairmanPoo]

My first two drawings (Ok, I had done other two before these, one of a pencil sharpener and another of a coke can, but these are the two first detailed ones ones)
http://img32.imageshack.us/i/gandr.jpg/
http://img697.imageshack.us/i/kitjpg.jpg/

[LegoLord]

You've definitely got some skill there.  I'll let the more advanced guys give specific critique, though.  Now, for material I'd recommend, Andrew Loomis books have already been mentioned, and there is a book called Drawing with the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards that I have been told is a good source.  I've recently checked it out from the school library and it's pretty fascinating so far (although I think I might be a bit more advanced in some ways than most that pick it up; I've done other stuff before it).  It actually lays out a plan of activities to develop your skills.

[Balathustrius]

There are loads of advice that can be given to intermediate to advanced learners, but a beginner is better off with just that - draw as much and as often as you can. There's nothing else to it.

This.  Everything else is secondary to mileage, imo. 

One other thing I don't think I saw mentioned is to copy drawings by artists you like.  Especially when you're starting out, I think this is even more helpful than drawing from life, because you learn how good artists handled problems, rather than trying to figure them out yourself. 

[cowofdoom78963]

Dont go making a chore out of it and going and learning all this stuff.


You have to draw from your heart, it doesnt matter if other people think it looks good or not.

[azazel]

One other thing I don't think I saw mentioned is to copy drawings by artists you like.  Especially when you're starting out, I think this is even more helpful than drawing from life, because you learn how good artists handled problems, rather than trying to figure them out yourself. 

One note here, which I'm sure Balathustrius knows of as well - don't trace. Copy is fine to learn a technique, but don't trace the picture. You won't learn anything that way.