Gesture drawings is where I started, might not be the "right way" to start off but I found drawing spheres and cubes to be boring enough to put me off drawing all together so I skipped to gesture drawings.
Only problem I can see is the fact that you'll need to use real life references if you want to get anywhere, and anything related to "3DPD" sends people here into a frenzy.
If you can get over the aversion to looking at another real human bean give it a go, as long as you don't stress too much you'll enjoy it.