I wonder if I can try teaching myself some foundations?

I had a small thought enter my head when I tried the silhouette method for drawing a character. Maybe if I had foundations this would look better/right.  I wonder if I can try teaching some foundations to myself. Something like 30 minutes of figure drawing might prove useful! But then life drawings will be difficult to force myself to do since I'd get bored. Or rather I fear that I'll get bored.