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Transferring is a bit different from tracing to learn, IMHO.
If I draw free form for instance, I can then transfer the form to canvas or to a ceiling.
The idea of searching for an easier method of learning is a good one. I believe we all are doing that to some degree: trying to master a method and learn what is wrong with it so we might make it better.
Tracing a form might familiarize you with the form, but I believe that's all it would do. The familiarity will assist you when you step away from tracing and endeavor to draw what you see freehand.
Then being familiar at that point would help. But no matter what, you will have to learn like everyone else, with a lot of hard work and practice.
As I mentioned in my other post with a little humor: trace a live model, or a live landscape... in order to accomplish these tasks they are back to square one, even if they are familiar with anatomy. To draw from life requires more than anatomical knowledge.
Ever see some doctors draw? My uncle is a bone specialist, surgeon. I have seen him draw out the skeleton. You know it's accurate as far as a skeleton goes, but its not pretty. (LOL)
The fundamentals of drawing or learning to draw simply must be put into practice if one is ever going to learn to draw.
My 2 cents - take it for what it's worth and I hope it is a help.
Mark
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