It kind of sounds here that you're learning to draw using anime as you're main reference, and that's a really bad thing to do.

As a rule of thumb you should learn to draw realistically before something stylised like anime. Learn the rules before you break them.

Now I'm not sure if that's completely the case, but if you really want to improve I would suggest drawing some realism using real people as reference.

Also, ink your drawings before you try to colour them.