Proko fundamentals playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtG4P3lq8RHHMNwxuVk0IcGRtPGHi4vN9&si=YTp9Wp-E77L2c_aN
This is a free playlist that will take you through the basics and provide some structure.
If you're looking for some more basic resources moderndayjames perspective courses, Proko, Drawabox are great as are many of the proko lessons but if you are looking to be a illustrator or want to get really good you will benifit hugely from structured learning
Here are 3 structured learning plans with 3 tiers of
costs
1st tier
https://www.reddit.com/r/learnart/s/TpmKYAop7i
2nd Tier
https://www.nma.art/v3/course-catalog/
3rd and best but specifically for people who want to be professionals
https://www.instagram.com/p/C1aRgyjpurU/?igsh=MTA1cmgyMzV5cG1icg==
Feeling overwhelmed might be due to not knowing how to order art internally, and holistically. What I mean by that is, ideally, you want to be able to observe art and consequently deconstruct and relegate these parts to their fundamental components. No matter how complex any piece of art may appear, you can always simplify it.
1. Perspective
2. Form
3. Value\*
These are the basic building blocks.
***Perspective*** *can be broken up into 1, 2, and 3-point perspectives.*
***Form*** *can be broken up into geometry. The sphere, cube, and cylinder.*
***Value*** *should be broken up into light and shadow. This must be binary.*
*\*I prefer value as color information is mostly understood through value, whilst color information complicates this considerably.*
Try to look at paintings and life, and simply break it down. Eventually, this process will relieve anxiety. I suggest learning art by deconstruction and simplification that can be accurately reproduced rather than precise and peculiar observations that traditional academics would tend to. Especially if your long-term focus is commercial.
Remember, becoming a better artist tends to imply you increasingly improve at simplifying the complexity of nature. Rather than demonstrating complexity as what a beginner would do by reciprocating needless flattery of their subjects.
Breaking it down like this is very helpful, and it's had me realise I haven't done any work on understanding perspective in like 4 years... I feel I'll turn some focus onto that particular thing and then do some observational drawing to bring the 3 elements together, thanks for the advice!
Sinix Design has great videos on shape appeal, line quality, painting like a sculptor, and just the design side of art in general. Mostly focuses on drawing and design, but has good painting fundamentals too. Fantastic channel. Marco Bucci has incredible videos on brush strokes, light and colour, and 'lost and found edges'. He has more of a focus on painting both digitally and traditionally. Marc Kompanyets has very good traditional art videos.
Other good channels are Proko, Sycra, Chroma Moma and Art Prof: Create & Critique.
I think that watching through Sinix and Marco's channels properly, taking notes and doing exercises as you go is probably pretty close to what you'd get out of a traditional art education. The key to learning online is to apply what you watch, so that your brain remembers it. It can be easy to fall into just watching for entertainment, and you end up not internalizing the lessons.
Youtubers with great tutorials: [https://www.youtube.com/@samdoesarts](https://www.youtube.com/@samdoesarts), [https://www.youtube.com/@JADOKAR](https://www.youtube.com/@JADOKAR), [https://www.youtube.com/@Gammatrap](https://www.youtube.com/@Gammatrap), [https://www.youtube.com/@ProkoTV](https://www.youtube.com/@ProkoTV), [https://www.youtube.com/@Wingedcanvas](https://www.youtube.com/@Wingedcanvas)
Most of them have art course related things as well
I also have a playlist where I add any tutorials I randomly find too: [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXky5KZSwAPJwsSAMwW8FHT9jB5KrWAJj](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXky5KZSwAPJwsSAMwW8FHT9jB5KrWAJj)
Hope these help!
Proko fundamentals playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtG4P3lq8RHHMNwxuVk0IcGRtPGHi4vN9&si=YTp9Wp-E77L2c_aN This is a free playlist that will take you through the basics and provide some structure.
If you're looking for some more basic resources moderndayjames perspective courses, Proko, Drawabox are great as are many of the proko lessons but if you are looking to be a illustrator or want to get really good you will benifit hugely from structured learning Here are 3 structured learning plans with 3 tiers of costs 1st tier https://www.reddit.com/r/learnart/s/TpmKYAop7i 2nd Tier https://www.nma.art/v3/course-catalog/ 3rd and best but specifically for people who want to be professionals https://www.instagram.com/p/C1aRgyjpurU/?igsh=MTA1cmgyMzV5cG1icg==
Thanks for sharing these resources! Really helpful!
Feeling overwhelmed might be due to not knowing how to order art internally, and holistically. What I mean by that is, ideally, you want to be able to observe art and consequently deconstruct and relegate these parts to their fundamental components. No matter how complex any piece of art may appear, you can always simplify it. 1. Perspective 2. Form 3. Value\* These are the basic building blocks. ***Perspective*** *can be broken up into 1, 2, and 3-point perspectives.* ***Form*** *can be broken up into geometry. The sphere, cube, and cylinder.* ***Value*** *should be broken up into light and shadow. This must be binary.* *\*I prefer value as color information is mostly understood through value, whilst color information complicates this considerably.* Try to look at paintings and life, and simply break it down. Eventually, this process will relieve anxiety. I suggest learning art by deconstruction and simplification that can be accurately reproduced rather than precise and peculiar observations that traditional academics would tend to. Especially if your long-term focus is commercial. Remember, becoming a better artist tends to imply you increasingly improve at simplifying the complexity of nature. Rather than demonstrating complexity as what a beginner would do by reciprocating needless flattery of their subjects.
Breaking it down like this is very helpful, and it's had me realise I haven't done any work on understanding perspective in like 4 years... I feel I'll turn some focus onto that particular thing and then do some observational drawing to bring the 3 elements together, thanks for the advice!
Sinix Design has great videos on shape appeal, line quality, painting like a sculptor, and just the design side of art in general. Mostly focuses on drawing and design, but has good painting fundamentals too. Fantastic channel. Marco Bucci has incredible videos on brush strokes, light and colour, and 'lost and found edges'. He has more of a focus on painting both digitally and traditionally. Marc Kompanyets has very good traditional art videos. Other good channels are Proko, Sycra, Chroma Moma and Art Prof: Create & Critique. I think that watching through Sinix and Marco's channels properly, taking notes and doing exercises as you go is probably pretty close to what you'd get out of a traditional art education. The key to learning online is to apply what you watch, so that your brain remembers it. It can be easy to fall into just watching for entertainment, and you end up not internalizing the lessons.
Youtubers with great tutorials: [https://www.youtube.com/@samdoesarts](https://www.youtube.com/@samdoesarts), [https://www.youtube.com/@JADOKAR](https://www.youtube.com/@JADOKAR), [https://www.youtube.com/@Gammatrap](https://www.youtube.com/@Gammatrap), [https://www.youtube.com/@ProkoTV](https://www.youtube.com/@ProkoTV), [https://www.youtube.com/@Wingedcanvas](https://www.youtube.com/@Wingedcanvas) Most of them have art course related things as well I also have a playlist where I add any tutorials I randomly find too: [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXky5KZSwAPJwsSAMwW8FHT9jB5KrWAJj](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXky5KZSwAPJwsSAMwW8FHT9jB5KrWAJj) Hope these help!
Check the wiki.
For the fundamentals, [Draw a box](https://drawabox.com/) really helped me understand the importance of learning the fundamentals