Self teaching myself the fundamentals -- a list of resources I've used

[TamPaints]

Hi all. I've been teaching myself art for the past 3 years. I'm not fully self taught as I went to art school, but I mostly learned about commercial design and web development there, so I was severely lacking in fundamentals for drawing, painting, and everything else art related.

It took me a while to find the resources to teach myself since I was also trying to figure out what I needed to learn on the fly. I eventually compiled the below list after a lot of trial and error. I hope it can help someone else teach themself as well:

Resources for Drawing Skill​

• "How to Draw" by Scott Robertson
• Draw-a-box lessons 0-1

Resources for understanding Perspective​

• "How to Draw" by Scott Robertson
• Draw-a-box lesson 1-2
• Dan Beardshaw youtube

Resources for understanding Form​

• "How to Draw" by Scott Robertson
• "How to Render" By Scott Robertson
• FZD's video about basics of drawing
• Draw-a-box lesson 3-7

Resources for understanding Value​

• "How to Render" By Scott Robertson
• FZD's video about basics of digital painting
• Draw-a-box

Resources for understanding Light​

• Color and Light by James Gurney
• Marco Bucci Youtube videos about light
• "Mind-Blowing Realistic Shading Tricks" video by Dorian Iten on the Proko Youtube channel

Resources for understanding Color​

• Color and Light by James Gurney
• Marco Bucci Youtube videos about color

I also wrote a blog post about these that goes into more details. You can read it here: https://blog.tam-paints.com/resources-for-self-teaching-art-fundamentals

 

[MrBungle]

The color and light by James Gurney is one of my go to books. I also do recommend his imaginative realism as well.
Drawing on the right side of the brain Is a good one too.