Thank you so much for stopping to write such an encouraging comment! It makes me very happy to know my journey has inspired you to reignite your own. I wish you the very best in your journey and I will definitely continue posting my progress.

Thank you for stopping to write such an encouraging message. It makes me really happy to know you are starting the curriculum and that I may have helped you somehow.

Yes, I had some prior experience with drawing, painting and other forms of arts and crafts but I had never studied gesture and generally lacked proper training in art fundaments. I hope this helps.

@@ursamater Yeah this surely helps, Like I just started the 1st part and also wanted to take an advice, Also had no prior knowledge or experience I always looked at it like its something big I could never achieve...Now my thinking has been changed..

I followed Proko's videos on youtube and got timed gesture drawing also from youtube, from New Masters Academy's channel. You find the curriculum on reddit: www.reddit.com/r/learnart/comments/dapk62/from_the_guy_who_made_the_most_comprehensive_list/

@@ursamater I can't seem to find the curriculum in a form I can print. 🙁

@@ursamater Also can you post a list of your supplies? writing instruments, paper, etc., that you used?

@@shenlaw I am sorry. Can't you print the file on the reddit link? You should be able to click on the small infographics and it becomes bigger and can be printed from my side. Also, lower on the same page there is a link for a gallery view. I will add it here: imgur.com/a/EZPc28m

@@shenlaw I used cheap printing paper - amazon basics and regular number 2 pencils (HB) and 2B for most of the curriculum - simple faber castel or staedtler as easily available brands in Europe. I also used some erasable colour pencils from faber castel and later tried using some conté charcoal pencils (just to try) and replaced pencils with a staedtler mechanical pencil with 2.0 graphite. Nothing fancy. Oh, with value and light I incorporated an H pencil to my collection (staedtler). For fineliners I used the staedtler and stabilo 3.8mm that are easily found in most supermarkets in Europe. You really don't need anything fancy, but you can also get a nice sketchbook with nice paper if this would encourage you to draw. Hope this helps.

Hi. Thank you for writing. I think this curriculum is a good option and I certainly recommend it. I also think that the other resources you mentioned like nma, svs and Brunet's art school are also very good. With this curriculum I got to try some specific classes from nma, svs and Aaron Blaise because the curriculum has pointed me to try specific classes with them - I liked those options but I also liked learning from different people. In terms of budget, I did a lot with this curriculum for free and inexpensive resources here and there, but if you think you would prefer a one shop stop I think the other options you mentioned could offer you a good structure and a path for your journey, it will depend on what styles you are more drawn to, what budget you have and what you ultimately want to do. Also, this curriculum is mostly traditional in the beginning and I followed that path, but there are other people who have worked with this curriculum digitally and shared part of their progress here on youtube as well. As this is a self-taught program, you can make your own adjustments. Hope this helps.

Thank you! I try my best.

Adilson Farias' digital watercolor for photoshop - I adapted it for Krita, but if you have photoshop, you get to use brushes as well. he also has one for Procreate. I think his course is very good.

You are probably right. It's just that I have already been finding it hard to find the time to make those videos, let alone get new formats and have a youtube strategy... Maybe in the future? Thank you for stopping to write a message in order to help me. I appreciate it.

Thank you for your encouraging comment. Yes, I had some prior experience with drawing, painting and other forms of arts and crafts but I lacked proper training and fundaments, and the curriculum has really helped me by providing a solid structure so I could develop what I needed and leverage what I had already started to develop with other practices and it has shown how much more I have to learn and yet, how consistent practice can help me achieve it. I hope this helps.

@@ursamater That’s very helpful. I’ve also taken some art classes in school but I never truly learned the fundamentals. I wanted to try this curriculum but it looked too daunting. Seeing your progress really motivates me to begin my journey. I’m going to follow along with yours and hopefully I can improve myself. I only wish I found your channel sooner!

@@MsVamPireChic I also found the curriculum to be daunting at first and I avoided starting for a while before I jumped and I am very happy I did. I wish you a wonderful journey. Thank you again for writing !

Hi Fernando! Thank you for your kind message. I am glad to learn you have found my videos to be helpful. Please feel free to reach out if you have questions - I'd be glad to help, if I can! I wish you the best in your journey!

​@@ursamaterI have a few questions to ask, actually. Do you have any social media where I can contact you, or should I communicate here?

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Hi! When I started I just studied but as time went by, I added my own projects and I think it was important to me, both in terms of directing my progress to areas of my own interest and in terms of how I could detect improvement and weaknesses. There are some months when I get rather busy and then I just do the curriculum. I hope this helps and I wish you the best in your own experience with the curriculum.

So glad to hear it! Good luck on your journey!

Glad to know you started! Good luck on your journey!

Thank you for your kind comment. Just to make sure it is clear: this is my journey following Alex Huneycutt's curriculum!

Great question. I think I would probably have liked to work on 2 units at the same time and allow them to take 2 months, or maybe 6 weeks if I had more time to dedicate to the curriculum. I think it is nice to be able to switch focus. On the other hand, the 1 topic focus has helped me so far and it takes part of the guessing regarding what do I work on today out. I think the order is fine. I could see dropbox coming before figure drawing as helpful for some. I think the curriculum is very good and I also think small tweaks to the curriculum are fine as well. Hope this helps.

Thanks a lot 😊

Hi, I have not kept track of my time and it is hard for me to say, because some days I loose track of time, in others I start but have lots of interruptions... in the past I have tried tracking time with the curriculum and I believe I averaged 9 hours a week. There were weeks in which I worked more and some in which I worked less. Sorry I cannot be more precise. I will try to log my times for a while and see if I can report back

Hi! I don't think you should move to the Solo Artist Curriculum if you are already following Marc Brunet's curriculum, unless you are unhappy with it. I think having structure is very valuable, but the most important is to put the time and work on the fundamentals, you should have an excellent path with Brunet's curriculum.

thank you so much for your encouragement! Cheers!

Thank you for your message. I hope you end up giving the curriculum a try. If you need more time, you can always take more time with a unit... I had some experience, but a lot of things were completely knew to me, like gesture drawing, just to name one thing. Having the structure has been invaluable to me. Thank you again for taking the time to write!

Thank you so much for taking the time to write. It makes me very happy to know you find the videos inspiring!

No Krita sim! O Adilson Farias realmente é incrível na aquarela digital. Ele usa Procreate e Photoshop. Acho ótimo que dė vontade... quero ver seus desenhos!

Tatus are always on my to do list... Thank you for the love!

Gotta love perspective...

Haha. Yep, I am sure I was missing bears myself.

Well, Aaron Blaise is the one you should be checking!

Obrigada! Me diverti tanto com essa aquarela.

Draw and paint your bears. Seriously, get your ipad out and draw.

I understand. I am sure the exercise is super useful but I totally get the sentiment.

Yep. This animal unit was great.

Thank you! Good luck, it is a good curriculum!

Thank you very much for your comment! I have mostly worked with free resources with the curriculum. I have got a few books and one paid course so far, but most of the work I have done was following free content and taking advantage of free trial periods - so, yes, progress can be achieved on the cheap. I am glad to hear my progress has motivated you, I hope you have a wonderful time in your journey.

Hi Thank you for writing. It is good to receive feedback. As for your question, I was really worried about loosing skills once a lesson was over when I began this journey, but the curriculum tends to come back to a lot of points with some frequency that helps not loosing that much. I guess this is particularly true with perspective, as there are so many units dedicated to it, but it is also true that they change a lot in focus. I feel like topics that do not come back very often, such as the face, which was the first anatomy lesson would benefit from some revisiting, but the curriculum offered me the opportunity to work a bit with face rotations with recent perspective units. I also think it is important that, after a while in the curriculum, we start focusing on our own practices and projects in parallel with the curriculum, so you can direct your efforts towards things that interest you. In my case, I have not structured my practice to revisit the units that I have completed, I have just tried to follow the curriculum and, more recently, to work with illustrations that interest me, try challenges ... and when I imagine something I have to draw for a challenge, I often use stuff from the curriculum. Even for characters completely out of proportion as the girl having tea I used for this unit, I made an effort to draw hands that would not be completely off. I draw boxes when I need to and I think about varying my compositions... So, bringing myself to produce new things from my imagination often engages things that I have learned. So far, this is how things have been; but I think I will revisit many topics once I go through the curriculum and I will try to revisit fundamentals as well as try to focus on the style of illustrations I want to work on. I hope this helps in some way. Thank you again for writing!

@@ursamater That sounds like a really sound plan, actually! The most important part is for us to apply what we learn into work of our own, else we risk making the whole journey of learning art into nothing but a chore/grind, ruining whatever passion we had for it in the process. Thank you for taking the time to write such a thoughtful response, and once again, keep going strong with your journey!!

@@SappingSoupyes, it is important to get the fundamentals, but it is also important to practice what you want to improve and direct things towards your own path and interests. Thank you again for writing!

Hi! Thank you so much for taking the time and writing such a thoughtful message. It makes me truly happy to know my journey has inspired you to work with the curriculum and that you are thinking of documenting your progress with videos. Videos add to the work, but making and sharing them help with accountability and building a sense of progress - I think you say it very well when you phrase it as making it for your future self. I also appreciate your comments on my videos being refreshingly modest. I sometimes wonder about how to improve them but it feels like we share the dislike for clickbait titles, thumbnails and all the silliness that is already so overabundant here. I wish you the very best in your journey and I thank you again for stopping and taking the time to give me your feedback!

@@ursamater Glad you got the message! I also forgot to mention this. But the thumbnail for your video has a mistake in the text as it says "first" instead of "final". Can't wait to get started. 2 years and 3 months is a pretty long time. Good luck with the rest of the curriculum!

@@walkastray007 thank you for pointing out the error. I will fix it. As for the time, yes, 2 years and 3 months is a long time. I personally will probably take almost 3 years to finish it and I am OK with it now, but I confess I did find it a bit frustrating that the curriculum did not promise a "quick and easy" path.

Thank you !

Thank you!

Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words. It makes me so happy to get comments from people who have been following the channel and it is particularly nice to get feedback regarding my personal work. Thank you again for taking the time to write. Best wishes,. Stef.

Hi! It's a study plan put together by Alex Huneycutt. I explain a bit about it and have links for where to find it on my first video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enzMqI2vaauDmJI Hope it helps!

@@ursamater , thanks

Hi! I know what you mean. Before I started the curriculum I would draw and paint... but the lack of structure wasn't great. It did not help me see a clear path or progress, it also allowed for me to waste time looking at what other people do, rather than doing things myself. I am glad the curriculum took part of the guess work out of the picture and made it easier for me to stick to fundamentals, they are really helpful. Thank you for writing and good luck in your journey.

Hi. Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. I do try to draw everyday. I honestly often fail, though. Life happens. But in the beginning of the curriculum, I made sure to draw every single day. Now I am more relaxed and kinder with myself. If I miss a day, I make sure to get back to it on the next day and this is it. I have also had to take bigger breaks and I think they are fine and expected because this is for the long run. I hope this helps.

Hi! The curriculum was put together by Alex Huneycutt (Radiorunner) . I am following V1, which was published on reddit around 4 years ago (so, if you google reddit solo artist curriculum radiorunner you will get). Alex has updated the curriculum and created V2, so you can check that too. I hope this is the help you wanted, let me know if you need further help!

Thank you for your kind message! I keep trying to make my videos short as not to take people's time, but it is good to know you found the content interesting and wanted more. I hope you enjoy the curriculum, it really helped me to go through drawabox, which I had also started twice and given up ... Having to go through in 4 weeks helps with keeping perfectionism and other obstacles away. Best luck in your journey!

@ursamater thanks for the good wishes. Do you have any tips or recommendations you could share?

Hi@@angelmarquez5153, in the beginning in particular, I tried to be very consistent and really pushed myself to draw everyday. Now, I am more flexible and I can skip a day and make up for it on the next day without feeling like things will fall apart. but I still try to be consistent and to continue even when I am not enjoying a unit. I have also incorporated more breaks into my schedule: this is the long run and not a sprint. Also, I think it is important to trust the process and be kind on yourself. I hope this helps!

There’s actually a new ciriculum; look up Alex hunnycut gumroad

You are most welcome!

I really loved the wolf as well. Thank you for the result. No prints of the wolf as this was based on Aaron Blaise's work, but that would be a great idea if I end up making cool paintings of my own.

Bears are fun. Aaron Blaise's videos are worth it.

Thank you!