Solo Artist Curriculum

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🗒️ List of the curriculum’s Materials/Resources

Following this curriculum myself, some of the resources recommended did not work for me, so I had to chose different options. In the table below I have listed those alternatives (Free and/or paid) I opted for and would suggest to learners like me.

Every resource is clickable and redirects you to their space on the internet to allow you access them easily.

For more alternatives to the materials in the Solo Artists Curriculum, you can visit Learn today’s page here

I hope you find them helpful! ❣️

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Term	Topic	Term Recommended Material (Clickable)	Delivery Method	Free or Paid	Notes	Alternative/Supplementary Resource - Free (Clickable)	Alternative Resource - Paid (Clickable)	Practice Tool (Clickable)
1	Figure Drawing I
Proko Figure drawing fundamental	Video	Paid - Trial Classes	This course offers the best path for mastering gestures and figure drawing. I completely understand why it was recommended!	*Michael Hampton’s Free 15 Video “Gesture Drawing Tutorial” playlist

Richard Smitherman’s “Figure Drawing Classes” Playlist* | Michael Hampton’s Paid “Introduction to Figure Drawing” on Proko | *Line of Action Interactive Gesture Practice

Eyes Training* | | *Line of Action Interactive Gesture Practice

Eyes Training* | | | | | | | | | | | | | Perspective I | Drawabox Lesson 1-3 | Written & Video | Free | This one is broad and rich with information and I highly recommend it. The listed supplementary material are to help simplify sections in the lessons that I found complex. | *Proko's free Course Sampler - Drawing Basics section - For Section 3 - Constructional drawing

Daniel Beardshaw’s The Horizon Line* | | *Eyes Training - For Section 3 - Constructional drawing* | | | | Introduction to Perspective Drawing | Video | Paid - One time buy | Classes were recorded in 1994 | | | | | | | Fundamentals of Perspective 1 One-Point Principles and Concepts with Gary Meyer | Video | Paid - Preview available | This appears to only focus on 1-point perspective and other perspective principles. It’s also only accessible with a subscription. | Daniel Beardshaw’s "Beginner Perspective" playlist and the “Advanced Introduction to Perspectives” Playlist | | Perspective Tools | | | | Perspective Made Easy | Book | Mix | Available for purchase and can be read freely online | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Composition & Story Telling I | Creative Composition SVS Learn | Video | Paid (Illustration desk subscription) - 14 day Trial | It has an amazing curriculum for learning Composition and Story Telling. It’s only accessible with a subscription.

The suggested alternatives have similar curriculums to the SVS class and are pretty amazing too. They’re packed with reach content tips and information. Jama’s seems to focus on Photoshop in some lessons however. They’re both one-time buy with life time access.

If you’d rather have a free alternative, Neha Rastogi’s Composition fundamentals Playlist is a great choice. It does have the video/audio version of the suggested books for this section.

Personally, I would say the free resources and the recommended books are enough for learning composition if you don’t mind reading. | Neha Rastogi’s Composition Fundamentals Playlist | *Jama Jurabaev’s Narrative Concept Art

Tyler Edlin’s How to Design A Picture* | Film Grab *Every Single Frame Screen Musings Shots Cafe* | | | | Blender Guru’s Understanding Composition | Video | Free | This is an excellent way to begin learning about composition. The instructor breaks it down excellently | | | Film Grab *Every Single Frame Screen Musings Shots Cafe* | | | | Aaron Blaise’s Methods for finding pleasing compositions | Video | Free | This is an amazing follow up from the Blender Guru’s video. It further simplifies the methods of composition through Structure and how it can be implemented. | *Marco Bucci’s Staging your paintings

New Art Academy How To Nail Composition with Bill Perkins* | | Film Grab *Every Single Frame Screen Musings Shots Cafe* | | | | Modern day James’s Composition I - Understanding Shapes | Video | Free | | | | Film Grab *Every Single Frame Screen Musings Shots Cafe* | | | | Sycra’s Effective Composition Using Shapes | Video | Free | | | | Film Grab *Every Single Frame Screen Musings Shots Cafe* | | | | Sycra’s Iterative Drawing - The Fastest Way to Improve | Video | Free | Excellent explanation on improving your art through intentional and analyzed iterative practice. Think of Bruce Lee’s quote “… I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times” | *Marco Bucci’s 10 Minutes to better Painting

Marc Brunet’s The Most Important Art Skill* | | Film Grab *Every Single Frame Screen Musings Shots Cafe* | | | | Marcos Mateu-Mestre’s Framed Ink - Drawing & Composition for Visual Storytellers | Book | Mix | Available for purchase and can be read freely online. This is an invaluable book on the topic and I highly recommend it.

Close seconds and supplementary resources are

Andrew Loomis’s Creative Illustration and/or
Molly Bang’s Picture this : How Pictures Work. The latter is simpler and written like a story.
Famous Artist’s School’s Composition - How to make pictures

Now is a great time to pick up Austin Kleon’s Steal Like an Artist. You’ll be focusing on effective storytelling here and might use a reference or 200. | *Molly Bang’s Picture this : How Pictures Work.

****Andrew Loomis’s Creative Illustration

What I loved the most was the approach Marco Bucci took in breaking the head down into simplified parts that allows you look at the head more as a combination of simple shapes that make up a unified structure.

This makes drawing the head more intuitive and less intimidating. As I assembled the parts, I was better equipped to visualize and map out the other features of the face (like the nose) and where they rest on the face.

I admit, I did could not see how it made any sense at the beginning. Now, I 1000% would recommend this one! | *Andrew Loomis’ Drawing The Head and Hands*