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Just a list of stuff that's been helpful for me in learning drawing in the last couple of months. Tutorials/Classes:

Chommang’s Face Drawing Course (paid) beginner friendly

This helped me understand how to place features in a more structured way because I couldn’t for the life of me get the hang of the loomis method lol. Honestly life saver.

Artwood Classes (paid) If you like a structured approach with daily classes and a clear path for learning fundamentals + faces I think this is a good place to start. I’m a bit undisciplined and I draw when I like so this didn’t 100% work for me but the classes and tutorials were still good. They have beginner to advanced classes.I liked learning about more advanced theory like shape language here. I enjoy bouncing around classes just learning about stuff even tho I’m not 100% skilled enough to apply it cuz yolo and it’s fun. 

Loish (paid)

I just like learning about other artists’ process, they have some tutorials on faces and stylization that’s interesting tho not really beginner friendly maybe it’s more helpful for intermediate level skills

Book: You can draw in 30 days Super beginner friendly. I enjoyed working on this when I was starting out playing with drawing. Blog: https://www.clipstudio.net/how-to-draw Lots of good free stuff here. Best if you’re looking for something specific like, “how to paint skin”, etc. Some thoughts on learning drawing:

I’m learning drawing for fun and I think what has been most helpful for me is having momentum in practice. Draw a lot. Even if it’s shitty. It's so cliche, but it's true. 

Obsession is a good thing because it helps with the volume of practice. Drawing for a fandom is a nice way to get some energy and momentum. It’s fun to share obsessions with others. The trick is to get yourself a way to draw a lot. for a long period of time.

Another thing is to have a good teacher or some good theory that works as a compass while practicing.