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Warning- big file! Please be patient!Improvement guide (Time scale 3 months!)
These should overlap however you will, if it be a warm up before your paintings, or as focused studies, that is up to you and how you decide to focus. This is a simple guide on what to focus on!
Black and White studies 2 weeks. Complete 50!
Colour studies x50 3 weeks
not in the guide, 5 full studies of masters! 
Imagination x 25
Photo studies x10
Material Studies x25Resources:
I have linked this on an old account, but this is some resources for you all that I have gathered over my time painting! Yush!
Masters - Huge Dropbox file, this is not my dropbox so I cannot guarantee it'll be around forever.
www.dropbox.com/sh/bm2vi4ovf6g…
BBC - Masters - This is another huge collection of artists.
www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintin…
Pinterest - Masters - I don't really like pinterest, but this collection is rather inspirational
www.pinterest.com/EddieHinestr…
Masters - Masters by style/search, pretty useful if you're looking for a particular style to master!
www.wikipaintings.org/en/paint…
Anatomy Art Books:
illustrationage.com/2013/04/02…
A free link of all the Andrew Loomis art books, with great information and guide.
Environment photos:
Reddit has a great collection of images, of course make sure it is known that you are studying and do not sell any of these already owned images. However, it is a great resource for practicing!
www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/
No inspiration:
My favorite source of inspiration when I'm feeling a little drained! Fffound does have some NSFW images so please be aware!
ffffound.com/
Materials:
Costumes - Resources of different eras, and the outfits that would have been worn.
www.osfcostumerentals.org/stoc…
Armor- An extremely useful collection of armor!
www.pinterest.com/azkur/armor/
Women in armor - There is a lack of decent references of women in armor, well here you are!
madartlab.com/2011/12/14/fanta…
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Edit 1 - More useful links!
Screencaps - Great resource! Lots and lots of screencaps from so many movies! Great for studies:
movie-screencaps.com/
PDF - Composition - an interesting insight on composition!
www.artrenewal.org/articles/20…
Random streetview - Great for just finding references for painting scenery!
www.mapcrunch.com/
Pixel Lovely - Great website, full of great gesture images on timers, good for art warmups!
artists.pixelovely.com/
I will keep adding more, I'm sleepy right now! However if you have any links you would like to share please tell me and I shall add it to this file C:
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Comments: 61
This is so amazing! Thank you a lot for uploading and sharing this tutorial with us.
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You're quite welcome! I hope you take part, and if you do please link the tutorial so others can improve also! Lets all be wonderful!
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My eyes are all blurry from doing it
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Well, it's certainly a big help ^^
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I still have loads more resources etc to give, I'll try to do them in the next few weeks. Too many things to do Damai, too many!! D:
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Nice! I'm looking forward to it
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Of course, every drawing is an improvement
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