Came here to mention that book. It's fantastic, and was a total game-changer for me when I went through it. Interestingly, I went through it while taking a dr

Came here to mention that book. It's fantastic, and was a total game-changer for me when I went through it. Interestingly, I went through it while taking a drawing class by someone who was not a fantastic teacher, and occasionally taught things directly contrary to how DotRSotB taught them. And wow, did the other students fail trying to follow what he said! It was amazing. So yeah, go through the book, BUT make sure you ACTIVELY work through it, doing everything she says to do at each step... in fact, I think she recommends that you don't read ahead. It's worth doing it in conjunction with a class.