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(UPDATE - Ravenwilder and I have teamed up as Artbuddies . You can follow my progress with learning art here .)

Proceed down the playlists numerically, practice alongside as and when relevant. These will work even if you are a complete beginner and have never drawn before. If you can write the alphabet, you have enough physical skill to do this. Even if you are an experienced hobbyist artist, it would be best to not skip any of them, especially the first 2 playlists.

PART 1 - Drawing

1. Drawing methods - How people draw, what to do and what to avoid.

2. Composition for Artists - How to make an appealing layout, art basics for creating good layouts in your pieces.

3. Simple Anatomy - The base to learn figure drawing.

4. Drawing human figures - People are fascinating.

5. & 6. Drawing the head and face - The devil is in the details.

7. Lets take another pass at figure drawing, with detailed anatomy - Combining Figure drawing and anatomy.

8. General How-to's - An excellent first step for venturing out into the big wide world.

PART 2 - Painting

9. Lighting and Shading - Let there be light!

10. & 11. Colour Theory and Misc. Colour stuff - How colours work with each other. Also, check out this one video before moving onto the next playlist.

12. Digital Painting 101 - Introduction to digital painting.

13. Lineart - Tips on lineart.

14. Digital Brush stuff - A photoshop focused overview of handling digital brushes.

15. Digital Painting techniques - Exploring methods for painting digitally.

16. Detailing in Digital Painting - Info on how to add details to paintings.

17. Character tutorials - Info on how to draw and paint humanoid characters.

18. Painting work critiqued - Learn to avoid common painting mistakes, and take in some useful tips.

19. & 20. Speedpaints and stuff - Watch and learn, Kawolski! Watch and learn.

PART 3 - A wider picture

21. Topic specific critiques - To see where the common mistakes lie, what to avoid.

22. Worshops by Cubebrush - A variety of info on a variety of topics.

23. Life tips and art notes - General knowledge to have on how to approach art work and art studies. An important thing to learn before moving onto the next playlists, which cover an immense variety of topics.

24. Level Up! Sessions - A huge bunch of amazing sessions on art and art related stuff. Offers a lot to learn.

25. Concept Design stuff - A detailed series on the principles of concept design.

26. Some tips from a professional illustrator - Some great design lessons and techniques to learn here.