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Lessons for Everyone Introductory Guide

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Whether you're thinking about buying Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone, trying to explain it to everyone else, thinking about what lessons to do, or even choosing a course to start, it can be helpful to know a little bit about the structure of lessons in it. This guide will walk you through the introductory course of the game.

Lessons for Everyone is a 3DS exclusive title, available in both cartridge and downloadable form. 

Some of you may be confused: My game is called New Art Academy; is that the same thing? Yes, it is. Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo of America gave the game different titles; this guide uses the American title partly because Art-Academy-Users' founder is American, but also for clarity. There is already a "newer" art Academy than "New Art Academy," after all. 

No matter where you buy it, though, Lessons for Everyone has two modes: Lesson Mode, and Free Paint Mode. This guide is about a particular course in Lesson Mode. If you'd like to see what you can do with Free Paint mode, try looking in our Free Paint gallery.

Within Lesson Mode there are three courses to choose from: Introductory, Advanced, and Add-On and Custom. Introductory mode is intended for newer artists, whereas Advanced mode is designed for experienced artists. Add-on and Custom contains lessons that are designed outside of a course and cover particular topics. 

If you'd like to see what you can do in the Advanced Course, look in our Advanced Course galleries. We have two, one for lessons, and one for minilessons.

If you'd like to see some great examples of Custom and Add-on Lessons, you can find them in our Custom and Add-On gallery.

This guide will show you all the pictures that can be created in the Introductory course, along with some information on what media you use and what you'll learn.

If you're trying to figure out where to place your image in Art-Academy-Users' galleries, this guide will clearly tell you whether to use the "lessons" or "minilessons" folder for each picture in it. Just look for, well, "Lesson" or "Minilesson" above the picture. 


Starter Lesson: Cherry


Cherry lesson by SilverSweetHeart

Example by SilverSweetHeart

Media: Paint

Topics: Controls, Painting a Ground, Grid Use, Shadows, Using Water, Blending, Lighting direction, Form, Reflections, Highlights

Lesson One: Tulip


Art academy 3ds lesson by rubbe

Example by rubbe

Media: Paint

Topics: Shadows, Fabric, Grid Use, Brush Choices, "blocking in", Form, Lighting, Tone, Highlights, Blending, Style

Lesson Three: Tree


Art academy 3ds lesson by rubbe

Example by rubbe

Media: Pencil

Topics: Types of Pencils, Line Drawing, Shading, Tone/Value, Mass Drawing, Hatching (across form and crosshatching), Highlights, Midtones

Minilesson Three: Mushrooms


Lessons for Everyone: Introductory: Mushrooms by DecepticonFlamewar

Example by DecepticonFlamewar

Media: Pencils/Colored Pencils

Topics: trois crayons

Lesson Four: Melon


Art Academy: Melon by SorcererLance

Example by SorcererLance

Media: Paint

Topics: Color theory, Brush Use, paint dilution, hard edges, complementary colors, texture

Minilesson Four: Avocado


Persea americana New Art Academy mini lesson by Dialektik

Example by Dialektik

Media: Paint

Topics: Mexican folk art

Lesson Five: Windmill


Wind Mill by CoralineDarkDesigns

Example by CoralineDarkDesigns

Media: Pencil

Topics: Construction lines, planes/faces, Directional marks and form, tonal variation, foliage, planes of color

Minilesson Five: Watermill


Lesson 9 - 13June2013 by Islandling

Example by Islandling

Media: Colored Pencil

Topics: Art History

Lesson Six: Barley


Barley field(New Art Academy) by FUJIAOI

Example by FUJIAOI

Media: Pastels

Topics: Pastels, composition, background/midground/foreground, smudging, atmospheric perspective, rule of thirds

Minilesson Six: Cloudscape


Cloudscape(New Art Academy) by FUJIAOI

Example by FUJIAOI

Media: Pastels

Topics: paredolia

Lesson Seven: Koi


Koi by aashkelon

Example by aashkelon

Media: Paint

Topics: Ukiyo-e, color mixing, textured ground, drying paint, gesture, wash/glaze, color theory, color temperature, contrast

Minilesson Seven: Horse


3DS Art Academy - Horse by MaximumImpulse

Example by MaximumImpulse

Media: Paints

Topics: Layers, Paints, Mixing

Lesson Eight: Torso

Torso by SkyberrySkwerl
Example by SkyberrySkwerl
Media: Pencil

Topics: Art History, color, human figure, midtone, gesture lines and construction shapes, spines, shoulders and hips, waist-hip and waist-chest ratio, contrapposto, mass drawing, hatching techniques, core vs. cast shadow, half tone, "lost and found" lighting technique

Minilesson Eight: Hand


Hand by casskeogh

Example by casskeogh

Media: Pencil

Topics: history of hands in art, finger length, hand joints, convex vs. concave

Lesson Nine: Seascape


Seascape(New Art Academy) by FUJIAOI

Example by FUJIAOI

Media: Paint

Topics: Kinds of outlines, horizon lines,  background/midgrond/foreground, rhythm lines, atmospheric perspective, contrast, warm and cool shadows, movement, art history, point perspective, sand

Minilesson Nine: Stream


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Example by Flowerlark

Media: Paint

Topics: art history, reflections, water texture
Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone/New Art Academy is a complex game with many courses, lessons, and pictures designed to teach the user how to create effective art. Being a huge fan of the game, I'm too biased to write a proper review. Instead, I created a guide to help users at my group pick the right folder for their lessons and figure out which course to start the game with!

This guide is to the contents of the introductory course. The example pictures are all winners of group contests for each lesson!

This guide was created to help the users and administrators of #Art-Academy-Users

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tinycasket's avatar
This is extremely beneficial and confirms me wanting to buy a 3DS just for this game. Thank you for writing this! I cannot wait to buy this stuff! :D