Hi

[John]

First things first, hope you're doing alright. Times are like the tide. Highs and lows!

And enough of silly hacky sayings from me!

Hello Maira. Welcome to the Crimson Daggers.

Fundamentals of drawing: you might want to check out this discussion http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7607.html

If I have to recommend, although I've never gone through the course, www.drawabox.com . It seems to do wonders for a lot of people..

Books:
Scott Robertson's How to Draw

Perspective: David Chelsea's Perspective for Comic Book Artists.
Anatomy: Hogarth's Dynamic Figure Drawing
Painting: Alla Prima by Richard Schmidt
James Gurney's Color and Light

Oh. Start a sketchbook.