Art Academy – Lessons for Everyone

Art Academy – Lessons for Everyone!, entitled New Art Academy in Europe and Australia, is a 2012 video game for the Nintendo 3DS. It is a sequel to Art Academy for the Nintendo DS. This game is the first in the series to include DLC. Guided by the bearded artist Vince, the player completes tutorials in basic artistic composition. The skills are intended to be transferable to art practice outside the game.

Vince instructs in portraiture, landscapes, still life, and architecture. The basic lessons include how to block with color and add detail, how to add light and shade to line drawings, and how to mix paint and create atmosphere. Advanced lessons include expansions on these ideas with shorter exposition from Vince. Additions to its predecessor include pencil crayons and pastels.

The game has a new user interface, a higher resolution, and lets players mix media more easily. The game also allows users to create their own lessons to share with friends. Discover more than 30 lessons, all using realistic stylus and touch screen-based tools for drawing and painting. Enjoy a robust Free Paint mode that lets you create to your heart’s content using included subjects, or your own images taken with the Nintendo 3DS Camera-whenever and wherever the inspiration strikes.