''Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone!'', entitled ''New Art Academy'' in Europe and Australia, is a 2012 video game for the

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. It is a sequel to ''

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'' for the

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. This game is the first in the series to include DLC.

Gameplay

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.

Reception

The critical reception has been favorable upon the release, scoring 81/100 on the aggregator site

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, based on reviews of 14 critics. ''IGN'' Chris Schilling found ''Art Academy'' to be better and more complete than its predecessor but still capable of more. He wrote that ''Colors 3D'' offered more while costing less—he lamented the absence of a 3D painting feature, in particular. ''Art Academy'', Schilling felt, could serve as an educational preparation for games like ''Colors''. He praised the usefulness of the game's classes and their flourishes of art history, and found that the larger

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screen let the player add more detail.

Sequels

A sequel, ''Art Academy: Sketchpad'', was released in 2013 as

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app. Another sequel for Wii U, ''Art Academy: Home Studio'', was released in 2015.

References

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* {{Art Academy series 2012 video games Drawing video games Headstrong Games Art Academy Nintendo 3DS eShop games Nintendo 3DS games Nintendo 3DS-only games Nintendo games Nintendo Network games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games scored by James Hannigan Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe Single-player video games