Any online courses for absolute beginners? Hello everybody, 
I am an engineer by profession and rarely enough does our breed get any chance to learn art. Now that i have a bit more free time in the evening, am really interested in learning something new and want to give drawing and painting a shot. I am looking for an online course (perhaps free to start off), which could get me into concepts and basics pencil handling. I found a bunch of links online, but couldnt get a freaking clue as to which one is appropriate for an absolute beginner as me. 
If this has been asked before, am sorry for the redundancy.
Thanks!