The supplies required by each exercise has been listed by this blog post. The only thing I would add to it is that a very large amount of yellow ochre/burnt sienna (or viridian green/lemon yellow) watercolour paint would be required (I used about 20-30 ml for each colour), so buy plenty of cheap paint. I have also made some notes below on the materials required for some of the exercises for those who can't get the supplies Nicolaides called for.
Exercise 2 - gesture drawing:
The resources for this is probably quite easy to find. Here are some that I know of.
Artmodeltips , Line of Action, Sketchdaily
Exercise 7, 22 and 23 the modelled drawing in lithograph:
Exercise 13 and 24 - the modelled drawing in ink:
Exercise 15 and 26 - the modelled drawing in watercolour:
If you can't get hold of lithograph crayon, I would probably replace with wax crayon, ink or watercolour. If you don't have any of those, I would read through each of the sections carefully, and read through Schedule 13 (exercise 32) and attempt to do the same modelled drawing using pencils (but make sure that you still shade surface towards you as light, away from you as dark). I think using the medium listed by Nicolaides really helped me getting a feel for the forms. Lithograph and watercolour give a sense of continuity when you put the marks down, which I don't get that strongly from pencils. In addition, lithograph allows you to push around the forms, whilst watercolour explores that as well as taking things off (which is similar to using an eraser when modelling in pencil). Ink actually generates textured surface as you put it down, which was another physical sensation that feeds back to feeling the form. However, if you don't have any of these medium, I feel doing it with pencil or charcoal isn't a bad shout as long as you are mindful of the continuous surfaces and are able to imagine running your pencil across the undulating surface.
If you do decide to use pencil, you might want to have a look at my schedule 13 (or later, once I have posted them) just to get an idea how someone else might carry out modelled drawing using pencil. Do ignore the contour lines in those drawings though.
Exercise 10 - descriptive pose:
I mainly draw something I had in mind about a pose of someone doing a specific sport, such as baseball, then google images for them. I have talked to someone who essentially described the pose out loud and took a photo of themselves doing the pose, which is a lot closer to the instructions.
Exercise 12 - group poses:
I google image search certain phrases, such as "hugs" and "tango dance". There are some group poses on Artmodeltips.
Exercise 14 - daily composition:
I really liked the book "the Simple Secret to Better Painting" by Greg Albert for some basic concepts in creating compositions (often boils down to the direction of the overall flow and having varied intervals). Reading this book is the main reason why I use 2 marker pens to colour my compositions. However, I think it is mostly more about sitting down and doing so many compositions until you get a feel for it though.
Exercise 16 - right-angle study:
The free version for Figurosity, Sketchfab and Posemaniacs are useful for this. Alternatively, photograph/video the poses yourselves. Anatomy 360 seem to have a couple of free models and I find them looking more realistic than the resources I have mentioned above, but I haven't tried it myself. Some of the product demo video also shows multiple angle views. The Art Models book series by Maureen Johnson and Douglas Johnson (Posespace) also have 360 degree photos, but I found the book a little pricey and difficult to get hold of. The website has preview for the poses. You can also buy the images off their website with one off payment. Scott Eaton's Bodies in Motion has a 3D scan mode for the Standard Membership or above. Again, the subscription is quite expensive. Artmodels360 is another website with 3D rotation and is cheaper than Bodies in motion.
Exercise 29 - the figure with drapery:
Instead of relying on images on the internet for figures with drapery, I found it easier to just video record 2 minutes of myself in drapery for 50 poses. I pause for about 1 second with each pose, then when I am drawing, I just pause the video for a minute. I do a 360 rotation when I am stuck with poses to do.
I found the Complete Bridgman Part 5 nicely complements this exercise.
Exercise 30 - the daily composition - continued:
When I get overwhelmed by the possibilities of what to draw when I can draw anything from the past, I just go through a list of drawing prompt until it hit something that reminds me of a specific moment in the past.
Exercise 32 - the sustained study:
I found it easier to use an A1 sheet of tracing paper folded in half, with one half used for contour drawing and the other half used for modelled drawing. You can also tape one side of the paper so that it moves around less when you're doing the modelled drawing.
For the clothed/nude paired drawing, it might be easiest to use a camera and pose yourself. The only online resource I can find is posespace. Some of the models poses in both nude and clothed. If you go to shop > pose tool and search for the pose name, you should be able to find them. The poses I could find with both nude and clothed pictures are jenb201 to jenb208, jesse210, jesseshandra011, mandy310 and shandra202. Add "c" to find the clothed model. For instance, jenb201 pairs with jenb201c.
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