Hi All,
I'd like to share this tutorials series. It's a very good all rounder featuring setting up, modelling, texturing, lighting, animation and rendering. I learned in a similar way and think that working through a larger project is better than simply using single exercises as this makes it easier to see how things work together.
Anyways, here's the link to the tutorials - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6AE79443CAB02053
I hope you find them useful and would love some feedback on them so that I can look to improve them in future
Thanks.