There is no such thing as tutoring for illustrator through Smarthinking.
I've looked into tutoring through Wyzant, but that costs $50 or more per
hour. Reading a definition doesn't show me HOW to actually do something,
and the book fails miserably here, too. I've tried going through Lynda.com
videos since I had access to those at work, but it didn't help. There are
better books out there that are geared toward the true beginner. I just
have to find them. My book seems geared toward intermediate or advanced
students--people who have already been using the program for quite some
time. It's like expecting a third grader to work out a trigonometry problem
by herself.