WP Theme for beginner
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As for bklyndroobeki's question on why stay away from Genesis...
I only mean that in the context of someone who is trying to learn how WordPress themes work from their most simple components.
Genesis is a great theme framework and I use it regularly in my own development, however it works a little differently than a simple, traditional WordPress theme such as underscores.
Genesis adds a lot of additional functionality that is not native to a WordPress theme that you would be developing from scratch. That functionality is totally valuable, however I feel that it adds an additional layer of complexity to account for that makes learning the basics of WordPress theming more difficult. But really, that's just my own opinion.
I feel like it's easiest to learn how things work when you strip them down to their most basic components, and that's what underscores does.
The code of all genesis themes that I've worked with has been rock solid. If you are going to purchase themes, that's my #1 recommendation.
tl,dr:
Start with underscores, graduate to Genesis themes once you get a handle on things.