Drawing on Location Supply List

Materials for the FIRST class session:

  • Pad of all-purpose sketch paper 18"x24" (not newsprint)
  • Compressed charcoal (Many different kinds. Bring whatever you have or what you think you would like to use)
  • Vine stick charcoal  (thick or thin)
  • Kneaded eraser
  • Plastic or hard rubber eraser
  • Sharpeners: single edge razor blade, sandpaper
  • Rigid board with bull clips to provide extra support for your drawing pad. 1/2" foam core is very lightweight and highly recommended

Materials for subsequent classes:

  • Black Drawing Ink
  • 2 water containers
  • Rags or paper towels
  • Brushes: Winsor & Newton Septer Series, #14 round, synthetic/natural  
  • Blend is recommended, or what ever you have on hand (the larger the better)
  • A smaller pad or paper for sketching at home and for some class assignments.
  • Charcoal paper - one sheet of black and one of a middle value such as gray or beige (or purchase a pad of neutral colored charcoal paper)
  • Chalk pastel, white and two complimentary colors such as blue and orange or red and green, purple and yellow
  • Pencils (4B and any other pencils that you have)
  • Optional:  graphite sticks (various sizes and shapes)
  • Ballpoint and felt-tip pens
  • 2 large bull clips and rigid board to clip your drawing pad to (1/2" foam core is light weight and highly recommended)
  • Shammy or paper blending stumps (optional)

 

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