welcome

life drawing one students,

welcome to a new semester! for class on tuesday (september 9) you will need basic drawing supplies. you can purchase all these @ penco. andy--the manager there--is very helpful, so if you have questions while you're there, ask!

• one 26" x 38" drawing board
• 24" x 36" sheets of newsprint (these are sold by the sheet--$0.10 per sheet. i'd suggest starting with 30 - 50 sheets and getting more as needed.)
• one (for now) 18" x 24" pad of biggie drawing paper (red cover)

• one 18" x 24" pad of good quality drawing paper (i think it is strathmore brand with a green cover)
• one pad of 18" x 24" tracing paper

• a few packages of vine charcoal (soft and medium)
• a few packages of conté crayon (any color except white or grey. i prefer the black hb because it is the hardest--i have a naturally dark and heavy touch, so the harder conte helps me stay light)
• 2-3 conté pencils--any color except white
• 2-3 charcoal pencils--a variety of hardnesses
• 2-3 sticks of compressed charcoal--a variety of hardnesses
• pencil sharpener for pencil-type tools

• x-acto knife
• extra x-acto blades
• sandpaper (i suggest getting big sheets of this from wal-mart or fleet farm, etc., but you can get the small sheets with the handle at penco)

• white vinyl/plastic eraser--rectangular kind
• white vinyl/plastic eraser--mechanical pencil kind
• grey eraser that looks like a thick pencil (with holes along the sides)
  
• refills for mechanical-pencil-style eraser

• three wire clay tools: one large, two small (i'll show you these in class)
• one clay roller
• one plastic rolling/cutting board (clear or black)