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04 September 2008

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)

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