Art Materials
If you haven’t got time to trawl the net for supplies, below are my absolute favourite items, mostly on Amazon. These options were the most cost effective brands that I could find at the time of upload, they are my favourites, and are tailored for absolute beginners.
PLEASE NOTE: Items online do change over time so it’s always worth looking around for the best deals.
Pencil Materials
Proportional Divider
A proportional divider is an excellent and simple drawing tool that helps artists measure and scale objects accurately from reference to paper or canvas. Click for Amazon link.
Rectangle Tombo Mono Eraser
Excellent refillable precision rubber for clean and exact erasing Click for Amazon link.
Thin Tombo Mono Eraser
Excellent refillable precision rubber for clean and exact erasing Click for Amazon link.
Pencil Workshop Materials List
Standard A4 Paper
Any smooth paper will do (not watercolour paper).
2 plain (graphite) pencils
We will usually use an HB pencil and a softer pencil ie. 4B.
Coloured pencils
For coloured pencil workshops only.
Sharpener and a tub for havings
For mixing paint. A white ceramic plate is also fine, as watercolour will wash off nicely.
An eraser
Any rubber that you can use with a fine point. We like mechanical erasers because you can hold them like a pencil.
Ruler
In case we need to do any measuring.
Kitchen roll
Because it can get messy!
A standard size tin of beans
To help us draw easy circles.
A drink
With a gentle setting so that we can experiment and dry our work.
Tin of beans
To help us draw circles.
