REQUIRED MATERIALS LIST
Note: All students get 20% off purchases at Oregon Art Supply while enrolled in a class…
What a great time to try new stuff! The list below is enough to participate in the workshop, but
you can bring any media you already have and see how it can be used.
Paper:
Any drawing weight paper will work. Oregon Art Supply has a good selection of drawing
tablets (Robert Bateman, Bee Paper, Strathmore, Canson, etc.). This is a table top class, so a
tablet size of 8 1/2 x 11 or 11 x 14 works well. You can also bring any paper you already have.
If you are using loose sheets, bring a drawing board for support.
Paper texture is important to consider. Highly textured paper will not allow fine shading…
So stay with semi-smooth drawing paper. However, if you have odds and ends of other
papers, bring them! Even very textured paper (for example, cold press watercolor paper) can
be exciting to experiment on. Strathmore charcoal paper has a texture designed to hold
charcoal and allow fine gradations, and is available in single sheets.
Media:
Drawing pencil, soft: Choose from: General’s Draughting #0314, General’s Layout, Ebony
pencils… they are all wonderful soft graphite pencils. There are also the “graded” pencils…
The higher the number with a “B”, the softer the lead, so 3B or softer is good. Woodless
graphite pencils are also good.
Charcoal: Soft vine charcoal. We will use this to quickly lay in tone, and it also combines
well with graphite.
Other Media: You may have other media that you want to try: Compressed charcoal, Carb-
Othello / pastel pencils, conte sticks. While graphite and vine charcoal are core to the
workshop, experimentation is encouraged!
Erasers: 2 types:
White vinyl, either a block or clic type (for example, Pentel clic).
Kneaded eraser: Faber Castell #127220 is the BEST kneaded eraser.
You need BOTH to fully experiment with value/shading.