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GILDA AND HENRY BLOCK SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

Drawing for Beginners

Instructors: Melanie Baker, Marguerite Day, Anthony DiPaola, Bernardo Rodriguez, Victoria Febrer, Josh Green, Eric Hibit, Erin McGill, Eva Nikolova, Paul Shore, Zen Browne, Lia

Supply List for Melanie Baker:

This is a guide, not a requirement; As long as you have some drawing materials and paper you’ll be fine!

  • Variety of graphite pencils
  • Example: B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, HB, H, 2H, 3H, 4H
    • Some sample brands: Prismacolor Turquoise, Mars Lumograph, Derwent
  • Erasers: Kneaded (Faber Castell are best) and hard plastic erasers such as Mars Staedtler
  • Charcoal: Vine and compressed
  • Drawing pad (I like Stonehenge as a general use paper but there are many brands. Get the largest pad you are comfortable with. A smaller sketchbook is useful and encouraged.
  • Glassene sheets to put between drawings

Optional
Color Media:

  • Colored Pencils (recommended brands: Prismacolor Verithins, Colerase, Derwent, Faber Castell)
  • Pastels (recommended brands: Prismacolor Nupastel - a basic place to start, Sennelier, Unison)
  • Pastel and charcoal pencils (recommended: Derwent or Pitt)
  • A portable pencil sharpener is handy.
  • Blue work towels from the hardware store are useful. Wipes are as well.
Supply List for Marguerite Day :
  • HB, 2B, 4B, 6B pencils
  • kneaded and vinyl erasers
  • Charcoal: vine and compressed
  • 1 pack (set of 2) #2B Conte crayon (black only) - https://www.dickblick.com/items/20201-2120/
  • Pad of white drawing or sketching paper (acid free) minimum 14 x 17, recommended 18 x 24), a smaller sketchbook is also useful
  • Metal pencil sharpener
  • Charcoal Pencil Set (Koh-I-Noor Gioconda, set of 6, includes sepias, white, black)
  • Toned pastel paper 9 x 12” (Mi-Tientes gray tones)
Supply List for Bernardo Rodriguez
  • 1- 18"x24" Newsprint Drawing Pad
  • 1- 18"x24" White Drawing Paper
  • Pencils (H, 2B, 4B, 6B) 
  • Vine Charcoal
  • Compressed Charcoal
  • Charcoal Pencils (Generals brand has small, affordable sets)
  • Erasers - Kneaded and Rubber (Faber Castell, Staedtler brand work great)
  • Fine Tip Eraser (Tombow, Factis brand work well)
  • Pencil Sharpener
  • Ballpoint pen (Blue)

Optional (For colored drawings/Thumbnails):
  • Small Sketchbook
  • Small set of 12-24 Colored Pencils (Prismacolor, Caran D'Ache work great)
  • Conte Crayon (small set of multiple shades if possible)
  • Paper Stumps
Supply List for Anthony DiPaola:
  • *1 Drawing Paper pad (minimum 14 x 17, recommended 18 x 24)
  • *2 Graphite Pencils 2B
  • *2 Graphite Pencils 6B
  • *1 Pencil Sharpener
  • *1 Mars Plastic Eraser (Staedtler recommended)
  • Kneaded Eraser
  • Soft Vine Charcoal (small package, 12 sticks)
  • 2 Conté Crayon, Black 2B

*need for first class

Supply List for Victoria Febrer:
  • Crayola crayons with the wrappers removed, Conte crayons or other artists’s wax crayon (not water soluble)
  • 6B pencil
  • Black and white China marker
  • white drawing paper (Pad of drawing or sketching paper (acid free) minimum size 9x12”
  • toned pastel paper 9x12”
Supply List for Josh Green:
  • graphite pencils 2B - B - HB - H - 2H Mars Lumograph
  • Erasers: Kneaded (Faber Castell are best)
  • Charcoal: Vine 
  • Drawing pad - large white drawing paper
  • Soft Pastels (recommended brands: Prismacolor Nupastel - a basic place to start, Sennelier, Unison)
  • An exacto knife 
  • sand paper
  • painters tape
Supply List for Eric Hibit:
Supply List for Erin McGill:
  • HB, 2B, 4B, 6B pencils
  • kneaded and vinyl erasers
  • Charcoal: vine and compressed
  • 1 pack (set of 2) #2B Conte crayon (black only) - https://www.dickblick.com/items/20201-2120/
  • Pad of white drawing or sketching paper (acid free) minimum 14 x 17, recommended 18 x 24), a smaller sketchbook is also useful
  • Metal pencil sharpener
  • Sumi ink (2 oz)
  • Brush, round size 2 
Supply list for Eva Nikolova:
Supply List for Paul Shore:
  • 1 – 18 x 24 pad of newsprint
  • 1 – 18 x 24 pad of good quality white drawing paper
  • Drawing pencils (2B, 4B, 6B)
  • Compressed charcoal (medium & soft)
  • Erasers – kneaded & rubber
  • Chamois cloth
  • Paper stumps
Supply List for Zen Browne: Supply List for Lia Zuvilivia
This is a guide of recommended materials to enhance your drawing experience. However, if you have some drawing materials and paper, that's enough to get started!
 
  • Graphite Pencils: HB, 2B, 4B, 6B
    Some brands:  Prismacolor Turquoise, Mars Lumograph, Faber-Castell Goldfaber
https://www.dickblick.com/products/koh-i-noor-toison-dor-professional-graphite-pencil-set/(This set came with kneaded eraser)
  Optional
-A small sketchbook
-Sumi Ink 2oz and a round paintbrush
-Glassene sheets to put between drawings
-Charcoal Pencil Set (Koh-I-Noor Gioconda, set of 6, includes sepias, white, black)

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