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GILDA AND HENRY BLOCK SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

Drawing with Pastel

Instructors: Eva Nikolova, Melanie Baker, Maceo Mitchell

Supply list for Eva Nikolova:
  • 1 box 60 or 30 half sticks (Recommended Brand: Rembrandt Soft Pastels). Do not buy oil pastels
  • Prismacolor Nupastel set (this is an optional item but I do recommend the box of 96 pastels)
  • 1 pad around 14” x 17” (Recommended Brands: Strathmore 500 series charcoal paper in Assorted Tints; Canson Mi-Tientes Pad; Canson Mi-Teintes Spiral Pad (if purchasing this, you do not need tracing paper))
  • Tracing paper (to protect drawings)
  • Vine charcoal
  • Plastic eraser
  • Cheapest ¾” flat synthetic watercolor brush
  • 3 large bulldog clips
Supply List for Melanie Baker:
  • 1 pad drawing paper 14” x18” - 18” x 24”
  • (Stonehenge, Canson Mi‐Tients or Strathmore toned charcoal paper)
  • Set of at least 12 soft pastels, not oil pastels (Sennelier or Unison, Nupastels are fine as starters and as additional)
  • Glassine or Tracing paper to protect drawings
  • “Staedtler” brand mars plastic white eraser and/or peel‐off eraser pencil.
  • kneaded rubber eraser
  • Soft vine charcoal 4‐5 medium sticks
  • Compressed charcoal
  • Variety of graphite pencils in various hardness, example H, 2H, 4H, B, 2B,4B
  • Small Chamois Cloth or blue work towels from hardware store
Supply list for Maceo Mitchell:
  • Set of Rembrandt 1/2 stick pastels the set of 30 is fine.
  • Charcoal pencils, 1 ed., 1 soft
  • Charcoal pad.
  • A Kneaded Eraser.
  • A Color Wheel.
  • A Sketch Book.

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