Bristol board, regular finish (also called vellum-finish or kid-finish) drawing paper, at least 9" by 12", available in a pad. Regular-finish Bristol board (as compared to plate finish, which is very shiny-slick) accepts more layers of color and is preferable. Stonehenge brand paper is also very popular with many colored pencil artisits; that is fine too. Hot-press watercolor paper (140# or more) also works well; Fabriano Artistico HP 140# is excellent.
Some type of portable drawing board or rigid support for outdoor drawing. Acollapsible field stool might be helpful, too. (This is optional, depending on whether a student will go outdoors.)
Several sheets of medium - to - heavy tracing paper or translucent drafting paper.
Colored Pencils:
Set of artist's studio-quality colored pencils. Some brands (in alphabetical order): Bruynzeel Fullcolors (discontinued); Derwent Artist's, Coloursoft, Signature (discontinued), or Studio Pencils; Faber-Castell's Polychromos; Lyra Polycolors or Purecolours; Sanford Prismacolors or Premium Lightfast Pencils.
There will be large sets of colored pencils available for your experimentation, as well as generous take-home samples.
Sanford Prismacolor's Black Grape and Black Cherry are optional colors, but nice to have. Sanford Prismacolor's (ultra sharp) Verithin Pencils in Tuscan Red, Violet, and Indigo Blue. The latter also doubles as a blueprint pencil. Verithin pencils are excellent for fine, crisp edges, but they may be difficult to find in stores. (Cheap Joe's does stock them in the adjacent store)
Lyra Rembrandt's Splender or Sanford Prismacolor Colorless Blender non-pigmented blending pencil. These are still relatively new products and may be difficult to find. Each student will receive a free sample of blending pencil.
Colorless blender marker, such as the Sanford Prismacolor Colorless Blender Marker (formerly called a "Clear Blender"). This looks like a double felt-tipped marker, but it contains a clear, alcohol-baed solvent. Each student will receive a free sample Sanford blending marker.
Misc:
Reusable, putty-type wall adhesive; this is gentle, kneadable, and reusable. Some brands are "Poster Putty", "Hold It", or Elmer's "Tac 'N Stik". Look among school supply stores
Hand-held, battery, or electric pencil sharpener. (Bring and extension cord just in case)
Graphite drawing pencils: #2 or HB (medium-soft all purpose); 6H.7H, 8H,or 9H (fine and very hard)
Sheet or small paddle of sheets of sandpaper for cleaning erasers
White plastic eraser, such as Magic Rub or the cartridge-pen type eraser. A battery-operated eraser (with refills) also works quickly and well.
Cloth for buffing, such as a clean, soft handkerchief, cloth diaper, linen napkin, T-shirt scrap.
Roll of drafting tape or cheap low-tack masking tape
Skotch Removable Tape, which has a blue-plaid label and can be found in office-supply stores.
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Item ID -DW32096 Derwent Artists' Colored Pencils have a soft, wide color strip ideal for free style drawing and coloring. Highly pigmented for maximum color purity, these traditional color pencils with their soft textured strip are capable of both very intense and delicate shading. 36 tin set. »More Details
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Item ID -FC110036 The Polychromos Colored Pencils 36 pack has a nice variety of colors to begin your pencil collection. With Faber Castell You will never regret treating yourself. »More Details
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