Recommended Materials
These are the materials we’ll be using in class. To help you achieve the best possible results, I’ve recommended specific brands below. Using good-quality materials can make a noticeable difference to your work, as cheaper alternatives can sometimes be harder to use and may lead to less satisfying outcomes. I’d encourage you to invest in these where you can.
Masking tape
Rubber
Sharpener
Black Biro
Black Fineliner
2b Pencil
Graphite Stick
Black Oil Pastels
Water colour Palette & Paint brushes
Pencil Crayons
Sketchbook
Brown, grey sketchbook paper
Most materials can be purchased from Amazon, WHSmith, Cass Art, Jackson’s Art, or Hobbycraft. As art retailers often run sales, it’s worth searching for each item on Google and using the Shopping tab to find the best price.
Graphite drawing Pencils - Faber Castell 9000 Design Set 5B-5H
Willow Charcoal
Watercolour Paper, Langton Prestige 100% cotton 300gsm watercolour paper 12x9 inches.
White smooth drawing paper pad A4 - Daler Rowney Smooth Hot-pressed Drawing Heavy weight paper pad A4
Saunders Waterford: High White Waterford 20 sheets Paper Block
Mi-Teintes Touch Pastel Paper Pad A3 350gsm
Watercolour paints - Windsor and Newton/Cotman
Faber Castell Cha;k Pencils
Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils
Derwent Coloursoft Pencils
Derwent Graphite Pencils
Frisk Pastel Blenders
Mono Zero Eraser
Derwent Pencil Sharpener
