How Do You Choose The Correct Drawing Supplies?
What do I need to start drawing? Well for starters you should buy artist quality drawing supplies. Follow the suggestions in the list below and build your drawing supply toolbox. Pencils & Charcoal Pencils vary in hardness. You do not need too many pencils, but you should have a variety of graphite hardness. For a good supply choose pencils with a hardness of 2,4,6 and 8b. As you practice you will become familiar with which hardness best works for the particular drawing technique you are doing. Similar, charcoal comes in varying hardness. I suggest purchasing a soft charcoal for quick sketching and shading. Watercolour pencils These are designed for use with watercolor techniques but can add color to pencil drawings as well. The pencils can be used by themselves for sharp, bold lines. Strokes made by the pencil can also be saturated with water and spread with brushes. Pastel Pastel sticks or crayons are pure powdered pigment combined with an binder. The pigment is the color. The binder
