Sketch It

• Graphite: comes in many different grades ranging from 9B (softest) to 9H (hardest).

• Good starter set includes 4H, 2H, HB, 2B, 4B

Pens

Good quality pens will meet the following criteria:

• Fade-resistant

• smudge-proof

• Water-proof

• Bleed-proof

• pigment ink

Colored Pencils

easy to use, can take almost anywhere, doesn't take up much space

• Smoothest to work with is Prismacolor

• Most common is Crayola

• Many varieties available

Watercolor Pencils

Used the same way as regular colored pencils, just behaving more like watercolor paint.

Other

Chalk

• similar to pastels

• used on dry paper

• smudges and easily mixed

Pastels

• easy to mix and blend

• no waiting for drying

• wide range of colors

Charcoal

• messy

• produce lines with soft or strong quality

• versatile

• easy to add texture

• shading and tone

• 3 kinds of charcoal used:

  1. Powdered

  2. Compressed

  3. vine

Blenders

• Blending stumps- tightly rolled felt pointed at the ends, use sandpaper to keep them sharp

• Can also use cotton swab/ q-tips or kleenex tissue

Erasers

• kneaded eraser- can be stretched and shaped to fit smaller detailed areas.

• Union eraser- pencil/ink combo eraser

• Plastic eraser

Pencil sharpeners

• Electric or handheld sharpeners

• Sand paper

• knife

Paper

• Notebook

• Colored

• Watercolor

• Canvas

• Graph paper

• Sketch books

• Textured

• Cardstock

• Tracing paper