For this exercise I was asked to make a list of the equipment and resources I might need to use. From my previous course, I have accumulated the following:
- Selection of pencils
- Blending pencils
- Selection of charcoal pencils
- Ruler
- Compass
- Normal rubber
- Coloured pencils
- Pastel pencils
- Oil paint
- Oil pastels
- Acrylic paints
- Watercolours
- Paint pens
- Markers
- Alcohol markers
- Inks
- Ink pens
- Crayons
- Metallic markers
- Various paintbrushes
- A manual paint sprayer
- Various sketchbooks paper types for water colour, sketching, painting, oil etc.
- Tissue papers and other assorted coloured papers, sugar papers etc.
What I probably need to get more of are larger sketchpads and paper and more assortments of pencils, different styles of rubbers and blenders. I have just ordered some of the assigned books second hand online and perhaps rulers for angles, depth and perspective. I also need to get more fixative spray and I am thinking about getting a portfolio holder to keep the drawings separate and better protected. For now I have been putting finished illustrations into the sketchpads to keep them safe.
I usually draw or paint at my dining room table which also extends out if I nthough I do have an easel I should use more and I have a standing desk for my computer for work that I can also use. All of this is in my relatively spacious dining room and can also be closed off from the living room when I need to leave a mess!
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