Materials :
You don’t need to buy all of these all at once, only the drawing materials for week 1.

Drawing ( first 5-6 weeks *)

  • Paper
  • willow charcoal
  • charcoal pencil or conte (black)
  • paper stump (called a tortillion)
  • kneaded eraser / putty rubber
Painting (last 4-5 weeks *)
palette
palette knife
tissue roll
canvas/panel / primed board roughly A3 size.
odorless solvent ( zest it / shellsol / Sansodor etc.) and container for it with a lid.
(*May vary depending on the progression of the work.)
Brushes : (Filbert / hog)
2 small (size 0-2): 2 medium(size 4-8): 2 large (size 12 or more )
Colours:
(minimum)
Titanium White
Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Red
Ivory Black
Umber or Sienna (optional to extend the colour range or the palette, these can be raw or burnt)
Cadmium Red
Cadmium Yellow
Ultramarine Blue
Alizarin Crimson