Portrait Drawing Fundamentals Materials List:

Drawing board w/ clamps to hold paper and pads

18” x 24” White Drawing Paper Pad (Strathmore 400 series or Canson equivalent).

Charcoal Pencils 2B-6B (Generals is a good brand)

Soft vine charcoal (several sticks, thin and thick)

Chamois (you can find a huge chamois for cheaper in the auto section of Target and such stores.  This can be cut down.)

x-acto Knife

sandpaper block or several small sheets of fine grit sandpaper (200-400 grit)

General’s Kneaded eraser (other brands are really sticky and don’t erase as well)

White retractable eraser OR Faber-Castell Pit Perfection 7056 eraser pencil (can be sharpened in an electrical pencil sharpener for incredible precision. Carried at Dick Blick and AC Moore).

Optional:

Pan Pastel (black or Sanguine color) and sponge applicator