ANGELA CUNNINGHAM
Charcoal Drawing supply list:

Vine or Willow Charcoal sticks- Various harnesses

**PanPastel Artists’ Painting Pastel- Color Black (only need this one color for this class)

**Pan Pastel Soft Knives and covers Tools set – this set has 4 soft painting knives with various tip

shapes and sponge covers

Charcoal Pencils –Various hardnesses– at least two each: H, HB, 2B, 4B.

Graphite pencils – various hardnesses HB, H, 2H, 4H

Nitram Academie Fusains Charcoal – Various harnesses: soft, medium, hard

Natural Artist Chamois or paper towels

Blending Stump

**White charcoal pencil

Compressed Charcoal sticks

**Paper – I highly recommend One Sheet of Artistico Fabriano, 140 lb, Hot press, extra white, 18” x 24” or you can buy pads of this paper a 12” x 18” or 14” x 20”.  You can also use strathmore drawing paper 400 series 18” x 24”

Sharpener–a razor blade and sandpaper

**Kneaded erasers.

**Measuring Stick -Knitting needles, kebab skewers, or bicycle spoke. Around one foot long (25 cm). AFAS has many of these to share – if you prefer not to travel with this.

**Drawing board – around 20×30 inches. (AFAS has a few boards to share, first come first serve).

**Stylus erasers – these are thin erasers that advance out of a holder like the lead from a mechanical pencil. Can be found on Jetpens.com (see link below)

http://www.jetpens.com/Tombow-Mono-Zero-Eraser-2.3-mm-Circle-Silver-Body/pd/1747

Small level- to check if the drawing board is straight. (can be shared with other students)

Glassine paper- small sheets to cover your drawings

Drafting tape

Mahl Stick- to keep your hand off drawing while working

Drawing supply box- some kind of box to organize drawing materials

Tracing paper- for critiques

**Charcoal Powder – for toning our paper

** items that are starred are materials that students must have for this class.

Optional items:

A brimmed hat

Travel Easel – something you can set up so you can stand or sit at your drawing board with paper perpendicular to eye sight. (The studio does provide easels but some times students prefer to have their own travel easel).