Spiral bound drawing pad of good drawing paper such as Strathmore medium to heavyweight drawing paper, at least 18" x 12" in dimension
Soft vine charcoal
Soft drawing pencils ranging from 3B-6B
Good metal German pencil sharpener with removable blades, single edge razor blade, and emery board for sharpening pencils, charcoal, and crayons
Conte crayons in black, white, and sienna. Grays and browns are also useful.
White plastic eraser for pencil
Kneaded gum eraser for charcoal
Q-tips
One or two sheets gray charcoal paper
Optional: a sheet of buff/flesh tone charcoal paper (similar to the one depicted in the drawing to the left.)
Artists tape to fasten drawing paper to a drawing board
Journal or notebook for taking notes
Drawing board to tape gray and buff paper to for the grisaille and trois crayon classes, or to tape white drawing paper to if you don't have a stiff cardboard backed drawing paper pad
