Pat Southern Pearce's Vacation Workshop Supply List

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PAPER

Any darkish-toned paper or card, in sketchbooks or loose. A4 or larger. I will demo on on A3 or 12 inch square mostly so that you can all see easily, what I’m drawing. You’ll need a resting board & clips. I love the Clairefontaine Paint On toned Sketchbooks in assorted and single colours, especially the A3 & 9x12 inches. Seawhite of Brighton’s kraft paper A3 & 12 inch square coil bound books are lovely quality paper too and sturdy. 

BLACK PEN

Best to have both a fine and broad black pen: fountain pen, Fude, fineliner or pilot + black ink.

WHITES

White broad Mitsunishi Signo uniball, plus a spare!

WATERCOLOUR CRAYONS

Peter Pauper in a wallet of 8 from Amazon or Barnes & Noble in the children’s section. 

WATERCOLOUR PENCILS

I prefer watercolour pencils to ordinary ones as they are creamier, more intensely coloured and cover better. Much less hard work, too: pressing on! An exception are Holbein Artists pencils. These have beautiful blues and turquoises, cover well and have a broader core. But raid your stocks and bring what you have! If buying more I’d suggest you choose individual colours rather than sets. (Caran D’Ache:Jackson’s Arts online) I used to buy the largest sets and not use half! I choose pale colours as a base, especially for skies: pale blues, turquoises, creams, greys, yellows, pale lime greens. Plus subtle greens, like forest green/grey green etc. (never bright lurid green: can wreck a sketch!). Also ochres, gold, bright red, black, dark & bright royal blue, sky blue, yellow.

And bring a sharpener too, to keep them pointed!  

GRAPHITE/6B PENCIL

A soft 6B and/or my recent favourite a Staedtler Mars 6B Lumograph: matte rather than shiny…and very black. 

ALSO

A comfortable sketching stool, sunscreen, a sun hat.