TOOLS & MATERIALS
One of the great things about drawing is that you can do it anywhere, and the materials are inexpensive. You do get what you pay for, though, so purchase the best you can afford, and upgrade your supplies whenever possible. All you really need to start are a pencil, eraser, and paper, but there are a few other items that will come in handy as well.
PENCILS
Artist’s pencils (A) contain a graphite center (“lead”) and are sorted by hardness (“grades”), from very soft (labeled 9B) to very hard (labeled 9H). You don’t need a pencil of every grade when you first begin drawing; a good starting collection for this book is 6B, 4B, 2B, HB, B, 2H, 4H, and 6H. Pencil hardness is not standardized, so when buying this first group of pencils, ...
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