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Resources
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Drawing from Observation by Brian Curtis, McGraw Hill, 2002
SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS
Drawing, A Contemporary Approach by Claudia Betti and Teel Sale;
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 4th Edition
Perspective Drawing by Ernest Norling - Walter Foster Series, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc.
Perspective Drawing by Jane H. James; Prentice Hall, 2nd ed. (currently out of print - best reference, easy to follow with step-by-step instructions)
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards, Houghton Mifflin Company
or
Drawing on the Artist Within by Betty Edwards, Houghton Mifflin Company
The Art Spirit by Robert Henri
The Natural Way to Draw by Kimon Nicolaides, Houghton Mifflin Company
SUPPLY LIST
Places to shop:
For paper - Hollo's Paper Craft - 8788 Pearl Road in Brunswick
General supplies: Pat Cattan's (Pearl Road, Broadview) - usually 40% off the marked price
* marked items are needed immediately
*sketchbook
*18" X 24" newsprint pad - will use at least 100 sheets
*18" X 24" (17" x 22" at Hollo's) inexpensive white paper
*18" X 24" all-purpose white pad. (The better the quality of the white paper, the easier it is to draw.
Assorted papers sold by the sheet: 18" x 24" Canson brand (minimum 3 white, 2 black, 2 medium gray)
*compressed charcoal - 3B Do not buy the large squares.
*conte - square sticks - 2B - 2 sticks black, 2 sticks white
*assorted pencils - include ebony or 6B, and charcoal pencil (soft), white conte pencil
*black felt tip pen (not permanent) or medium point black ink pen for contour drawings
*chamois skin
*erasers - pink pearl, kneaded, and clickable eraser stick (Sanford Tuff Stuff is one brand)
permanent markers - variety of point sizes (or repitograph, if you have one) for perspective project
Krylon workable clear acrylic spray to fix your drawings - spray outside - not in the classroom
Exacto knife and blades
18" metal ruler (perspective project)
t-square - 24" long (perspective project)
right triangle (perspective project)
masking tape
pencil sharpener in a case to catch the shavings - necessary to sharpen charcoal pencils