FOR BEGINNERS
- piece of foam core or drawing board
- 1" masking tape
- extra soft vine charcoal
- kneaded eraser
- Canson Mi Tientes pastel paper (not white)
- a soft rag such as flannel
- Faber Castell 72 stick box
- Terry Ludwig darkest purple V100, green G190, blue B360 and red
R179
- glassine or newsprint to cover work
- view finder
OPTIONAL STUFF and plein air items
- french style easel (cheap at Job Lot)
- NuPastels (harder pastels - bottle green)
- pastel pencils
- latex gloves
- blending stumps, colour shapers, foam brush...
- digital camera
- bug spray, sun screen, water bottle
- pencil sharpener (Dahle 155)
CLEAN UP
- Lava soap
- Oxy Clean
- baby wipes
for advanced artists
Once
you're hooked you'll want to have:
* Kitty Wallis
professional grade White & Belgium Mist
* rubbing alcohol & 1" paint brush
* paper towels
* Terry Ludwig's Intense Darks II
* Maggie Price's Value Set (Ludwig)
and as you can afford
* Maggie Price's Essential Grays (Ludwig)
* Terry's True Lights
and all the creamy and wonderful Terry Ludwig, Unision, Sennelier,
Schminke, Great American, etc. pastels in the world!
PASTEL RESOURCES
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