Online Portrait Drawing Supply List

  • Sketchbook for sketching and taking notes - recommended 9” x 12” or larger

  • Pencil or pen for sketching and taking notes

  • 18” x 24” pad of smooth newsprint - please double-check that you’re not buying the rough variety

  • 18” x 24” pad of Strathmore Drawing Paper (300 or 400 series)

  • Peel away charcoal pencils, 2 of each Soft & Medium, and one Hard. General’s and Prang both manufacture these pencils, which look like this:

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  • Vine or willow charcoal, soft

  • Kneaded eraser

  • Sandpaper for sharpening pencils

  • Drawing board