Class Supply List

Drawing materials:

• Ebony Pencil
• 9B pencil
• 9H pencil
• #2 Pencil
• Kneaded eraser
• Pink pearl eraser
• Stomps (Large)
• Vine charcoal (Medium value
• Compressed Charcoal: (Use soft round or soft flat sticks)

Paper:

• Drawing board: 18” x 24”
• 18” x 24” smooth newsprint paper
• 15” x 18” or 18” x 24” White drawing paper (Pad)
• Sketch book (9”x12”)
• Pencil sharpener
• Ruler

About Pencils:

In the United States, we commonly think of the number 2 pencil, which is standard for schools and test-taking. The American number scale for pencils ranges 1 to 4 (including 2.5), but the rest of the world uses a different grading scale. Most manufacturers use the HB scale, where “H” stands for hardness and “B” for blackness. A standard number 2 pencil corresponds to HB on this scale.

The HB scale ranges from 9H, a hard pencil that leaves fine, light marks, to 9B, a soft pencil which a high ratio of graphite that leaves bold, dark marks. While every manufacturer gives each pencil a designation on the scale, it’s all relative within a given brand, so remember that a 6H pencil from one manufacturer might give a slightly different stroke than a 6H pencil from another.