Required Materials

Art Materials

• 2B Pencils (just your plain everyday pencil)
• Fine tip drawing pen or black ball-point pen
• Sketchbook 8.5"x 11"
• Stumps (also known as smudge sticks) or a paper towel
• Magazine with pictures
• Scissors
• Stapler or string

OPTIONAL

• Drawing pencils of different densities, example 9B (softest) to 9H (hardest)
• Graphic program such as Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, etc.

A great attitude and a sense of adventure!

stumps (smudge sticks)	sketchbook	pencil	pen

All of these (except the attitude and adventure) can be found at any crafts store and most retail stores. ONLINE you may find them at dickblick.com or in2art.com.

Hardware and Software

See COOLSchool's minimum hardware and software requirements in the Student Center

Reference Books

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, by Betty Edwards

Perspective Made Easy, by Ernest Norling

The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques, by Ralph Mayer

Web Sites

Galleries

The Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.

The Getty Museum Los Angeles, CA

MoMa (Museum of Modern Art) Manhattan, NY

Metropolitan Museum New York, NY

Louvre Paris, France

Elements and Principles of Design

Graphic Design Basics, for informational and in-depth newsletter.

Techniques in Drawing

Art Studio Chalkboard, very detailed instruction on topics from linear perspective to atmosphere.

Art-Wow, how to draw geometric shapes and shadows, the human eye, a flower in detail, a perfect human face

From My Perspective, an online colored-pencil magazine.

Sanford Pens: Linear Shading with Markers, basic stippling, hatching, and cross-hatching techniques

To the Point Design Studio, stippling demo

Other

DiscoverySchool.com