{"id":5029,"date":"2017-08-03T14:16:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T18:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rapidfireart.com\/?page_id=5029"},"modified":"2020-04-21T23:45:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T03:45:58","slug":"best-drawing-supplies-list-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rapidfireart.com\/best-drawing-supplies-list-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Drawing Supplies List for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"

To become a good pencil artist, you’ll need to develop the right skills while using the proper art materials. Your art tools should work well together<\/strong> while giving you consistent results<\/strong>, especially as a beginner.<\/p>\n

If you have good technique but you’re working with the wrong set of tools, the results can be quite discouraging! You’re also missing out on progress you could have gained.<\/p>\n

Find a reliable set\/combination of tools so you can finally focus on developing your technique instead of compensating for problems related to your toolbox.<\/p>\n

Using the Right Tools for the Job!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sketching<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a beginner, it’s important to practice seeing first. I think shading is something that should be learned much later on.<\/p>\n

A great way to practice seeing and developing hand-eye coordination is to sketch<\/strong>.\"Lesson<\/p>\n

Sketching allows you to strengthen your muscle memory for movements that are actually quite different from writing – where movements are very small\u00a0and employ a different combination of muscle groups.<\/p>\n

If you’re in this stage, pick up\u00a0some quality sketch paper and an HB pencil. It’s as simple as that! This shouldn’t cost much more than $15. My recommendations are\u00a0at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n

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Drawing and Shading<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you’re ready for drawing and shading, push your sketch paper off to the side (especially \"\"if it’s a really thin and smooth one). Sketch paper is usually very thin –\u00a0made for preliminary work.\u00a0While you can<\/em> shade on it, it may not be able to stand up to hours of\u00a0shading, experimentation and erasing.<\/p>\n

Pick up a quality ‘drawing’ paper that is thick, sturdy and well textured (medium tooth). My recommendations will be down below.<\/p>\n

As for pencils, you’ll need a set that can give you a good range of values if you want to produce realistic portraits.<\/p>\n

Using a single HB pencil is not<\/strong> going to give you that realistic effect. You can use an HB to shade light to medium greys. Go any darker and you’ll see just how inefficient it gets. Also, the harder your lead is, the more difficult it will be to blend (pencils marked with an H\u00a0are hard, while ones marked with a B are soft).<\/p>\n

Opt for a variety of pencils from HB-6B (from the same brand). If you want to learn more about pencils, visit this in-depth shading tutorial\/guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Things to remember:<\/strong><\/p>\n