1.
Copperplate oblique pen holder - Speedball (left handers
may want a plain round ferrule holder).
2.
Set of pointed nibs.
Recommended:
- Gillot
404, 303, 1068
- Brause
66EF & Steno nib
- Hiro
40, 41
(set
of six of these nibs will do).
- Optional
Mitchell nib with the elbow on the nib, Hunt 56
3.
Black Ink - Higgins Eternal
- Optional:
Pearlescent inks
- Optional:
for colored ink: Pelikan 4001 red ink & power gum arabic.
4.
Gum Arabic - You may want to share this with someone in
the class. They come in a large bottle and you need only about
half that much.
5.
2 Eye dropper bottles - I put my ink in one and the gum
arabic in the other. The droppers are much ore convenient than
the bottle.
6.
Cotton Comp layout paper 9 x 12 inches.
7.
Ink well or Small sponge to put ink well into
8.
Rag to wipe your nib.
9.
Ruler C - Thru 18 inch ruler.
10.
Masking tape.
11.
2 H pencil and sharpener (pointer) and white plastic eraser
(Staedtler Mars).
For
Intermediate Students:
Gouache;
one color, zinc white, jet black. Chisel edged bristle brush
such as Grumbacher Eterna #2. Plastic Palette, water jar, water
dropper.
Some
good papers, such as Arches 90 # hot press, Arches text wove,
Arches text laid, German Ingres, Canson Ingres, Canson Mi Teintes,
Strathmore charcoal, Pergamanata.
A
T-square and drafting 2 H pencil with sharpener (pointer)
A
pair of dividers for lining
For
reproduction
12.
Sakura Micro pigma pen .005
13.
Non-repro blue ball point pen or felt tip fine tip market.
14.
Non-repro blue grid paper. There is also copperplate pads with
the slant lines already printed.
15.
Adhesive wax stick for paste up.
16.
Pro-White or bleed proof white and a small paint brush like #00
pointed watercolor brush.
17.
X-acto knife with #11 blade and #16 or #10 blade.
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