WHAT TO BRING TO YOUR

DRAWING WITH COLOUR CLASS

  • A4 drawing book of 300gsm Hot Pressed watercolour paper (Laura recommends Fabriano or Arches brands or Strathmore Bristol Vellum paper). Alternatively, Laura has kindly offered to bring individual sheets of paper to class for you to purchase so make sure you bring some cash for these as we don’t have card facilities.

  • a HB and 6B pencil

  • coloured pencils (Laura recommends a set of at least 24 colours. Laura recommends Prismacolor or Polychromos but bring whatever you have)

  • a 30cm ruler,

  • an eraser and sharpener

 Need help choosing materials? Try my handy guides:

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