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Essential Figure Drawing Supplies

By: Kensuke Okabayashi and

Updated: 03-26-2016

From The Book: Figure Drawing For Dummies

Figure Drawing For Dummies

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You don’t have to feel overwhelmed when you walk into the art supplies store to buy your figure drawing materials. Remember to buy the supplies based on your budget and needs. (You can always buy more!) Arm yourself with this list of the basic supplies you need for figure drawing in a studio:

Drawing pad (18 x 24 inches)
Tracing paper
Drawing pencils
Soft vine charcoal
Markers
Kneaded and plastic erasers
Pencil sharpeners
X-Acto blades
Sandpaper
Rulers (straight edge and triangle)
A composition grid
Artists tape
Spray fixative
Drafting lamp
Drawing table
Drafting chair
Side table
Archival boxes and folders
Egg timer

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Kensuke Okabayashi is an award-winning professional artist. His work can be seen in everything from comic books to graphic novels to advertising storyboards. Okabayashi has taught illustration courses at Mercer College of New Jersey.

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