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These are the drawing tools I use for my realistic pencil drawings. I recommend these art supplies to my students.

Pencils The very first thing on your list of drawing tools should be pencils! I mainly use Staedtler, and Faber Castells pencils in my drawings. These are all professional brand pencils with a value range from 10H – 12B). There are also a lot of other brands out there as well that will work just as well. I recommend that my students buy the set with pencil degrees between 2H – 8B as they are used most often in drawings.

Mechanical pencils – These are great for fine details such as eyelashes or fine fur strokes. When buying a mechanical pencil, they will always come with an HB lead. You can also buy highergrade leads as well for darker strokes. Be careful when using a mechanical pencil because of the thin lead. It tends to break very easily.

White Erasers
Every artist needs to have a white eraser. If you have ever used a pink eraser during public school to erase errors, you will know what I am talking about. Sooner or later, you probably have experienced the pink residue it leaves behind. There is nothing more jawdropping than to be working on an almost completed drawing only to have pink smudges grounded into your drawing. So don’t take the chance and use a pink eraser.

Kneaded Eraser
Kneaded erasers are pliable and used for picking up graphite, charcoal, conte, pastel or coloured pencil debris from your paper. It can also be used to lighten up pencil lines if they are too dark. A kneaded eraser can be shaped by your hand to achieve precise erasing. They are also excellent for bringing out highlighted areas and creating soft effects.

Clickable Erasers
I use two favourite clickable erasers in my drawings because they are thin and slender. The two I use are Sanford Tuff Stuff Eraser Sticks and Tombow Mono Zero. These are great for bringing out finely detailed highlights in fur and hair and many other details. You can also buy replaceable erasers for them too. To achieve even a finer thin line, you can clip the ends of them with scissors or a blade to use the edge of the eraser.

Electric Erasers
These can be a great tool for fine details. The eraser on the right is a USB rechargeable eraser and can be used 600 times before having to charge again while the eraser on the left is batteryoperated. Both of these erasers include 2 eraser holders – 2.3mm and 5mm erasers. I use the larger one for thick highlights and the smaller one for fine details. With electric erasers, you can achieve welldefined detailed edges. You can change the tip and sharpen it using a sand block. I use these in my graphite and coloured pencil drawings.

Tortillons & Stumps
Tortillons are tightly woven blenders that come in small, medium & large. When blending with tortillons they will make the shading darker and smooth. The proper way to hold a tortillon is slightly on its side.. Stumps come in various sizes and are great for blending in large backgrounds. Stumps can be sharpened with an xactoknife or by using a sand block.

Drawing Paper
When at all possible use acidfree paper as your first choice when drawing. Acidfree paper has a neutral or basic pH of 7 so it helps to preserve artwork or documents to last for years. Drawing papers I recommend and have used in my drawings are Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Strathmore Vellum Plate Surface and Canson papers.

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DRAWING TOOLS I USE:
• Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Strathmore Bristol Smooth, Canson Bristol Smooth XL, Strathmore Bristol Plate Surface 500 series
• HB, 2B, 3B, 4B, 6B Staedtler or FaberCastell pencils
• Mechanical pencils Pental
• Kneaded Eraser (Staedtler or FaberCastell)
• Electric Eraser (Afmat or Tihoo)
• Blending Stumps or Tortillons
• White Erasers (Staedtler, FaberCastell, KohinoorHardtmuth)
• Clickable Erasers (FACTIS BM2, Mono Knock 3.2, Tombow, KohinoorHardtmuth
• Pencil Sharpener CARL Angel 5

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