MATERIALS

• Good quality drawing paper such as Chanson Drawing paper 220gsm “C” à grain. This paper is a fine tooth white paper for drawing in pencil, charcoal,• Tracing paper or a light box. If you are using tracing paper instead of a light box you will also need a coloured pencil.• Good quality graphite pencils that will give your drawing a smooth and finally textured finished. You will need a hard pencil, either an H or 2H, for drawing up the portraits outline and a range of softer pencils including 2B, 3B, 4B and 5B for adding tone to the portrait. .• A good quality sharpener is also needed; your pencils should always be kept sharp with a fine point. Alternatively you could use a Stanley or craft knife and shave of the wood around the graphite pencil, this will take a while longer but the pencil will stay sharper for a longer period of time.• An ochre watercolour pencil, or any colour of your choice. Try not to use a colour that is too deep, as it will take away attention away from the portrait itself. Watercolour paint or diluted acrylic or gouache and also be used, however, watercolour pencil will give you more control around the portrait.• Watercolour brushes, preferably smaller sized brushes both round and flat and a slightly larger brush• One basic coloured pencil, any colour• Masking tape• Spray fixative (workable)• A high-resolution photograph printed at the size you want the portrait.