Artist's Drawing and Inspiration

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MATERIALS

• Paper: Mi Teintes Canson pastel paper. Steel grey 431. 160gsm

• Generals Charcoal pencils:

HB,2B, and 4B

• White Charcoal

• Willow Charcoal

• Drawing board

• Putty eraser

• Blending stumps

• Pencil sharpener (the best ones have a German made blade)

STEP ONE

First draw a grid over the photo reference. Usually I do this at 2cm squares, but it really depends on the size of the piece. (I use Photoshop and place

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