1. Copperplate oblique pen holder – Speedball (left handers may want a plain round ferrule holder).
2. Set of pointed nibs.
Recommended:
- Gillot 404, 303, 1068
- Brause 66EF & Steno nib
- Hiro 40, 41
(set of six of these nibs will do).
- Optional Mitchell nib with the elbow on the nib, Hunt 56
3. Black Ink – Higgins Eternal
- Optional: Pearlescent inks
- Optional: for colored ink: Pelikan 4001 red ink & power gum arabic.
4. Gum Arabic – You may want to share this with someone in the class. They come in a large bottle and you need only about half that much.
5. 2 Eye dropper bottles – I put my ink in one and the gum arabic in the other. The droppers are much ore convenient than the bottle.
6. Cotton Comp layout paper 9 x 12 inches.
7. Ink well or Small sponge to put ink well into
8. Rag to wipe your nib.
9. Ruler C – Thru 18 inch ruler.
10. Masking tape.
11. 2 H pencil and sharpener (pointer) and white plastic eraser (Staedtler Mars).
For Intermediate Students:
- Gouache; one color, zinc white, jet black. Chisel edged bristle brush such as Grumbacher Eterna #2. Plastic Palette, water jar, water dropper.
- Some good papers, such as Arches 90 # hot press, Arches text wove, Arches text laid, German Ingres, Canson Ingres, Canson Mi Teintes, Strathmore charcoal, Pergamanata.
- A T-square and drafting 2 H pencil with sharpener (pointer)
- A pair of dividers for lining
For reproduction
12. Sakura Micro pigma pen .005
13. Non-repro blue ball point pen or felt tip fine tip market.
14. Non-repro blue grid paper. There is also copperplate pads with the slant lines already printed.
15. Adhesive wax stick for paste up.
16. Pro-White or bleed proof white and a small paint brush like #00 pointed watercolor brush.
17. X-acto knife with #11 blade and #16 or #10 blade.
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