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B19. Drawing for Calligraphers -- Book List

Recommended Books:
B3030. The Drawing Book: Materials and Techniques for Today's Artist by Richard McDaniel. $19.95
B3031. Keys to Drawing With Imagination by Bert Dodson $29.95.
B2859. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards. $16.95
B2860. How to Draw What You See by Rudy De Reyna Paper $17.95

Kristen: Other calligraphy books I recommend to students, even though the class I'm teaching at Letters Mingle Souls is not a lettering class.
B039. The Speedball Textbook by Joanne Fink & Judy Kastin. $9.99.
B2811. The Art & Craft of Hand Lettering by Annie Cicale. $17.95. JNB Pre-order price $16.95
B2769. Foundations of Calligraphy by Sheila Waters. $35.00

Kristen often teaches watercolor workshops & classes at conferences. She recommends these two books:
B2598. The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook by Gordon MacKenzie. $24.95
B2861. Exploring Color by Nita Leland. $24.99

B19. Drawing for Calligraphers -- Supplies
NEED TO BRING: Basic Tool Kit; woodless graphite pencils: HB, 2B, 4B, 6B (Pentalic Graphite 8911); other graphite drawing pencils you have: 2H, HB, 2B, etc.; white charcoal pencil; colored pencils: artist quality - Prismacolor (set of 12 or more—at least one blue, red and yellow); Pentel Clic eraser; folded ruling pen and holder and/ or other ruling pens you have; flexible pointed nib and holder (not too sharp—Brause Steno Pen No. 361); drawing pad: Strathmore Series 400 (regular surface, not smooth, 11"x14"); sketchbook: spiral bound (paper with a little tooth is nice, 11" x 14"); fine art papers: one black and one medium colored (e.g., Canson Mi- Teintes); stylus or embossing tool.

OPTIONAL: Walnut ink; Pigma Micron markers; Speedball "B"nibs; mechanical pencil: .5mm HB or B; watercolor colored pencils.

MATERIALS FEE: $15-17 [includes fresh fruit and flower models, drawing kit, and miscellaneous items].


S522. 24 WC Prismacolor Pencil Set
Artist-quality, water-soluble. Use wet or dry.


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