My recommended drawing supplies for beginners. You don’t need to have all these tools to start (you really only need a pencil and paper), but having more tools can enhance your work and make the drawing process more efficient and easy!
Here’s a little more info on some of the tools mentioned:
Paper Weight: This number is not the actual weight of the sketchbook or drawing pad. It is the weight of 500 sheets. The average copy paper or printer paper is around 20-30lbs (pounds).
Drawing Pad: I find that the thicker it is, the better because thicker sheets can hold up to a lot more wear and tear, especially when I’m working on a portrait drawing that takes hours of work. For me, 70lbs works great. Keep into consideration that I’m light to medium handed. If you draw using a lot of pressure, I’d recommend a drawing pad that’s at least 80lbs.
Kneaded Eraser: When you first buy it, the eraser will NEED to be molded until it becomes SOFT. To speed up this process, scribble on your sketchpad to create a lot of graph