FOBA 2024 - Kristen Doty – Drawing & Lettering Sketchbook

Class Overview - All Levels

Learn to draw! Build confidence or brush up on your skills through drawing and lettering exercises. Learn how to create drawings and add unique drawn letters. These techniques can be used later to enhance your own blank books. We will practice line quality, textures, and how to see and draw objects and various letterforms. Light effects and shading techniques will be studied to give the illusion of form. Most of the work will be done in graphite, but watercolor may be used to enhance the drawings. The exercises will be sewn together using a simple Japanese binding, adding unique and functional pocket covers. The finished sketchbook will be a reference of class work and have room for further practice.

CLASS SUPPLIES

• One pad of Strathmore Drawing Paper, Series 400 Medium surface, size 14 x 17 inches (please do not substitute size) (P100)
• Graphite drawing pencils: HB, 2B, 4B (any quality brand – a favorite is Staedtler Mars Lumograph). Bring other pencil grades if already owned e.g., 2H, 3B, 6B, etc. (PL38)
• Woodless graphite pencils: HB, 2B (PL66)
• Pencil sharpener (handheld or battery operated) (S960)
• Pentel Clic Eraser or equivalent (soft white, retractable, pen-sized) and/or a Staedtler Mars Plastic white rectangular eraser (E06, E13)
• Ruler – minimum 12-inch or 35cm (a ruler with cm/mm markings will be very helpful, but not absolutely necessary) (S271 or S871)
• X-Acto knife or snap-away knife (S863)
• Round watercolor brush, medium size (e.g., #6-#8) or 1/2-inch flat (BR30, BR01)
• Small water container (S1005)

Optional Supplies:

• Bone folder (S1654)
• Other graphite drawing pencils on hand or want to try 
• Mechanical pencil with graphite lead (PL21)
• Paper stumps and/or tortillons
• Artist’s quality colored pencils and/or water soluble colored pencils (PL28, PL72)
• Pigma Micron markers (M17)
• Eraser shield
• Cutting mat (11 x 17 or 17 x 23 inches) (S504)
• Desk lamp and extension cord (only if driving or easily packed–portable swing arm or goose neck – prefer incandescent or halogen light bulb, if available)