Calligraphic Drawing (DR255)

• Graphite pencil
• Dip pen - holder, nib & ink
• Sketchbook
• Sketch pad

Recommended (strongly)

• Fountain pen

Specifications/Recommendations:

Graphite Pencil: Any graphite pencil HB - B - 2B is fine. BicMatic (.7mm) is recommended.

Dip pen recommendations

• Holder: Speedball Pen Holder No. 9451 -or- General's penholder w/ cork grip
• Nibs: Speedball Hunt pen nibs - one or more of the following:            No. 512/ No. 513EF/ C5/ C6.

Ink:

• Winsor & Newton: Liquid India Ink (non-waterproof)
• Drawing Inks (waterproof): Nut Brown; Peet Brown; Burnt Sienna
• -and/or- "Walnut ink" available in LACFA At Store          

Paper

For a book...

• Standard hardcover sketchbook available in LACFA Art Store
• -or- Holbein "multi-drawing book #33" [available at www.nycentralartsupply.com] landscape or vertical format, 28 pages. 9x6.5 or 8x10.

For a pad...

• Strathmore 400 series Calligraph Pad (50 sheets)
• -or- Student Art Parchment Pad (50 sheets)
• -or- Bienfang Calligraphic Parchment Pad: 8.5x11 white (50 sheets); 11x14 cream/buff (50 sheets)
• -or- Magnani "velata" Pad (25 sheets)

Fountain Pen (not required, but strongly recommended)

Recommendation: Pelikan M200 Tradition Series ($60 - $75) w/ medium nib available at: www.pendemonium.com; www.apenloversparadise.com; www.passion4pens.com.

In addition: a good quality, inexpensive Sketch fountain pen has been ordered in limited quantities by the LACFA Art Store and is available for purchase (about $20).

Dynamic Drawing (DR 455)

Paper

• Tape bound newsprint pad, 18 x 24 inches, 50 sheets, smooth or slightly toothy surface.
• One additional tape bound pad (no spiral bound pads, please) that is of medium size (approx. 12 x 18 inches), 90lb weight or heavier, smooth or slight tooth surface, off white, and pH neutral.
• 8 (or more) SHEETS of 23 x 29 inch Strathmore Bristol Series 500 paper, Plate (smooth) finish, 2-ply (250 gram) or equivalent.
• OPTIONAL: 3 or more individual sheets of Fabriano Ingres “701” (Tan)
  20 x 27½ inches.

Some pad recommendations:

• Borden & Riley #627 “Rag Drawing” (25 sheets, 14 x 17 inches).
• Magnani Velata (25 sheets, 13¾ x 17¾ inches, 140 gram).

Above two pads are available through Lyme Academy Art Store.

• Hahnemuhle “Barcelona Deluxe Sketch Pad” (40 sheets, 11½ x 16½ inches).
• Hahnemuhle “Nostalgie” (50 sheets, 11½ x 16 inches).

Media

• Soft vine charcoal, 1 box.
• Graphite pencil, 2B (Recommendation: BicMatic grip 0.7 mm #2, available at the grocery store!)
• Kneaded eraser.

Additional Media (optional)

• Conté “Special Carbon Pencil” or “Carbone,” #722, 2H, 1 pencil (Alternative: Wolf’s Royal Sovereign Carbon Pencil, HH, 2H or 2B).
• Conté “Sanguine” #2450 (or any other earth-red will do), 2 sticks
• Conté White, 2B, 1 stick.
• Speedball C-6 nib and holder (chosen separately).
• Winsor & Newton Calligraphic Ink, Sepia (Or: Higgins Calligraphy, Sepia).
• Calli Waterproof Calligraphic Ink, Brown #012.
• Sanford “col-erase” pencils, Green #20046, Terra Cotta #20053, Tuscan Red #20054.
• Derwent “Watercolor” or “Studio” pencils, various earth reds and bottle greens.
• Winsor & Newton Designer’s Gouache, Zinc White, ½ oz. (14 ml).

Anatomy I (ANA190-5)

• This course’s text is The Anatomy of Movement, by Blandine Calais-Germain (Eastland Press, Inc., Seatle, 1993.  www.eastlandpress.com.  ISBN: 0-939616-17-3).  You will be given regular reading assignments in this book.  Though a copy has been reserved for your use in the Library, you may wish to purchase a volume of your own.  You will also be given assignments from another text, The Physiology of the Joints, by I. A. Kapandji.  This three-volume set has also been reserved for your use in the Library.

• Two additional standard anatomy texts, Human Anatomy for Artists, by E.Goldfinger, and Artistic Anatomy, by P. Richer, are also reserved for your reference in the library.  No assignments will be given in these books, but they offer clear anatomical diagrams that you may wish to refer to.

• No artist’s materials are specified for this course; you will, however, need to come to the lectures prepared with a suitable notebook in which to record your written and diagrammatic notes.

Anatomy II (ANA290-5)

You will need to come to the lectures prepared with a suitable notebook in which to record your written and diagrammatic notes. Use a tape bound pad (no spiral bound pads, please) that is of medium size (approx. 12 x 18 inches), 90lb weight or heavier, smooth or slight tooth surface, off white, and pH neutral.

Some pad recommendations:

• Borden & Riley #627 “Rag Drawing” (25 sheets, 14 x 17 inches).
• Magnani Velata (25 sheets, 13¾ x 17¾ inches, 140 gram).

The above two are available through Lyme Academy Art Store.

• Hahnemuhle “Barcelona Deluxe Sketch Pad” (40 sheets, 11½ x 16½ inches).
• Hahnemuhle “Nostalgie” (50 sheets, 11½ x 16 inches).