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Byzantosh - Supply Notes

These are the basic supply notes. Once you have registered additional supply information will be posted in the FB site, especially information about nibs and papers for the second and third session.

Session One
2B pencil and sharpener
mechanical pencil
kneadable eraser
printout of workbook PDF

Session Two
Jar of clean water
small clean sponge
few paper towels
brush with stiff bristles for loading ink (hog hair perhaps)
couple of small dishes or a pallette for mixing

One or more of the following
-Hiro 41 nib in a holder or a similar pointed dip nib
-fountain pen and suitable ink
-Speedball B series nib preferably a size 3 or 4 (B3, B4) and a holder

One or more of the following
-walnut ink crystals
-tube of gouache and a mixing dish (not earth tones)
-sumi ink
-Higgins Eternal

One or more of the following
-pad of drawing paper with a little tooth
--few sheets of a heavier weight printing paper
-few letter size pieces of Arche Text Wove or similar paper

Optional
-few Zentangle tiles
-various small pieces of art papers
-watercolour paper scraps you may have
-jar of gum arabic

Session Three
Speedball B series nib (like a B3 or B4) and holder
Dr. Martins Bleedproof White and/or Pen White
pad or pieces of black art paper such as Canson MiTientes, Strathmore Art Again or any heavy black paper with tooth)
clean palette or small jar
clean water
clean mixing brush to dedicate to white
few qtips or tooth picks
a handful of coloured pencils

Optional
Molotow refillable marker in size 2mm
clean pipette
gel pens you like
pan pastels or chalk pastels you own
micron or fine line pen
small pieces of dark art papers
white mechanical quilters marking pencil (also known as a ceramic pencil)