Materials for Sci-Fi and Fantasy Illustration
MUST HAVES:
Pencils
Eraser
Pencil Sharpener
Pens
Paper
BEST HAVES (depending on what kind of art you are making):
Digital drawing and Painting Software
Pencils
8.5 x 11 printer paper
Smooth surface bristol board 9″x12″ (or larger)
Erasers (Adjustable Pen eraser, white Vinyl, pink pearl, kneaded eraser etc.)
Pencil Sharpener (Sharp knife: pen knife, exacto knife etc.)
Pens (dip pens, Crowquill, Hunt 22 B, Ballpoint, Fountain pen)
Black India Ink.
Old magazines/books/photographs (For collage and reference)
Ruler/straight edge
Spray Bottle
Soft Vine and stick Charcoal
Compressed charcoal
Black, White, Sanguine Conte Crayons
Colored pencils, pastels, or conte
Graphite Stick
Black Watercolor
General’s Sketch & Wash Pencils
Lyra 2b- 9b “Wasselmalbar”
Other watersoluble pencils or crayons.
white gouache or bleed proof white
1 or more round Watercolor Brushes or/and
Sumi/bamboo brush/ flat brushes
Or a plastic refillable waterbrush
Oil pastels/crayons
Chalk pastels
Wax crayons
Colored markers
Color pencils
For Painting:
Gouache is the preferred media
Gouache, Watercolor (watercolor paper) Acrylic, Oil (canvas)
Acrylic paint
Watercolor pencils
PAINT COLORS:
Yellow Light
Yellow Medium
Yellow Ochre
Red Light
Napthol Red
Red Medium
Quinacridone Red
Ultramarine Blue
Cerulean Blue
Phthalo Blue
Olive Green
Phthalo Green OR Permanent Green
Raw Sienna
Raw Umber
Burnt Umber
Burnt Sienna
Ivory Black
Titanium White.
Optional: English or Iron Red, Naples Yellow, Cobalt Blue, Turquoise, Viridian
OTHER MATERIALS FOR PAINTERS:
-gloves (thin rubber)
-oil/acrylic brushes (do not get watercolor brushes): #12 Bright, #12 Filbert, #6 Filbert, #2
filbert, rounds-one small, one medium
-metal palette knife (NOT plastic)
-one 16 oz. container of acrylic gloss or matte medium
-one tube of drying retardant
-one drawing pencil
-one drawing pad or notebook (at least 5×7 in.)
-one kneaded eraser
-one package of vine charcoal (medium or soft)
-many cotton rags
-container for water
-one roll of 3/4″ width masking or blue painter’s tape
-paper palettes (it’s a pad of wax paper like sheets that can be torn off and thrown out—get the
size to fit your palette) OR reusable palette
-plastic spray bottle (very important!)
-scrapers, plastic or rubber, at least 3 inches in width (can be purchased at paint supply stores like
Miller Paints, home supply stores, Fred Meyer, etc.)
-supports – depending on the assignment (gessoed paper, canvas sheets or boards, stretched and
primed canvases, firm supports (wood, etc.))
-optional – several plastic containers with lids for mixing and saving paint (can save money on
paints)
Confidence
Energy
Perseverance