After I'm done putting my weekly drawing away and getting my photos set up for the next week, I clean off my workspace (my teeny tiny workspace) and do a new set up. Here are the basic tools of my trade....
Pencils: regular
pencil for my preliminary sketches, grey charcoal pencil, black charcoal
pencil and mechanical pencil. I always mix / blend my pencil and
charcoal on the paper. I don't know why or how I came up with this. I
read constantly that the two don't blend together, but for some reason,
its always worked for me. I don't use any special type of pencil,
that's for sure. Blending tools - tortillons, pointy Q tips, blunt Q tips, kleenex.
Erasers: plain eraser, soft art eraser, and mechanical eraser. I don't know what I'll do when my eraser gets spent up, because its my favorite and I have absolutely no clue where I bought it from or where to get another one!
Sharpener: I sure wish I could find a type of sharpener that lasts longer. This is technically only good for a few pictures, then I have to buy another one. But they are cheap, so its not a big deal.
