Drawing Tools & Materials

You can purchase this Artist’s Portfolio in the DRSB Store

You can purchase this Artist’s Portfolio in the DRSB Store

 

For your learning experience, we have developed an Artist’s Portfolio of specialized drawing tools and materials, designed to be used in conjunction with the techniques described and taught in the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, DVD, or Workshops. Our DRSB Artist’s Portfolio is provided to all registered DRSB drawing workshop students.

Go to our DRSB Store to see the items available for sale. You can purchase the Artist’s Portfolio, seen above, which includes everything you need to learn to draw, contained in a handsome and durable DRSB plastic portfolio carrying case. There are two versions available: with or without the 2-hour DRSB video where Betty Edwards offers seven lessons with demonstrations and explanations.

However, you can also purchase the DRSB specialized drawing tools individually. 

Materials and tools included in the Portfolio which you can find at most art supply and/or office supply stores:

  • A drawing board: Buy a drawing board from an art supply store or improvise by using a heavy piece of cardboard, a thin piece of lumber such as Masonite, or even a large wood cutting board as long as it is not too heavy.

  • Drawing paper: We recommend Strathmore 400 Series Regular Surface drawing paper.  You will need two sizes of drawing paper pads:  9” x 12 and 11” x 14”.

  • Pencils: You will need drawing pencils (Prismacolor Turquoise 4B and 6B) and a yellow #2 graphite pencil; you can purchase these at an art supply store.

  • Hand-held pencil sharpener, which you can purchase in an art or office supply store.

  • A graphite stick: a 4B black graphite stick, found in an art supply store.

  • A water-soluble marker: You'll need a non-permanent black Vis-à-Vis wet-erasable marker, available in office supply stores.

  • Erasers (2): You will need a Staedtler Mars plastic eraser, and a Generals' kneaded rubber eraser, available in art or office supply stores.

  • Tape: You will need a roll of low-tack masking tape, found in at an art supply store.

We highly recommend you purchase these specialized drawing tools, exclusive to the DRSB Store:

  • AngleFinder and ProportionFinder which can be purchased together as DRSB Sighting Tools, or individually

  • Large and Small Picture Planes

  • Drawing Templates

  • Self-Portrait Mirror and Red Gel

Please note:  The Vase/Faces and Upside-Down Drawings can be found here on the DRSB Website for free download.