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Find all your creative supplies listed below. Academy students should plan on buying all supplies marked "Essential" unless they already own something similar.

Colored Pencil Academy Supplies

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This eraser can be molded to erase tiny areas. You can press and lift instead of rubbing, and you can knead it to clean it!

Kneaded Eraser

ESSENTIAL

The poster putty acts as an eraser for colored pencils.

Poster Putty (CP eraser)

ESSENTIAL

A great way to soften your strokes.

Blending Stumps

ESSENTIAL

This eraser is great for erasing or lightening wax based colored pencils.

Battery Operated Eraser

ESSENTIAL

A colored pencil with no pigment to blend colors!

Colored Pencil Colorless Blenders

ESSENTIAL

My favorite standard graphite pencil set.

Prismacolor Graphite Pencil Set

ESSENTIAL

A great small sketch book for warm up exercises in class or on the go!

Small Sketch Book

ESSENTIAL

A great inexpensive T-square ruler for getting perfect horizontal and vertical lines.

T-square Ruler

ESSENTIAL

A great inexpensive brush for getting eraser and pencil crumbs off your paper without smearing!

Hake Brush

ESSENTIAL

A great set of professional colored pencils. This is the smallest set you'll want but if you can afford it, get the larger set of 150ct.

Prismacolor Colored Pencil Set 72ct

ESSENTIAL

Some of the nicest drawing surfaces I've used. Especially good for colored pencils and portrait drawing because of the smooth texture.

Stonehenge Paper Pad

ESSENTIAL

An inexpensive, nice white eraser. I prefer this brand but any brand will do.

White Pearl Eraser

ESSENTIAL

A retractable eraser for smaller areas.

Retractable Eraser

ESSENTIAL

A great smaller size drawing pad.

9x12 Drawing Pad (spiral)

ESSENTIAL

Smooth paper for final drawings.

Bristol Paper 9x12

ESSENTIAL

This mid-value paper is great for charcoal, colored pencil and graphite art!

Toned Paper (tan)

ESSENTIAL

An amazing personal pencil sharpener for graphite or colored pencils.

Battery Operated Pencil Sharpener

ESSENTIAL

A flat smooth drawing panel. Helps you work on a tilted surface.

Drawing Board

SECONDARY

An amazing way to organize all your colored pencils!

Colored Pencil Organizer Bag

OPTIONAL

A tool to help you resize your drawing from the reference.

Proportional Divider Tool

OPTIONAL

This is an upgrade from the standard set of professional colored pencils that is on the list. If you can afford these, it's worth it!

Prismacolor Colored Pencil Set 150 ct

OPTIONAL

A small pencil pouch to keep your supplies together.

Small Pencil Pouch

OPTIONAL

I love this rechargeable light table! Makes a great drawing surface and there's no cords.

Rechargeable Tracing Light Table

GREAT GIFT IDEAS

This is a great tote for teens and adults to carry a variety of art supplies. A little too large for younger kids.

Large Art Tote Bag

GREAT GIFT IDEAS

Three ring binder to hold handouts and charts. If you have one at home, just use that!

Three Ring Binder

ESSENTIAL

A large 15x18 backpack style art bag.

Art Bag

GREAT GIFT IDEAS

A great book to use as a drawing reference.

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OPTIONAL

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