What’s on my table right now. I update this when something changes.
Pencils
- A 48 count set of student grade colored pencils. My everyday set, and fine for most pages.
- Six or seven softer artist grade pencils, bought singly. I save them for the parts of a page I care about most, where I want the color to go on smooth.
- A white pencil and a pale cream one, for blending two colors together without a solvent.
Paper
- Smooth paper of 120 gsm or heavier for printed pages. Thin printer paper pills when you layer pencil.
- Thick card stock when I’m using markers, so they don’t bleed through.
- A scrap sheet under my hand, so I don’t smudge what’s done.
Everything else
- A small sharpener with a lid, which keeps the shavings off the table.
- A kneaded eraser, for lifting color rather than rubbing at it.
- A teapot, kept well away from the page.