DESN 132B — PERSP & RENDERING SYSTEMS II  |  SPR 2020  |  M/W 1:00–3:45PM  |  HSD105

The following supplies will be needed for this class. We understand art supplies are expensive and do add up. You may use materials that you may already have. Purchase your supplies outside of class time and have them before the class in which they are to be used so that you can gain the most from your lab/studio time.

Many supplies are available for checkout from The Department Resource Room, #123.

Lockers are available for you to store your supplies. Sign up from the Resource Room, #123.

Facilities information such as shop and print lab hours can be found here.

Area Art Supply Stores

Pencils

  • Graphite, 4H, H, HB lead pen
  • Prismacolor pencils, full spectrum color, 18 min, Plus extra Black PC935, White PC938, Indigo Blue 901, Tuscan Red 937, and Crimson Lake 925
  • Verithin pencils. Black and white, Optional

Ink Pens

  • Technical pen set. Micron or similar. Copic SP are great because you
    can replace the ink cartridge and replace the tips, especially important
    for beginners who often ruin tips due to a "heavy" hand.
  • .005 (detail work), 0.3, 0.5 or .07 (good for sketching), 0.9 min.
  • Dual tip Sharpie, black
  • Papermate Flair, black
  • Blue Ball-point

Rendering Tools

  • Markers. I personally use Copic and recommend them, however Prismacolors, AD, or Touch are all fine as well. Learn more here.
  • Greys 1—10, (odd or even increments ok). Warm, Cool, Neutral gray,
    or French Gray are fine; do not mix families. Blending marker is not needed, but there are some expressive things you can do with one.
  • Colors. You may prefer to collect them as needed
  • Paint brush. Ultra Fine 000, long bristle to be used with
    white gouache or Dr. P.h. Martin’s Bleed Proof white.
  • An opaque white-out paint pen can be a "quick and dirty" tool
    for strong highlights. Copic makes an excellent one.
  • Pencil sharpener. Battery powered electric sharpeners are not recommended, they don't work that great, are bulky, and always out of juice. Just get a good solid hand sharpener.

Erasers

  • Kneaded Eraser—the best eraser for working on trace.
  • Staedtler Mars White Plastic—recommended.
    Magic Rub block or Pink Pearl ok as well.
  • Portable electric erasers are ok, but not highly recommended
    for the same reasons as with electric sharpeners.

Papers We Use

  • Tracing paper roll. 18” wide, white
  • 14 x 17” Marker paper. 2 pads of 50 sheets,
    (Bienfang Graphics 360 rag recommended)
  • 14 x 17” Bond Paper. 2 Pads of 50 sheets
  • 9 x 12” Bogus Recycled Rough Sketch pad, or similar medium toned sketching pad. Optional
    Available at Art Supply Warehouse.

Drafting Tools

  • 30/60° and 45° triangles 12”minimum longest side. I like having 2 sets.
    1 small set, and 1 medium-large set. An adjustable angle triangle can often be useful, but is not required.
  • Drafting dots are recommended over drafting tape. Tape is ok, but
    dots will save you time and energy and simply work better. Buy Alvin, Kohinoor, or Staedtler brands only. Do not purchase the cheap brand
    at campus store, trust me.
  • T-square, or
    Mayline-type bar drafting table setup is nice for home, but a hassle to carry, just bring a T-square.
  • 24” (min) straight edge
  • Architectural scale
  • French curve set, aka Sweep curves,
    especially necessary for beginners who do not have a good hand for clean arcs.
  • Erasing shield
  • Protractor
  • X-acto Knife, Scissors, or paper cutter appropriate for cutting your trace paper into sheets.

Other Supplies

  • Tool box, Art-Bin, or similar supply carrier for transporting supplies.
  • Portfolio Case, rigid, to keep your projects clean and flat. If you don't take care of your work, it shows you're not ready to be in this major. Period.

Ellipse Guides

  • Ellipse Guides/Templates. Minimum of one with a
    range of 15, 30, 45, and 60 degree ellipses.
  • Circle templates or a Drafting compass, or both.
  • If you're serious about learning to draw well,
    you may want to consider buying one of these
    comprehensive sets from the students at AI-OC:

TUTORIALS & HOW-TO GUIDES

* Estimate only. See instructor and calendar for specific due dates. Summer Session schedule is more compressed with one week equal to approximately two and half semester weeks.

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