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Reddit mentions of General Pencil Charcoal Kit, 12-Piece
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Includes black and white charcoal pencils, compressed charcoal, accessories and a carbon sketch drawing pencilExcellent qualityMade in the usaOriginal charcoal drawing kitIncludes black and white charcoal pencils, sticks, sketch pencil, eraser and sharpenerMade in USA
Specs:
| Color | Multicolor |
| Height | 9.75 Inches |
| Length | 0.5 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | January 2020 |
| Size | 12 Count (Pack of 1) |
| Weight | 0.25 Pounds |
| Width | 3.75 Inches |
Honestly, starting out you really don't need a lot in the way of supplies! All you really need is a box of #2 pencils and a big ream of cheap copy paper. You don't need to spend a lot on a sketchbook, because (if you're doing it right) you're going to be doing just tons of drawings, and most of them won't be worth hanging onto.
A good beginner book with a lot of clearly laid out lessons will help as well. Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner is a good one. A lot of people like Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain; I don't care for it but many folks swear by it, and it's one that's almost certainly going to be in your local library if you want to check it out before you buy. Keys to Drawing is a classic. You don't need all of them; just pick out one you like and work your way through it.
After you've been doing the pencil and copy paper thing for awhile, if you decide you want to work bigger, you can spend just a bit more and get some charcoal pencils - a set like this that also includes a small kneaded eraser and other tools - will only set you back about $10-$12. For the same amount you can get a pad of newsprint to go with it.
That whole setup - paper, pencils, a book, charcoal set, and newsprint pad - would fall well within your budget and keep you busy drawing for months. And there's tons of good, free drawing tutorials online, too, if you blow through the book.
Well, heres some tools I like to use and/or think might be a good choice for someone:
For sketching and whatnot this
pencil set is good.
Also Erasers and Blenders are useful
Charcoal pencils are cool too, but maybe not the best starting point. heres a link anyway
Oh, and drawing paper
I realize all this is getting expensive so maybe its best to get her this drawing set. The quality isn't as high in these complete sets, but it does gives her a wide variety of tools to experiment with. (including coloring pencils) The paper sucks in this set, so I would still probably get that separately.
The same folks also make a beginners set of acrylic here. Which seems pretty cool. Again though, it would probably be a good idea to get more paper. I've used this acrylic paper and it seems to be pretty good.
Also, If you want, it might be better to go for watercolor over acrylic.
If so, here is some decent stuff:
Paint or Cheaper Paint
Brushes
Paper
Well, that's all that springs to mind. Let me know if you have any questions that I might be able to answer.
Get willow charcoal! There is this cool technique I learned in college. Use willow charcoal to lay down a base on your page. Color the whole damn thing. Then you can make your lines with willow charcoal. Because willow charcoal doesn't stick to the page very well, you can literally brush it off with your finger if you don't like this line or that line. Then, use a normal charcoal stick to go over the lines you want to keep. It makes it so easy.
I have this type of willow charcoal
I've had this set for years. It's solid.