Drawing Supplies for the Budding Cartoonist

Having the necessary drawing supplies is essential for cartooning. An arts and crafts store has a wide range of art supplies, but you don’t want to overdo it and buy too much especially — if you’re just starting out. So, when you’re setting up your drawing workspace, start with this list of basic cartooning tools and supplies:

• Paper for doodling and sketching:

  • Scratch paper

  • Typing paper

  • Note paper

• Paper for drawing finished art:

  • Vellum paper

  • Watercolor paper

  • Bristol drawing paper

• Tools to prep with:

  • Ruler

  • Eraser

  • White correction fluid

• Tools to sketch with:

  • Non-photo blue pencils

  • Charcoal pencils

  • Drawing pencils

  • Technical drafting pencils

• Tools to use for final art:

  • Pigma Micron pens

  • Winsor & Newton #2 brushes

  • Waterproof black India ink

• Adobe Photoshop