Required Equipment

STUDENT EQUIPMENT LIST

All students require the following equipment and stationary for the Foundations and Advanced courses. The below equipment is all non-course, and must be arranged by students.

REQUIRED BOOKS

The following books are required for the course, and can be purchased through the school or individually:

How to Draw – Drawing and Sketching Objects and Environments from your Imagination, by Scott Robertson and Thomas Bertling

Color and Light – A Guide for the Realist Painter by James Gurney

 HARDWARE

A laptop computer (PC or Mac) with:

• A minimum of a 13″ display.
• A minimum of 4GB Ram. 8GB ram is recommended.
• A processor no lower than an Intel Core i5 (or equivalent) processor.
• A Wacom Intuos or Wacom Intuos Pro tablet of size “Medium” or greater. Large is our recommended size.
• Wacom Cintiq / Companion and Sony VAIO Active Pen products may be used at students discretion.

SOFTWARE

One or more of the below software packages:

• Adobe Photoshop (Version CS2 or higher)
• Corel Painter (Version 8 or higher)
• AutoDesk Sketchbook Pro 2011 or higher
• Clip Studio Paint Pro 1.2.7 or Manga Studio 5 Pro

STATIONERY

• A4/A5 Sketchbooks, quantity as needed by the student
• Clutch/Mechanical pencils with HB and 2B lead, 0.5mm
• Kneadable Erasers
• Rubber Erasers

All equipment is absolutely necessary, and students cannot partake in courses without required equipment.