Drawing
Board
The board to which you affix your paper needs to be slopping at an angle towards you at roughly 15 to 20 degrees. This allows wet paint to slowly work its way down the paper and is necessary when doing the following exercises.
You can go to the expense of buying a drawing board if you wish, but a piece of ½ inch plywood 18"x14" will suffice. To make the slope, a small piece of 3x2 placed under one end will give you ample service.
To go with the drawing board we will need a pencil. If you use H or above, do not press down hard as this will indent the paper, when you paint, the paint will lie in the indentation and show up. I use a 2H very lightly on the initial drawing and find this does not need any rubbing out. Should you need to rectify your drawing, use a kneadable eraser. Don't rub, as this can damage your painting surface, just press down onto the area you want to remove.
Water
Containers
For my water containers I use two large old pickled onion jars. Keep one for clean water to use while painting, the other to wash your brushes. I've seen many students using dirty water when mixing paints, their colours become tainted and mudded.
Now we can Start Painting