Pencil Drawing
All you need is graphite and paper to capture anything you see.
~$30Cost to start
EasyDifficulty
30–60 minTime / session
1 setup step, ~$30 all in. Nothing to buy until you say so.
Is it you?
Nobody has scored this against your answers yet. 30–60 min at a time, $30 to find out whether it sticks.
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The path14 quests
ASetting up1 thing to sort, in any order$21
- Get a few grades of pencil and a kneaded eraser
Then the quests
- Draw basic shapes and shade them
- Draw what you see, not what you think
- Fill a page with everyday objects
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