You can choose for yourself where to sketch – on paper or on a tablet (iPad). To draw on paper , you will need: A black capillary pen is a liner to draw an outline and write text. Ordinary gel pens are easily smeared when coloring. To begin with, you can choose a universal version of 0.5 mm (for example, Faber-Castell or Pigma Micron). Markers for sketching are windshields. They have different tips: a hard thin brush (like a felt-tip pen), a soft brush (like a classic brush), a beveled wide part (like a marker). With the first brush, it is convenient to draw thin saturated lines, with the second – to draw soft lines and make shading, with a wide beveled end – to paint over large areas. Beginners should not immediately buy a full set of colors. At first, 1-2 contrasting colors (green, blue, orange, lilac) are enough for accents and gray for shadows. The rest of the colors can be added when you decide on your favorite palette. Popular brands are Copic (considered the best), Tombow, Touch, Ecoline, Promarker, Koi. A notebook, album or sketchbook will suit anyone – with a hard cover, dense white sheets (with a density of 140 g / m2, the drawing will not leak). It is easier for beginners to draw with a dot line. The optimal size is A5. For some lessons, you may need: Sakura Gelly Roll 0.8 gel white pen for glare and proofreading, stickers for fixing the main theses, a 6-12 mm thick Neuland marker for presentations on a large format. Optional: a simple pencil and ordinary office paper for sketches, an eraser. If you plan to draw on an iPad, you will need a stylus and a graphic application: paid Procreate or free Paper, Adobe Sketch. To get acquainted with the program, I recommend the textbook “Procreate. Learning to create masterpieces on iPad” Max Streetnay (2020).