Paper: 9x12 inch and/or 14x17 inch Smooth Bristol OR Borden and Riley #214 Normandy Erasable Sketch Pad OR Cardstock OR 70-90 LB Drawing paper
(you are welcome to use an 18x24 inch pad and just rip it down for smaller studies and you are welcome to stick within 9x12 inch compositions, I mostly work in this size for color pencils)
Pencils:
Brand: Faber Castell Pencils
Colors: Either the 24 color set (https://www.dickblick.com/items/faber-castell-polychromos-pencil-set-assorted-colors-set-of-24/)
OR one each of:
White
Cadmium Yellow
Dark Orange
Deep Scarlet OR light cadmium red OR pale geranium lake
Magenta OR Alizarin Crimson OR middle purple pink
Light Ultramarine
Phthalo Blue/Helio Turquoise
Emerald Green OR Cedar Green (they are very different, but either is fine)
Purple/Blue Violet
Sanguine
Yellow Ochre OR Raw Umber
Black
Cold Grey
A small retractable eraser
Pink pearl eraser
kneaded eraser
Metal pencil sharpener
regular hb pencil or any color col-erase pencil
Drafting Tape
Scissors