Artists

One of my professors posted the supplies list, which was surprisingly cryptic, so I've spent all my at time figuring out the difference between Willow charcoal and vine charcoal. They are either the same, or not. Willow is either darker or greyer than vine, and either softer or harder than vine. My professor wants me to have both (unless he is in the group who uses the terms interchangeably), so I need to buy either 4 kinds of this flavor charcoal (both soft and medium of one or two kinds of charcoal).

And why are Char-Kole pastels (it is it Char-Cole) only black, unless I read the reviews, which include pictures of very colorful street art drawn using the black pastels.

I raided my daughter's art supplies, and I think she had some Willow (based on the rings, which seen to be present in Willow, but not vine), as well as a few other things on my list. I hope I got the right stuff. But this is one of the most frustrating parts of studying art. My background is the law, and before that math and physics - all of which are very precise. I've had to accept that there are questions on the quizzes that I'll just miss because I misinterpret the question (is happened with three professors, did far. The fourth didn't give any quizzes or exams). Good thing the quizzes make up a miniscule part of my grade . . .

Then I spent the rest of my time looking at examples of what I will be expected to do for the semester. Yikes!