New additions are Lavender, Naples Yellow and Cobalt Green - all opaque colours that are fun to play with. The colours I’ve filled it with are somewhat different from my small sketching palette. This palette is really well designed and rests on my arm when I’m standing to paint. Studio Painting Suppliesįor larger studio or plein air paintings, I use a Holbein Enamelled Steel Folding Palette with 24 slots for colour and a handy thumb hole. Here’s how all the stuff fits in to the Maxpedition Pouch. Small metal ruler: I use this when I’m drawing small vignettes in my sketchbook Small spray bottle: I often give my paints a little spritz to freshen them up. Kneaded rubber erasers: These don’t damage soft watercolour paper like pink or white erasers might. White Gel Pen: These are great for adding fine white lines to boat rigging, the mullions of windows, and for other details.īulldog clips: You’ll need these on windy days when your sketchbook pages flap and fly about. I use these often for drawing people in cafés. My two favourites these days are the Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen and the Platinum Carbon Desk pen, which I fill with Carbon Ink cartridges.īrush Pen (not shown): I like the Pentel Brush pens with permanent ink. Pens: When I’m out sketching, I also like to draw with permanent pens, usually quite fine. Mechanical pencil: I use pencils that I buy at MUJI stores, simply because I like the way they feel in my hand (however, I’m not sure if these are still available), but you can use any mechanical pencil that feels right for you. Rosemary & Co Pure Kolinsky Rigger Size 6 R5 Drawing Materials Rosemary & Co Pure Kolinsky Travel Brush Size 10 R3 Rosemary & Co Squirrel Mop Travel Brush R14 If you want to carry just one of these, I would recommend the R3. I like them because they hold lots of wash and come to a good point. I use three travel brushes from Rosemary & Co. If you’re interested in knowing the brands, the tubes are below, photographed in almost the same order as the placement in the palette. Right Side: Permanent Magenta, Cobalt Green, Chromium Black. Middle Row: Carbazole Violet, Lavender, Cobalt Violet Light, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Naples Yellow, Yellow Ochre.īottom Row: Phthalo Green, Prussian Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Cerulean Blue, Turquoise Blue. Top Row: Quinacridone Rose, Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Deep, Transparent Orange, Quinacridone Gold, Hansa Yellow Deep. The colours in my travel palette, from left to right: It might be hard to find where you live, but here’s a link to a similar one. I like this palette because it has several mixing areas as well as a handy ring for my thumb on the bottom. I use a travel palette from FOME which I have modified so it can accommodate more than the original twelve half pans. (If I’m not sketching in my car, I also carry a folding stool of some sort, as well as sunscreen, bug spray and two water bottles.) I put all of my sketching supplies in the Maxpedition Beefy Pocket Organizer. If you were to catch me while I’m sketching, here’s what you’d find in my bag on most days. You’ll find three sections below: One for supplies I carry around in my sketch bag, a second for studio and plein air painting, and a third section for painting with gouache. But the ones listed below are my essentials. In fact, I experiment with unfamiliar art materials all the time. Of course, that doesn’t mean that I’m not open to trying new tools. When I first started sketching, my materials changed often, but now I seem to have settled on my favourites - the paints, brushes, paper and other tools I reach for first.
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