I want to bring my urban sketching tools with me whenever I go out, so that I'll have them even for impromptu painting. I made a card that will easily fit my A6 sketchbook and attached Peerless transparent watercolors using rubber adhesive, and secured sheets of paper palette with staples and washi tape.
I also bought a tiny tin can for my watercolor half pans (Van Gogh Watercolor Pans in Prussian Blue, Permanent Red, Yellow Ochre, and Viridian; and Rembrandt Watercolor Pan in Burnt Sienna). I can now bring a portable studio inside my small sling bag. :)
I want to practice freehand urban watercolor sketching on an affordable sketchbook that I wouldn't mind messing around with. However, a Monologue A6 soft sketchbook is too precious because it's almost always sold out here, and a Moleskine watercolour pocket notebook is too expensive.
Since a dirt-cheap pocket watercolor sketchbook is not readily available, I decided to make my own. I bought a Canson watercolor paper pack with 10 sheets, which I cut into four pieces each. Then, I used a puncher and a spiral wire from an old sketchpad to bind them. I was able to make a 40-sheet pocket sketchpad, and even though it's still a crude version, it will do for now. :)
Hello everyone! Haven't been able to post anything here for the longest time. Honestly, it's mostly because I felt like it's just a shout into the void most of the time. Hahaha. However, the last couple of months were filled with tons of art-related activities, and I couldn't be any more happier.
I've also been thinking about revamping this blog by injecting a newfound interest that helps me understand and appreciate watercolor more: on-location sketching and plein air painting. I've been reading about urban sketching, and been trying to do it once in a while. I really want to pursue it more often, and to share it with you guys. The photo above features some of my weapons of choice for urban sketching. These include:
1. Sakura Koi 24-color Watercolor Field Box
2. Monologue A6 Soft Sketchbook
3. Kuretake Waterbrush (Small tip and Large tip)
4. ZIG Water Colour System H2O Brush (Detailer tip and Broad tip)
5. Small tin can with watercolor halfpans
What tools do you prefer? :)
