Diy travel watercolor kit

I'm starting a new blog series today. You can guess from the title that it's all about keeping your garbage. I use tons of stuff that I've rescued from the trash. Today I'm using an Altoid tin and Dentyne gum packaging... ...to create a portable miniature watercolor palette. The first step is to eat the Altoids and chew the gum. Once your packaging is empty, you need to clean it out and remove any food residue. You should be left with a clean empty tin and two little plastic trays. Be sure…

Your own personal art studio that fits in your pocket! The Sketching Tin by Joan of Art contains everything you need to draw and paint while you're out and about.

This post details what is in the field art kit or outdoor painting kit that I bring on hiking and backpacking trips. I cover how to make your own lightweight kit, the watercolor paints in my palette, which sketchbooks I use, why I paint on (and off) the trail and how you can too!

Watercolor Painting Travel Kit - Belinda Del Pesco

DIY Travel Case for watercolors.

Here are some photos of my drawing and painting kit that I take with me when I travel. One could have it with them at all times because of ...

I always try to keep my tools very lightweight and minimal, and I thought it might be interesting to share what I took with me on the trip. A few years ago I shared a similar sketching kit, and my current selection of tools differs only slightly. When I go field sketching in the neighborhood, I try to keep my kit very simple so that it can fit into a fanny pack. For longer daytrips, I usually bring a backpack with a few more things (umbrella, camera, food, sitting mat).

My travel watercolor setup.

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Come learn my exact formula for the perfect travel art kit. It makes art easy, fun, and accessible. Everything you need to know to know is here.

Travel watercolor set

Always looking for new travel sketching toys, I came across this brush set on Amazon, manufactured by MyArtscape (aka Pegasus Guild). What I liked about this set are the ultra short brush handles and the nice travel case they come in. The brushes themselves are about 5 3/4" from tip of brush to bottom of handle. Click on each picture and you can see a larger image....... Upon receipt of this set, I discovered one little issue and that was the ferrules on five out of the seven brushes felt…

Since I started exploring watercolors, I’ve come across the “use an old Altoids tin as a travel paint box” trick several times, and it’s always intrigued me. It just looks s…