Sketch kit

This is a list of art materials I take with me when I'm out and about. I like to experiment with new materials every so often, so this will change somewhat frequently if I remember to do it!

Updated: 22 July 2026

Sketchbooks

• Cover: Olive passport Traveler's Notebook
• Wet media book: Hand-bound with Strathmore cold press paper
• Pen and ink book: Traveler's Company yellow kraft paper insert

Supplies

• Paint: Tiny wooden watercolor palette (these are everywhere online, but I got mine from a secondhand art supply store)
  • Holbein watercolors: Vermillion hue, Crimson Lake, Yellow Ochre, Permanent Green #1, Viridian Hue, Burnt Sienna
  • Winsor and Newton Cotman: Ultramarine, Winsor Yellow
• Watercolor crayons: Caran d'Ache Neocolor II
  • I'm not going to update this every time I change colors. I almost always carry Ultramarine, Vermillion, Ochre, Dark Olive, Dark Green, Beige, English Red, Light Blue, Periwinkle, Sepia, and Payne's Grey
• Pens
  • Sailor Fude de Mannen with Sailor Black
  • Platinum Preppy (Fine) with Platinum Carbon Black
• Pencil: Lamy Al-Star with Pentel 0.5mm blue lead
• Water brush of unknown origin

Bags

• Shoulder bag: A 15-year-old bag made by the Colombian brand Totto. I like a shoulder bag because it gives me easy access to my stuff while I'm standing or walking
• Pencil bag: Home-sewed canvas and denim (from old pair of jeans)