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

Past sketch kits

Sketchbooks

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

Supplies

Sketch kit contents
  • Paint: Tiny wooden watercolor palette of unknown origin (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
    • Platinum Preppy (Fine) with Platinum Carbon Black
    • Sailor Fude de Mannen (in Sailor Compass Olive body) with Sailor Black
  • Pencil: Lamy Al-Star (sage) with Pentel 0.5mm blue lead
  • Brush: Water brush of unknown origin
  • Eraser: Pentel Hi-Polymer
  • Clip: Magnetic metal clip for filing cabinets
  • Tape: mt Beige washi tape
  • Paint cloth: Piece of an old T-shirt

Bags

  • 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)