Go ‘lightweight’ 10 tools to bring sketching when traveling and holidays

Art supplies for sketching on travels and holidays.

This is my travel kit for artwork abroad – all of this goes in the suitcase luggage and on the plane!

A small sketchbook and a pen and pencil is all you need, but don’t you want to bring more art supplies when you go traveling?

This is my travel kit for artwork abroad – all of this goes in the luggage and on the plane! And when I’m being very ambitious or going on a long trip my pastels go to!

For drawing on location in the city I typically bring, a mechanical pencil, watercolor travel box, and a smaller sketchbook. You don’t really need much to get started. I have a little toilet bag that I didn’t use and it is perfect because it doesn’t weigh anything and I can put everything in it and keep it all neat and protect my bag from spills,  water,  paint, and graphite. But a little plastic bag can do the same –

When it comes to picking the best sketchbook, keep an eye out for 200-300 gsm weight watercolor paper. And what brands are the best? The one I use the most is the Moleskine sketchbooks and I have some of the Montval watercolor pads by Canson, which has a very good price for the quality and comes in several travel-friendly sizes. But there are lots of good sketchbooks, just get the 200 gsm watercolor paper and you be fine.

Go ‘lightweight’

Here is a list of the 10 most important supplies I bring.

• Moleskine sketchbooks  200-gram, cold-pressed watercolor paper
• Mechanical pencils so that you don’t have to bring a sharpenerb and eraser.
• Smart Palette Watercolor Pencils if you don’t want to bring watercolors.
• One or two water-brushes
• A small watercolors tin
• Watercolors dots on paper
• A sheet or two of tissue paper
• A little lithe bag, backpack or make sure everything fits in your pocket
• Water in a little container of some sort, e.g.n a little plastic or glass bottle
• Don’t forget the protective creams for sun and good shoes.