Here’s my new urban sketching set up when drawing and painting on location. It includes a DIY sketchbook board I made out of recycled card and I clip my palette, water containers, pens and watercolour brushes to it. It works really well for small to large sketchbooks. Find out how to make it and how I set up my travel sketch board.

Day 95 of sketching people. Today I sketched groups at the monthly Sol de Inverno event in Tavira. I used a different easel today, made out of an A5 watercolour book cover, and it worked really well.

Here’s my current urban sketching set up when drawing and painting on location. It includes a DIY sketchbook board I made out of recycled watercolour pads. It works really well for A4, A5, and A6 size sketchbooks. Find out how to make it, and what else I attach to my board when I’m urban sketching.