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.

Using the first pen I bought when I started sketching – the Yellow Lamy Safari fountain pen – to experiment turning the F nib into a Fude nib.

A summary of the art materials I packed for urban sketching during my 9 day trip to Paris, Ghent, and Lille. Includes a review of what I used, and which materials just got a free holiday without having to work for it!

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.

My very paired-down urban sketching art kit for our 4 week trip to Turkey. Traveling Light with just split primaries, one brush, one pen, and a watercolour book.

Even for a quick little getaway, I still pack a sketch book and set of pens. Here’s what I took to Coimbra.