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.

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.