A pocket sketch kit is literally that, meant to be so small it works for everyday carry. A good plein air kit is often somewhat bigger, if you're only planning to carry it to a good spot in a park. But if you're backpacking, you really need to go light, and that means not trying to haul your whole damn studio 5 miles through the woods.
Shiv has kits of varying sizes, but his background inclines him to think small. He really likes that when he gets to the stub ends of his creme pastels, he can chuck them into an Altoids tin and have a good pocket art kit. Same with a broken brush, just trim the handle smooth and it becomes another traveling brush.
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Date: 2022-12-14 03:48 am (UTC)A pocket sketch kit is literally that, meant to be so small it works for everyday carry. A good plein air kit is often somewhat bigger, if you're only planning to carry it to a good spot in a park. But if you're backpacking, you really need to go light, and that means not trying to haul your whole damn studio 5 miles through the woods.
Shiv has kits of varying sizes, but his background inclines him to think small. He really likes that when he gets to the stub ends of his creme pastels, he can chuck them into an Altoids tin and have a good pocket art kit. Same with a broken brush, just trim the handle smooth and it becomes another traveling brush.
I am also fascinated by limited palettes. The Zorn palette uses only 4 colors -- red, yellow, black, and white. Compare this to the prehistoric palette, of which the most common pigments were red, yellow, brown, black, and white. But they also had less common blue tones from clay or rare blue ochre, and Africa had an iron-based blue. You can make a primary set with ochres, or look at these other small sets.