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How to Travel AND still be an Artist 🎨
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items As a Fine Art's Major with a Minor in Art History - a girl likes to get her inspiration from the outside world around her. When I studied abroad for Art History, we visited so many museums + brought our own art supplies. Because of that I've learned to pack smarter + shape my art around my environment...
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Art Supplies 🖌️
Notebooks / Sketchbooks 📓
Art Bags/Cases 🎒
Art Supplies 🖌️
Some of the easiest supplies that I've had little to no problem traveling with…
So, one of the things that I became really good at when traveling abroad was my watercolor game. Watercolor dries relatively quickly (faster than other paint mediums by a long shot - I'm looking at you Oil Paints). I also love that you can throw some...
Kuretake Transparent Watercolor Sets | BLICK Art Materials
I love these pencils - as an artist, I feel like I've gone through so many of these over the years. I always fall back on the Faber-Castells for their consistency + standout for being compact and easy to throw into bags.
Faber-Castell 9000 Pencils and Sets | BLICK Art Materials
Micron Pens are great. I think pen work is my medium of choice. Usually I will pair these with my watercolor paintings to add a little more depth. They have a few different set ranges - when traveling I don't need a whole lot of variation, so I typic...
Sakura Pigma Micron Pens and Sets | BLICK Art Materials
Prisma Color Pencils have a special place in my head. I come from a family of artists, and they would always come home with the newest sets of colored pencils from their design firms. While those sets had 100's of pencils in them, you can do a lot wi...
Prismacolor Scholar Colored Pencil Sets | BLICK Art Materials
For traveling - this might be a little more higher risk for potential mess... but not as high risk as the charcoal sticks. I prefer these because they are pencils that are pre-sharpened and usually contain all of the charcoal particles a little bette...
General's Charcoal Pencils and Sets | BLICK Art Materials
These little tiny guys are a must if you are working w/ pencil or charcoal. Just throw them in your bag and you are good to go. They knead too - so they are super moldable and can be shaped however.
Blick Kneaded Erasers | BLICK Art Materials
One thing to mitigate mess when working with graphite or charcoal - these little stumps. They help with blending that would otherwise be the job of my finger. Your hands will thank you later.
Gray Paper Stumps | BLICK Art Materials
Something that is constantly forgotten. If you are buying pencils, you probably will need one of these. I like that this has a cover that keeps. all of the shavings with you until you find a trash can.
Kum Sharpener | BLICK Art Materials
Notebooks / Sketchbooks 📓
Some of my standouts for painting/drawing/writing - you nammme it.
Aaron Draplin really did that. Field Notes have BEEN in my arsenal for a while now. From just jotting down quick notes, or sketching out some sick ideas - these are probably the most portable "throw in your pocket" notepads to have ever existed. They...
Field Notes National Parks
I love the aesthetic of these vintage notebooks - if you are more into the spiral bound, then these are your girl. They fold open, allowing for sketching to be super easy without the cover flapping back at yah. + They are small and portable, coming i...
Penco Sketchbook B6 Medium
If you want something even smaller - this is great for that. Also great for painting with water colors because the paper is a lot heavier. Super durable and great for travel. I also like these sizes because it turns my focus on making a large grandio...
Etchr Mixed Media Hardbound Sketchbooks | BLICK Art Materials
I have been using these for yearrrrs. Back in graphic design school, these were my notebooks of choices because I loved having the graph paper. They also have sooooo many different sizes. If you like a notebook that flips open from the top, these are...
Rhodia Pads - The French Orange (and Black!)
I think I'm one of the largest investors in Moleskins I swear. While I love the soft cover versions for things like writing - if you want a little more durability, the hardcovers are great for art things. Because they come in so many sizes you have o...
Moleskine Art Collection Sketchbooks | BLICK Art Materials
For the girlies looking for something a litttle fancier than the standard paper back / hard covered sketch/notebooks. Love the size and the color options of these. They hold a lot of paper and are awesome for travel.
grand voyageur | leather journal
Art Bags/Cases 🎒
Where there's art supplies, there's typically a mess I'm trying to organize.
If you have all of these art supplies, it's imperative that you get a cute lil bag to put them all in. I love Topo (Colorado based aye) - they are durable and have some pretty cool color ways. Great for travel - and love to support local (when I am l...
Topo Mini Bags
If you are feeling extra crazy and want something with a little more ✨organization✨ - miss girl is yoo girl. Quell these cuties sketchbook cases that you can throw anything from your pencils/brushes to your notepads into. Kinda throws me back to thos...
Quell Sketchbook Case: Black/Mint
I feel like this is one of those “art kid” backpacks that I'd see so many of my classmates sport. They come in all kinds of sizes, and if you need easy transportation for your supplies, I always reach for my Fjällräven. + I'm half Swedish, so it's in...
Fjallraven Backpacks and bags