How I sketch on the down-low & 40% off classes!

Hi friends! This week we went to Boothbay Harbor and took a whale watch and puffin cruise and while the fog obscured any whales that might be in the area we did get to see puffins.

I brought my incognito sketching supplies but didn’t get a chance to use them but I though it would be fun to share what I bring when I want to sketch small and quick and demo how I’d go about it. Hopefully this video gives you the inspiration to try it too!

I used a portable painter micro palette (affiliate link) that comes with 6 half pans but you can get extra full and half pans for it if you want to swap colors out or you could use a bit of double-sided tape to stick pans you have in. For that matter you can stick pans in any little tin or container you have like an Altoids container, if you spray paint the inside of the tin’s lid white you will even have a nifty mixing area and it’s practically free! I like the have some ultramarine blue in one end of a full pan so I can create large washes because I live in Maine and it is an essential color in your landscape. The other colors I have in this palette are Burnt Sienna, Quin Rose, Cobalt Turquoise and Hansa Yellow, this is not the perfect mixing palette but it works well for quick Plein air sketches in my neck of the woods. You should pick colors that are best for you. I sketched in a Stillman & Birn 3.5″x5″ Beta series mixed media sketchbook. I also brought a waterproof black pen, mechanical pencil, white gel pen, rag and a waterbrush. The weird looking bottle is a kool-air flavor enhancer bottle I washed out and filled with water and I can use it to refill my brush with it 3-4 times. Below you can see how big the supplies are when laid out:

And here is the palette and sketchbook open (and a travel sketch from a couple years ago LOL!)

So, are you ready to try some travel sketching?

But wait! Before you go I want to let you know that I am having a 40% off sale on all classes!

Use coupon code FUN40 to say 40% on any class in my Teachable school! Click “add coupon” on the checkout page and then type in FUN40 in the coupon spot to receive your discount. My stand alone classes (not Critique Club which is a monthly membership) have lifetime access so you can buy now and paint later if you want to take advantage of the sale but you don’t have time to do the class right now. Offer good through 8/31/21

Thank you for your support and until next time happy crafting!