My Everyday Sketch Kit
I get a lot of questions about my kit, and what colors I use, so I thought I'd do a post on my materials and the palettes I use. This is my usual kit, though I add as necessary depending on where I'm going, or if I'm working bigger.
Brushes, large to small: Princeton Neptune Synthetic Squirrel #12 Round
Princeton Neptune Synthetic Squirrel #8 Round
Princeton Neptune Synthetic Squirrel #6 Round
Princeton Neptune Synthetic Squirrel #4 Round
Pens:
.3mm Draft/Matic Mechanical Pencil (along with extra lead and a bit of kneaded eraser)
Sakura Pigma Graphic Pens (I usually carry the 1, .08, .03, .005, in black and a .01 in brown, but one is missing here)
Pencil Case: Cubix Round Zip Box Pencil Case
Sketch Board: Woodward and Father Original Sketch Board
Palette: Woodward and Father Standard and Unlimited Palettes (I'll usually pack one or the other but for long trips sometimes bring both)
Water cups: Nalgene 2 oz; I bring a spare (or more!) so I don't have to worry about getting fresh water along the way, or ditching out my gross water. It's nice to be able to close the dirty water, take out a fresh cup, and keep going.
Spray bottle (for wetting palette on dry days)
A handful of binder clips to clip my palette, sketch, and some paper towel to my board as I work. Usually with extras in case they get lost!
Not pictured: Sunglasses, phone, Ipod, half a paper towel.
I usually use Fluid Hot Press Easy Blocks for urban sketching, since they're tiny and contained.
Though this is what I have with me most of the time, if I'm going out for a day of sketching I usually bring this stool, this seat cushion, and this clip light (link is to amazon but I got mine locally at a Barnes and Noble)
My usual palette:
(DS for Daniel Smith, WN for Winsor Newton, DV for DaVinci, MG For M. Graham)
1 - DS Pyrrol Crimson
2 - WN Rose Dore
3 - Rembrandt Vermillion
4 - DS Piemontite Genuine
5 - DS Quinacridone Sienna
6 - DS Brown Iron Oxide
7 - DS Quinacridone Deep Gold
8 - DS Quinacridone Gold
9 - WN Cadmium Yellow
10 -
11 - DS Buff Titanium
12 - WN White Gouache
13 - DS Green Apatite Genuine
14 - DS Green Gold
15 - DS Rich Green Gold
16 -
17 - DS Cobalt Green Pale
18 -
19 - DS Zoisite Genuine
20 - DS Undersea Green
21 - DS Hooker's Green
22 - Maimer Blu Cobalt Blue Lt
23 - DS Manganese Blue Hue
24 -
25 - DS Perylene Green
26 - DS Cobalt Blue Violet
27 - DS Prussian Blue
28 - WN Indigo
29 - DS Lunar Blue
30 -
31 - DS Moonglow
32 - DS Hematite Genuine
33 - MG Payne's Gray
34 - DV Lamp Black
The palette I used for my Bryant Park Residency:
1 - DS Piemontite Genuine
2 - WN Rose Dore
3 - Rembrandt Vermillion
4 - DS Quinacridone Sienna
5 - DS Quinacridone Rich Gold
6 - DS Quinacridone Gold
7 - DS Brown Iron Oxide
8 - DS Rich Green Gold
9 - DS Undersea Green
10 - DS Green Apatite Genuine
11 - DS Sap Green
12 - DS Jadeite Genuine
13 - DS Cascade Green
14 - DS Cobalt Green Pale
15 - DS Perylene Green
16 - DS Manganese Blue
17 - Maimer Blu Cobalt Blue Lt
18 - DS Cobalt Blue Violet
19 - DS Moonglow
20 - DS Indigo
21 - MG Payne's Gray
My favorite limited palette in this group is:
Sometimes adding Quin Gold and Payne's Gray. It's what I used for these paintings and my workshop last month!
I'm going to Disney World next week, and naturally I'm planning on sketching. Planning on making a couple new palettes for that, so stay tuned! I really like my Bryant Park Palette, but when you're going more for architecture than trees there's really no reason to have that much green.
Also, in case anyone was wondering, this is the palette I used for my QoR review in July. I had a few more colors but this was what I brought with me urban sketching.
QoR
1 - Ultramarine Violet
2 - Dioxazine Purple
3 - Quinacridone Violet
4 - Quinacridone Red
5 - Cadmium Red Medium
6 - Titan Buff
7 - Pyrrole Red Light
8 - Permanent Scarlet
9 - Transparent Pyrrole Orange
10 - Diarylide Yellow
11 - Benzamidazolone Yellow
12 - Van Dyke Brown
13 - Quinacridone Gold
14 - Quinacridone Gold Deep
15 - Mars Orange Deep
16 - Burnt Sienna (Natural)
17 - Raw Sienna (Natural)
18 - Raw Umber (Natural)
19 - Indanthrone Blue
20 - Ultramarine Blue
21 - Phthalo Blue
22 - Cerulean Blue
23 - Manganese Blue
24 - Neutral Tint
25 - Cobalt Teal
26 - Cobalt Green
27 - Green Gold
28 - Sap Green
29 - Viridian Green
30 - Payne's Gray
