My Travel Art Kit | On-the-go gouache and sketch essentials | setup & tips

I'm flying to the west coast and I wanted to try bringing gouache with me so I set up my own travel palette and I wanted to show y'all all my on the go essentials! Share with me your must haves for a trip?

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⭐ PRODUCTS MENTIONED⭐
+ Holbein Artists' Gouache
+ KOI Watercolor set
+ Travel tin palette
+ Stabilo point 68 pens
+ Micron pens
+ Faber Castell Pitt pen
+ Hahnemuhle A6 Sketchbook

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⭐MUSIC CREDIT⭐

[brook]

Adding diluted honey water is such a genius idea! I was always afraid of adding honey directly to my gouache palette because it’s sticky and messy. Thank you so much for the game-changing tip❤

[violetsprite]

The honey water and the glue for paint the beads up lid are good ideas! Thanks for sharing. Another option is to paint the lid with white acrylic paint. This will also help with seeing the mixed colors better.

[Kelli.Hicks.]

I love that magnetic bottom to your travel tin. It makes it so customizable. 😍 Excellent point, in bring along some paper towels for blotting. That's something I would have forgotten, and been stuck using my pants in a pinch. 😆

[loveahulic]

What a cute little video! I loved the tips, especially for beading since I struggle with that all the time! My mind is blown! 😂 have a safe trip!

[johnkesling]

Very helpful. Traveling to Crete this summer and trying to figure out my supply situation. Thanks!

[jude]

Nice setup for travel. I love the water pens. I always go back to them.

[adventureswithanalog]

If you don’t happen to have a glue stick or honey on hand, other alternatives are toothpaste and Winsor & Newton blending medium (if you already have it because you use it for other paint mediums, it works for gouache too!) Great and neat video!

[tinytreasures]

Wow super helpful thank you! Love the custom mixes because I have this exact set and never thought about mixing pans ahead of time in shades I like

[helenmelton]

Accessing the tube for dried gouache paint is a genius idea! Would you be kind enough where we could buy any of the pan palettes? I didn't them listed in your description. I'm interested in the larger white palette with the pans for my gouache paint. Thanks.

[yutinggao]

I see that coaster being helpful 😅 have fun in Cali!

[Linneats]

What colors did you choose to put in your palette, and what did you mix? Always love to see the colors artists pick.

[JacksonDocument]

Cool video, love the music and theme.

[PinkyJapan]

Here’s the thing that makes me made about Holbein: it’s dirt cheap in Japan. A $116 set of Holbein paints in like $20 in Japan. The markup is insane. I used to live in Japan and still have friends there so it’s easy for me to get, but it makes me so mad that it’s “luxury” paint in the US but just average, ordinary, super affordable paint in Japan.

[jenniferyeh]

What a helpful video! This might be a stupid question, but how does the paint stay in it’s little compartment if the tin is on it’s side? I’m not that familiar with gouache but is it solid enough to not be affected by gravity?