My Watercolor Hiking Kit [A Compact Plein Air Setup]

Do you like to paint and sketch when you are out hiking? If so, you might want to watch this video to see the compact watercolor kit that I use when I hike or snowshoe or ski. The small fanny pack holds my sketchbook, brushes, water container, paper towel and air tight palette with paint. This is an affordable, portable and convenient solution for a compact watercolor hiking kit. #watercolor #pleinair #hiking

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[phillipstroll]

Walmart has collapsible silicone cups and bowls in the hiking / camping section for $1.50. Unless you live in middle Tennessee. I bought all of them. I use two for painting, 2 for drinking, 2 for the car, 2 for the dogs food and water on the trail and back up just in case i lose something.

[martharobles]

Thanks for sharing your Hiking Kit. Never thought of watercoloring while hiking. Definitely going to try it. Two passions at the same time-who knew!

[knit-and-paint]

I use the same palette and carry my brushes in there too... I flip the clear cover to keep the brushes, wrapped in a paper tower rectangle, enclosed while carrying the pallete. This way I avoid carrying an extra brush holder and keep paper towels handy.

[phillipstroll]

I love the dugato quill brushes. Along with fumumi (sp) brushes. They've replaced my kolinsky Sable brushes. Sable is sable so why pay more. I truly love them.

[lupinelady]

I was just up at Artist Point this weekend. Maybe someday we will meet. I love your hiking set up.

[OneTrueWord]

Great video! I love seeing what other artists carry in their travel kits. New sub! 😊💐😻

[pantalonious]

If you haven’t already purchased your new water container I HIGHLY
recommend the metal collapsible camping cups, some say “collapsible shot glass” but they come in different sizes,
i have a couple small ones and a larger one(a couple 75ml i believe and a 250ml version) and the reason i like these the best is because they have a deep lid that doubles as my clean water well, giving me a larger dirty water rinse container and a smaller fresh clean water one for mixing clean colors. It fits in just about any pocket and goes with me literally everywhere I go.

[CynthiaTrombley-jzdh]

Your fanny pack is ideal.I am curious to know how you set yourself up to paint when up on the mountain. Do you carry a table upon which you set up your palette, big water container and sketch book.
Thanks Kris.

[recoveringsoul]

You probably have your nifty new collapsible cup by now, but I was thinking it looks like you could fit that brush roll into your little plastic water container here to free up alot of space in your pack by nesting them. Then the water cup wouldn't really take up any space

[LoveBystroem]

I have put together so many different kits that at this point I just watch related recomend videos on principle

[rogerehinger]

I noticed your pencils have a very long taper, what kind of sharpener does that?

[weepingangel]

if u hike in this cold weather dont u need some gloves that keep u warm and are thin enough to be a funcioning painter with ?

[jenniferscott]

What easel do you prefer for Plein air painting?

[marionsutcliffe]

May I ask, do you also carry a daypack when hiking? How does this little bag work with that?