Re: Traveling (pocket) watercolor kit
Baker Mann
pottedme...@ix.netcom.com says...
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>What's your favorite pocket watercolor kit?
Not sure why you ask the question when you're building
your own.
My favorite has long been the Cotman Pocket Box.
Cotman also makes a more complete Travel Case
and Field Box.
Just a few of the others available from various
manufacturers and all include a travel brush:
Faber Castell Goldfaber 12 pan set.
Sakura Koi ditto
Holbein (various sets)
Canson Angora
Yarka (various)
Pelikan 12 and 24 pan
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- I used to take an A6 watercolour block, 4 sables
between 000 - 6 sawn short, 4 or 5 Rembrandt soft pastels
in primary colours that I could grind and add a couple of drips
of water to, a Pilot Hitech point in sepia or black and a small
piece of plastic to mix on, it was really space saving and cheap
and meant I could get along with my usual chores without caring
about losing expensive kit. Winsor and Newton used to make a
'Bijou' watercolour box (do they still make them I wonder?) they
were really cute...but I couldnt afford one of those so I had to
improvise a fair bit...
N.
Baker Mann
>> > >What's your favorite pocket watercolor kit?
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>> > My favorite has long been the Cotman Pocket Box.
>> > Cotman also makes a more complete Travel Case
>> > and Field Box.
>Yes, the Bijou #3 box is still around, but most U.S. stores don't carry
>it; it's more easily found overseas, especially in the U.K.
While it may not be referred to as a "Bijou" box,
there are several sizes of W&N Travel boxes sold
in the USA - in both the W&N and Cotman lines. I
mistakenly referred to my set as being Cotman, when
in fact it's the regular W&N set. Cotman is the
lower-priced watercolor line produced by W&N.
salmon
I had one of those W and N Field Sets but to be honest I did find the
half pans and small brushes awkward to use. I prefer tube paints which
I squeeze into a plastic foldable pallete
and larger brushes. I have a approx 75cc spray bottle that I use to
mist the paints prior to use and also to dampen the paper.
I'm hoping to do a lot more plein aire this year so will be developing
a decent outdoor kit although I doubt very much that it would be a
pocket set unless I can find a lightweight colapsible pocket easel.
Made some small drawing boards 12 x 9 inch which I use outdoors today.
I apply a plastic/rubbery material to one side of an MDF board to make
it waterproof on one side so that the paper does not dry out too
quickly by being sucked into the wood.
Baker Mann
jvsa...@lycos.co.uk says...
>I'm hoping to do a lot more plein aire this year so will be developing
>a decent outdoor kit
I don't think the "travel kits" are intended
for ordinary use, such as would be the case
for someone painting regularly - en plein air
or otherwise.
But when traveling with luggage, the travel
kit is the most compact way of carrying along
sketching materials. I used to carry mine in
my regular business breifcase, along with a
small bound pad of bristol board, which I
preferred using with pen and ink plus watercolor
for sketching.
bluedog
I currently use a Cotman travel kit, but it has a plastic case. I'd
much rather use a metal one, can anyone recommend an online site to get
one from?