My Portable Painting Kit and Sketchbook Tour

My Portable Painting Kit and Sketchbook Tour CHRISTINE LASHLEY Come behind the scenes with me as I share my portable painting kit and personal sketchbooks. I’ll show you the watercolor supplies I carry when painting on location, the sketchbooks I enjoy using, and how these small studies help me explore ideas for larger paintings. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 00:29 Portable Watercolor Kit and Essential Travel Art Supplies 04:45 Watercolor Sketchbook Tour 08:20 How I Use Sketchbooks to Capture Painting Ideas 10:55 Watercolor Paint Quality and Special Color Mixes 11:26 Good and Bad Sketches and How to Evaluate a Study 14:14 Conclusion My travel painting kit has become lighter and simpler over the years. I’ll walk through my watercolor brushes, water brush, paint palette, and other essential art supplies, including a few practical ways to keep everything compact when traveling or painting outdoors. I’ll also share what I look for in watercolor paints and why I pay attention to pigment quality, color behavior, and the way paint moves across the paper. Then I’ll open my sketchbooks and look at watercolor studies from my travels. Some are quick impressions, others are memory studies, and a few are experiments with color, shapes, shadows, and light. I often focus on just one idea rather than trying to finish an entire painting. I’ll also compare different sketchbooks and papers, demonstrate how I approach washes, and explain why an unfinished sketch can still be valuable. For me, a sketchbook tour is about much more than looking at finished drawings or choosing the right watercolor painting supplies. It’s a way to explore, experiment, remember, and gather inspiration. Whether you’re building a minimal travel art kit, choosing a watercolor travel kit for your next trip, or looking for ways to develop your own painting ideas, I hope these pages encourage you to take a sketchbook outside and start exploring. ------------------------ ABOUT CHRISTINE LASHLEY Christine Lashley is an award-winning American artist renowned for her vibrant plein air oil paintings, which are inspired by nature. Trained at Washington University, the Sorbonne, and Parsons Paris, she blends light, color, and emotion to capture fleeting moments in the landscape. Her work has earned top honors at major plein air events, and she continues to inspire artists worldwide through her teaching and exhibitions. Christine Lashley An American Artist Art Courses: https://www.lashleyartclass.com/ KEYWORDS: sketchbook tour sketchbook watercolor sketchbook tour portable painting kit art supplies travel art supplies portable watercolor kit watercolor travel kit travel painting kit plein air painting kit travel art kit travel sketching kit travel sketchbook watercolor painting watercolor techniques minimal travel art kit watercolor painting supplies how to paint watercolor plein air watercolor christine lashley christine lashley artist christine lashley art #sketchbooktour #sketchbook #sketchbookart