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Sketching in Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia - Feb 2022

Its time to update you on my currently used, most used travel sketch kit since I started travelling again this year. The above was my sketch kit to Cambodia, February 2022. The Work horse palette is seen there which is a thin Schmincke palette with 22 colours, I will itemise the colours further below.

In the sketch kit is also my self made white corrugated plastic board which I learned from Liz Steel :) Set of two metal water container that’s actually meant for oil painters, but as long as the lid is is water tight, it works for watercolour too.

A couple of bulldog clips, a towel and a small foldable stool, and I was sketching everywhere for 14 days with that basic tools. Ofcourse there are pens and pencils etc that I do not mention. More on those later.

Here’s the breakdown of my work horse Schmincke palette - 22 Colours

W&N = Winsor Newton, DS = Daniel Smith, SCH= Schmincke

RSC= Roman Sczmal

Left to Right (top row)

• W&N Yellow Ocher

• DS Burnt Umber

• SCH Burnt Umber

• DS Lunar Black

• DS Quinacridone Purple

• SCH Indigo

• SCH Hello Turquoise

• DS Cobalt Turquoise

• SCH Ultramarine Blue

• DS Sap Green

• DS Green Apatite Genuine

Left to Right (bottom row)

• SCH Yellow Ocher

• SCH Quinacridone Gold

• SCH Burnt Sienna

• DS New Gamboge

• RSC Cadmium Yellow

• Prima Odyssey Maui Orange

• DS Buff Titanium

• DS Permanent Alizarin Crimson

• W&N Opera Pink

• SCH Cerulean Blue

The rest of my sketch kit changes as the mood and location changes too but basic must haves stays the same, they are as seen above :

• Medium Round Water brush by Pentel

• Micron Pens, Brown or Black 0.1

• Pigment ink White Signo Uniball

Yeah, I also use a Fude pen by Sailor, but I also use a brush pen from Pentel. Inks I use are waterproof inks, the Carbon Blacks, and all the D’atramentis Document inks are wonderful.

Travel brushes, Pencil, Watercolor pencil in Blue, Micron pens, White pigment ink, uni pin waterproof pen, Uni pin waterproof extra fine brush pen, and 40 Degrees Sailor Fude Pen, The tooth brush comes and goes, and comes from different hotels I stay in.

And then, I went very small, I reduced the size of the work horse palette by using the very thin Folio Art Tool Kit’s palette, and this is what I used when traveling in Australia July 2022.

Sketching on the plane :)

Art Tool Kit Palette - 14 Colours

• DS Cobalt Turquoise

• W&N Cobalt Green

• DS Quinacridone Rose

• DS Permanent Brown

• SCH Ultramarine Blue

• DS Aureolin

• DS Lunar Earth

• DS Burnt Sienna

• SCH Indigo

• DS Blood Stone Genuine

• W&N Payne’s Grey

• DS Undersea Green

• DS New Gamboge

• DS Quinacridone Burnt Orange

The reason I reduced down to this 14 colours, is so that I can carry lighter and more compact kit.

Hope this is fun to read and see you in the next one.

Susan