[Art Supplies] What's in My Bag?
It's true. Ladies have bags for everything... In fact, I swap between 2 different bags for my daily use -- depending on what I need to carry each day.
After doing 5 years of events, I've sort of whittled down my "art supply" bag down to some of bare essentials I need for most ocassions. (BTW, this does not include the supplies I need to exhibit, that's a completely different story... XD)
It all starts off with my Kutsuwa Dr. Ion Super Mega Pencil Case. ♥ I recently picked this up from JetPens for this exact purpose. (Previously, I used a number of cosmetic bags Scott's mom gave me from her Clinique gifts with purchase.)
Inside, it carries just about everything I need:
(What's inside? Read on!)
(Sorry~ Tried to take photos of the bag interiors, but honestly, they came out awful. Will try again with better lighting...)
Anyway, on to what lay inside!
Click to see a larger version~
Section 1:
- Kuretake Watercolor palette (transparent)
- Paper Towel
- 4-koma notepad (from Muji NYC)
- Mono Eraser
- Lip Balm
- iPod Nano + headphones w/ remote/mic
- Retractable box cutter
- Eye-dropper water bottle
Section 2:
- Promocards/business cards
- Index cards
- Blank sketch cards
- HB lead (Pentel Ain Stein Silica Lead 0.5 HB)
- Post-it-type flags (cheap ones from Daiso)
- Kuretake waterbrush (compact small)
- ColErase Light Blue Pencil
- Jot Stylus
- C-thru ruler
- Pentel Pocket Brush Pen
- Mechanical pencil (Retro 51 Hexomatic 0.7 w/ blue lead)
- Multipen (Uniball Jetstream - black, red, and 0.5 pencil)
- Sakura Pigma Micron 01 (Japanese edition)
- Copic Sketch Markers W00, W2, W4, W6, W8 (all warm grey tones)
- 4x6" Canson Montval watercolor block
So, this all fits into my art bag nicely, with extra room to spare. :D All I need to do now is attach some shoulder straps and this could easily double up as my go-to sketchcrawl bag. ♥
Where are all the copics you ask? :D
As much as I love them, I find I can get more colors without all the bulk by carrying a watercolor palette instead. (I often have to carry at least 2 of each major color and at least 4 different skin tones and browns.) True, it's trickier to get the watercolor set-up ready to go, but that's why I carry the warm grey set of markers. :D
(You can check out a whole bunch of the hardcover drawings I did with just the grey-toned markers at this facebook gallery.)
Most of the other tools are for note-taking purposes or are "emergency" supplies. ♥
So, more importantly -- what's in your bag? :D
[NOTE: CLOSED!] Simply respond to this post with a list of whatever supplies -- be it art supplies, school supplies, etc -- you carry around with you at all times! Brownie points if you include a photo! :D I'll do a drawing on Friday for this pair of new prints! ♥ (Entries will close on Thursday night!)
Full Disclosure: The "art supply" posts are a series of sponsored posts by JetPens. What this means is that some (not all) of the items have been purchased for the purpose of review. I encourage you to find the tools that work best for you!
I'll be continuing the series next week with my watercolor set up! :D
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