Here's my gear and how I set up for painting on location for an hour or more.
I am including some photos of other painters from last weekend so you can see how they set up for painting outdoors.
Here is Katie Roloson painting at Liberty Bell with a very compact paintbox and a waterbrush--this would be my choice for hiking--it is an extremely lightweight outdoor painting kit.
In the photo to the left, Susan Hamilton is set up for outdoor painting at the edge of Diablo Lake. We spent two hours there, so there was no hike involved and we could bring more things with us.
Ed Dominguez worked with a very basic watercolor set and was able to mix good colors with it. I think the most important art material is the paper, and I almost never work on anything but 140 lb. Arches cold press watecolor paper. Ed appreciated using that. I find it is very forgiving paper, with its double sizing--it allows for rubbing out and corrections, plus it takes a long time to dry, which gives time for re-working into wet washes.
Kathi Jackson, pictured left, is set up with camp stool for comfortable seating and table for palette, brushes and water container. She was able to work on a rather large scale with this equipment.
Molly, this is very helpful! The painters look comfy in their chairs, and very attuned to their subjects. I've really appreciated the thorough documenting of the weekend up at NCI.
Posted by: Jocelyn Curry | June 22, 2009 at 12:41 PM
thank you for these pictures, I´m going on a watercolor class with some outdoor painting and I really needed to see what equipment to use! /A-M
Posted by: Anne-Marie | August 01, 2011 at 11:15 PM