Last year we had a tote that we stored for the winter in Mexico. We had kitchen items, bike items, a few clothes and my oil paints. I had forgotten that I also stuffed in canvas paper (a few sheets were moldy), solvent and oil brushes along with jewelry and sandals. It was like Christmas all over again as I had forgotten what was in it. My suitcase was filled with my tripod, wooden palette for oil painting, acrylic paints and travel palette as well as my water colour travel palette. I used my oil set up last Saturday with my plein air group and was very happy to have it. Now it is set up in a shady spot on our deck. It is so nice to paint in luscious oil again and with everything set up and handy, it is so easy to get started. It is interesting with the humidity here as the paint reacts very differently. Above, my oil painting set up (for plein air and on our deck), small travel acrylic paint set with the pigment names on masking tape on the lid, my travel water colour set with the pigment names on the lids (it is to hard to tell what some of the colours are when they are dark). The water colour set will last me the full 3 months. I will leave the oil paint tubes and solvent here again and take everything else home with me when we leave. Oil canvas paper for oil or acrylic, water colour paper, brushes and 2 sketch books round out my supplies. Not much room for clothes!! Bottom right: my beautiful handmade sketchbook bag, pencil case and carry bag (thank you Sue!!).
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