For a vacation to a warm sea, I packed two separate drawing bags: one for an underwater sketching kit (I will make a separate post about it and link it here) and a surface sketching kit. This is a quick overview of what went into my surface sketching kit. Not pictured here are my water container, little water spraying bottle, towel, and a backup watercolor set, which I basically did not unpack. I made separate photos of what I thought I would actually use and what not, and got it pretty accurately. A new brush is a R24 Eradicator which I borrowed from Suhita Shirodkar for testing and ended up taking with me - it is a brush that is supposed to "lift out brights or soften hard edges in your watercolor painting" - basically for lifting. But because it holds very little water, it was an interesting tool to use with gouache, as water control is one of the things that is especially tricky when using a dry palette. Basically, it allows me to get more pigment because I can scrub on the dry well very well with it, and the only water I use in this case is some spraying of the palette. Having several pads of paper to take on location was very useful. Though now I need to combine this all into my main sketchbook :)
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