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Clockodile: Sargent’s an artist I deeply admire, and I saw an exhibition of his watercolors once. He used only 2 colors, and yet capture Venice’s light on all sorts of surface beautifully… another great artist who does great watercolor sketches is Andrew Wyeth. His sketches are very different from his detailed paintings. I was taught to always start big blobs then work my way down to small details, work the whole image equally and always keep it in balance.

Fedodika: Thanks! Traditional is fun to do, though I do wish I can translate it more into, and do more of, digital. Will keep doing more.

Jyonny: Thanks mate! Here’re the basic gear I take to plein air – water brush, pocket palette, hardback sketchbook/pad (so you can hold it again palette, or palette against it), water-resistant pen (Uni-ball eye micro, Sakura micron, Faber Castell PITT, etc), a brim hat or sun glasses (prevent squinting from sun blast). Extra stuff if you know you have space to set them up – camping stool, a setup of some sort to hold an umbrella over your canvas so you see better (wet surface reflects light too much when not in shade).

I don't use pencil so I don't spend time erasing.

Camping stool: http://www.amazon.com/Texsport-15160-Fol...853&sr=1-3

[EDIT] Article with photo of field sketching - much more comprehensive than my post here, so do look at it: http://www.johnmuirlaws.com/field-sketching-equipment




...sorry it's really dirty. I need to respect my tools more and clean them.