Wherever I go I like to have all my art materials in one place encase I need to jot down an idea, or for when I get that creative burst.

 

 

So, when I found this old case I knew exactly what I would do with it. I made myself a personal art kit for when I go out and about. I keep this case in my car and it goes everywhere with me. I also have a smaller kit for when I travel overseas. This kit is much lighter so I can collect art materials along the way

 

 

It has everything I need for drawing, painting, collage, photo transfer, stamping and writing

In Transit series of collages

 

 

Acrylic paints and ink in a pouch my daughter gave me

 

 

Chalk in a vintage medical tin

 

 

 

Water colour paints, coloured pencils and double sided tape

 

 

 

 

Brushes for painting, pens for drawing and writing, felt pens, graphite pencils, knife, scissors and glue stick for collage

 

 

Paint swatches

 

 

Collage papers in a plastic pouch.  Mixed lot of vintage and newer papers

 

 

Hand- dyed coffee filters, vintage wallpaper, labels and book pages

 

 

Stained printed matter and newer papers

 

 

Old music prayer book

 

 

1932 school book full of hand drawn  world maps

 

 

 

1960s New Idea magazine for cutting

 

 

Old advertising

 

 

 

Vintage encyclopeadia pages sealed with a layer of translucent gesso paint

 

 

A book of hand-made French paper

 

 

Small canvas boards and palette, matt and gloss medium for collage, painting & transfers

 

 

Mini stamping kit in old cigar tin

 

 

 

Stamp pad, tiny rubber text stamps in matchbox, stamp holder and tweezers

 

 

I also carry a selection of my hand made artist books in progress to work in.

 

My books are made from found papers, junk mail, advertising

used envelopes, cereal boxes and food packaging

Embellished with used clothing labels, tags, stamps, stickers, pen ,ink and found fabric scraps

sewn with thread or wire and filled with whatever else I find in my travels

 

It’s amazing how much I can fit into the case

 

 

Do you have a portable art kit ?  Whats in your art kit ?

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