USk: Sketching Kits

It's Friday and there is so much going on in Ottawa this weekend: New Art Festival in the Glebe, Ottawa Jazz Festival, and Glowfair (etc) so I thought I would share a picture of my urban sketching (USk) kit that travels with me wherever I go.

A sketchbook, a pencil, an eraser, a sharpie, a compact set of watercolours, and a Pentel or Koi water brush is my basic urban sketching kit.

My minimal sketch kit today at Jazz Fest

If you "google" the phrase "urban sketching kit" you will see a wide assortment of kits ranging from the minimalist sketching kit (like mine) all the way to a full backpack loaded with a variety of materials.

Results from a google search for "Urban Sketching Kit"

I am a huge James Gurney fan and thought I would post him talking about his favourite urban sketching materials.

Watercolor Materials for Urban Sketching with James Gurney

Hope to post some of my sketches at the end of the weekend. Happy sketching.

Urban Sketching Links 

• Urban Sketching: 20 Dos and Don’ts when Getting Out There By Róisín Curé
• Urban Sketching boards and Urban Sketcher boards on Pinterest

Urban Sketcher Tools 

• Nina Johansson: Drawing Tools  
• Citizen Sketcher: Sketching Gear 
• Urban Sketcher Lapin’s secret material 
• Larry D. Marshall: Urban Sketcher's Kit