What' in my bag?! Artist Edition

Hello everyone!It is a rainy afternoon here and I am feeling a bit cold. How about you there? Are you feeling fine? I hope everything is going well with you and always stay COVID19 free.

For today, I will share to you the stuff that I keep inside my bag.😄 I had been sharing a lot of my artwork processes with you but I have not shared to you the things that I usually bring with me whenever I travel - the travel that involves a lot of sketching. The things that could be found inside my bag are also the things that I also bring with me whenever I visit cafes and chat with my friend.

Like some other artists, I prefer to do an onsite sketching rather than take photos of the things I see. For me, I find it more satisfying as I really want to sketch (and even paint) things as how I see it as of the moment, and not as what it really is. Am I speaking as a fan of impressionism? Perhaps yes!

Few days from now, I will share to you the skethes I that I will be making base on what I see in my surroundings. I hope you would look forward to it.

Actually, I should say, my mom's Kipling bag since she is the one who owns it. Anyway, I really do love using it because for one, it is really very convenient for me. Aside from the fact that it has a lot of pockets inside and outside, the bag organizer that my aunt gave me fits very well.

Inside the bigger organizer is where I put some of my essentials. I have my Prismacolor Premier in it. I seldom use it before because I had always been a big fan of watercolors, acrylics, and goauche paints. For now, I had been using this color pencils for sketching. I decided to work harder on my sketches because I know a lack a lot on working with my details. I should not really excuse myself for being a lover of impressionism since I really need to grow more as an artist.

I also have with me my 2020 Starbucks planner, though I detached the notebook from the binder and opted to put pieces of vellum board papers, fine linen papers, and watercolor papers. I am more interested in carrying small papers rather than bring bulky sketchbooks.

Becase I have poor eyesight, I must never forget to bring my own eyeglasses. Just this year, my eyesight has reached to 450 in both eyes hence I am always having a hard time. A goot set of eyeglasses would also help me from falling down the stairs, accidently hitting someone while walking along the road, or being hit by a vehicle.

OTG for Type B! Because I love to download videos and photos, my storage might be full in any minutes, I decided it is always helpful that I bring my 32GB OTG/flash. Who knows I might be able to meet someone along the road and I need some files fromt tha person or vice versa, at least I could get it transfered using my OTG.

Spare phone not because I have a side-chic, but because in case of emergency such as a Zombie Apocalypse, I have a spare phone to use. Although, I forgot to include another sim card/another number just in case.

The photocards? I just brought it with me because I will be giving it to my cousin. We both love KPOP but I am not big fan of collecting photocards. I prefer albums/ photobooks.

And oh! I would not forget my charger! Most of the people around me are already using Type C chargers because they have upgraded their phones, so yeah! At all cost, I must bring my own charger or else I would not be able to be updated. Most of the time, we spend dinner in our Aunt's house and I might not get the notice if I leave my phone's battery dying.

Lip tint! My lip tint is theonly girly stuff I carry. I am not usually a fan of make ups so yeah. Aside from that, I do not usually meet my friends or anyone else around, just get to meet my family and relatives during the quarantine.

Watercolor Pencils or water soluble pens (and a sharpener) as how others call it. I find it important at times when I would just forget to bring my watercolors and I want to create an initial image or sketch of something I want to make.

Who knows whenever a pair of scissors would be of help right? Well aside from that, I find this an essential item in my bag because whenever I need to cut my papers into smaller pieces, I would not be asking help from anyone else.

And a bottle of alcohol is so much of help especially when we are in the middle of the pandemic. I really do not like touching surfaces, but there might be a time that I cannot avoid touching surfaces.