With your smallest setup you could use a cut-off sock cuff on your left wrist to dab your waterbrush. I like a white cotton one.

The inmortal clipboard! I have a foldable clipboard with a thin board taped to it, I like your set ups. Great idea with those water cups. The more you know, the less you need. And the less you need, the more you paint.

I’m a retired engineer newbie at sketching, I found this very efficient, simple and doable. Super idea. I saw someone’s suggestion to have a sock cuff on your wrist when using the “ultra small” setup. All good. Only thing missing is a spot for coffee ha ha

Thank you so much! Based on your video, I was able to put my plein air kit together, from items I have at home. As my board will be sitting on my lap, I have a small chunk of pipe insulation under the board, to give it the slightest tilt in the right direction.

I paint with acrylics outside, and use the plastic trays from ham and meats at the supermarket, as a palette. I also use foldback clips on the edge of my board to hold water. Put 2 foldbacck clips an inch apart, and then an elastic band between the 2 clips, to hold a small plastic bottle of water.

My 10 year old just watched this with me, and exclaimed several times, "She's a genius!" Lol

Thanks for your video. I used to take so much with me in my younger days! Cannot do it at 75, your video was very helpful in designing my own downsized kit.

My daughter and I watched this together and had a blast doing it. We try to do art together as much as possible.

Thank you for this. I don't want to haul tripod and easel, so your minimal set up is quite a delight. I do take along a light weight stadium seat that supports my back so I can sit almost anywhere.

I agree with the 10 yr old! You’re a genius! Great set up…. Especially the last one…the minimalist one!

I like plein air painting on the trail and in the mountains. I always can find a log or rock to sit on and carry a "sip-pad" of some sort. My supplies are minimal and I work in my lap usually with my paint palette and water cup on the ground or at my side. Your video was enjoyable. Always something new to consider.

Thank you for this video! This was the most down to earth, no fuss setup I’ve come across.

This is smart, I'm going out today, this will come in handy. Thank you for taking the time to show us this! Very well thought out.

Nice to see some set ups that are different from others.Thank you for some ideas.I hadn't thought of. I also love the comment that said a cut off sock on your wrist for a wipe. Nice channel thank you

I am SO IMPRESSED with your ability to work with a meager amount of supplies and within a small budget!

Thanks for your ideas! Each year that passes, the ounces get heavier in that backpack!

I have a 14-color palette of half-pans squeezed into an Altoid tin, but your 2-complementary colors tiny palette is brilliant. I’m putting this in my handbag. Ty!

Jill, great tips shown here on your video. You were clear and straight to the point. Love the idea of holding the rag close to you. I'm always reaching for mine. Keep posting.

This is perfect, thank you. The beautiful quality of your painting speaks to the efficacy of your set up & process. I'm driving across the country in a few months, and a minimalistic setup feels just about right.

Peerless paints are lovely to go out with! Tons of colors with incredibly low weight/hassle

It’s kind of cool to google something and the first video is someone I know. Awesome ideas.

This was so helpful. I used the small plastic holder my eraser came in for the 3 paints. Similar to the flash memory card holder. Red Yellow Blue daps of paint, then used a spiral small pad- and stuck my pencil and pen ( im doing line and wash) into the spiral. its lightweight enought to hold for a full painting. And I feel more confident going out now.

This is so clever and helpful! Thanks for sharing your setup.

Great ideas that work! Thank you. I am learning watercolors, and they are so fast, instant and liberating from oils. I love your memory card box / watercolor tin solution, so I can always have paint and paper with me for EDC every day carry if I want that and never have to leave my kit behind.

Check out art tool kit palettes, they are the size of a business card. I also put holes in my board so I can put two or three brushes in the holes.

What a well-thought out setup, thank you for sharing.

The solvent cups don't seem large enough for brush cleaning water to me. I bought the collapsible dog food/water bowls, two sides, and fill with an old drinking water bottle on a lanyard (thought about a collapsible bottle). Bowls, water container, paints, brushes, tape, etc., all fit in a very small light weight cheapy tackle box. I do use the same type of fiber board clip board, with stick on velcro to attach to velcro on the box. Love seeing how other people do things differently. Thanks.

Thanks Jill. That was really helpful! I love the sketchbook setup at the end.

Excellent idea! I bought a bunch of those clipboards for my grandkids so we could go outside and draw what we find, or clip their list for scavenger hunts, etc. I just have to find the little water pots you showed. Thank you!

Love this, exactly what I was looking for and similar to what I use. I have the 12 color winsor newton pallet that I'll use interchangeably with the 2 color rig you made. Great idea!

I just discovered you here on youtube. It is a sunny windy day in Oct. 2020 with amazing color here in rural upstate NY and I was wondering how I could get outside to paint without losing my stuff to the wind. Now I know and I have all I need to get out there. Thanks so much for sharing your artistic skills. new subbie.

Thank you! Very helpful! This video has been the most helpful to get me started!

Love your setups! I take walks in the orchard with my cat and we move a lot, so now I can pick up and go when I need to.

Omg this is perfect, exactly what I was looking for! I’m already halfway there with how I do my stuff I’ve just never known before how easy it is to just smash it all on a clipboard! And clipping the towel to the backside? Genius. I love both these setups 100% (also I do have multiple little tin and altoid to go palettes haha, I’m actually wondering what I could put on the inside lids to get a smooth white waterproof surface for blending though… like a white paint and some kind of resin or spray coating/modpodge overtop?)

Wow, thats so cool 😀😀 thanks for the lovely ideas

Neat and tidy set up which still has a good set of colours and ample mixing area. Nice job!

I love your setup. I'll try to find some of those clippy-solvent-cups

Brilliant Jill!! Love it 😍useful and simple! Thanxs

A bag dictates what I take. I have several bags and 2 rucksacks. I divide these into urban sketching and wildlife watching. The rucksacks are mainly for long hikes into the woods. The small shoulder bags are for urban sketching. I have 2 very small shoulder bags for the local park . All the bags are ready to go ay any time, so just grab one and go.

Love seeing your set up. I have been looking at that pallet for a while and need to get one, my current one is open and not meant for moving around but it is also the one I started with 15 years ago and only in the last year or so did I decide I need a new one

Love all your set up ideas. Just discovered your channel and subscribed immediately. 👍

Excellent ideas. Thank you!

Wonderful! thank you!

Thanks, Jill!

This is super helpful, thank you!

thanks to you! 😁

Thank you for sharing this useful info.

Ingenuity...nice job. I wonder if you added to your setup some type of suspenders that go around your shoulders and could help support the board to take some of the weight off of your arm. Hmmmm.

Very helpful! Thank you!

Nice simple lightweight setup. Thanks

This works and makes sense too, Thank you

This is so helpful!!! I’m going to make a quick trip to Walmart (wearing a mask) to buy a clip board. Thank you!

Very helpful!

patiently

Very nice and useful

Great tips! Thank you.

Thank u

Great tips! Thank you so much!

Thank you for this….very helpful…

Great ideas! Thanks!

Thank you so much for making this video, I really love your setup! ❤ With such a small solvent cups, how often do you need to change the water?

I use basically the same setup except I have magnets for my travel palette and my water cups don't have lids 🤣

Amazing! Thank you!

I lovvve this setup! May I ask is this a 3-inch spring clamp? I have trouble with my hands and I’m wondering if a 2 or 3 inch clamp would work.

Very interesting!

Hi Jill! I hope you will read my message as it’s an old video but do you have a recording of the painting at the beginning? It’s beautiful and would love to see the process.

A nice informative video..cool

Hi Jill. Thank you for your fantastic videos. I suscribe to your channel... What is the brand of your sketchbook ? Thank you. best regards.

where do you take youe easel wiht table for paint? Is it so expensive?

Hello, just wondering, what quality paper do you normally bring to a plein air session?

Where do you drop the water after use? I prefer to take it with me and dispose in a sink, not nature

thanks for the video, but seems still too heavy to me

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Please increase your audio (adding treble helps too). Thank you.