I’m a life-long cyclist who enjoys watercolour sketching. However, on long tours – such as the three weeks I spent in India earlier this year and the 10 days in the West Highlands this summer – there’s the problem of how to avoid weighty, bulky painting kit.
Trial-and-error has reduced this to two travel brushes, a three-deck watercolour set, an ergonomic pencil, a rubber, tissues, a tiny sponge and a small plastic bottle. These all fit into a toilet bag and weigh just half-a-pound. Water comes from my drinks bottle and I have a small, square Fabriano watercolour pad, too. There’s the added bonus that this same mini-kit also fits into my briefcase on business trips.
Gordon Casely, Crathes, Kincardineshire
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