Join moderator Roseann Hanson and panelists Fiona Gillogly, Kate Rutter, and John Muir Laws for a peek into all of our field bags—what do we carry, and why?
MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON FROM EACH PARTICIPANT. PLEASE GIVE US A FEW DAYS!
FIONA GILLOGLY KIT HIGHLIGHTS: - JML Custom Watercolor Palette
- Aquash Waterbrush
- Nature Journal (available again in February)
- Pentax Papilo Close Focus Binoculars 8x21
- Non-Photo Blue Pencil
- Pentel Mechanical Pencil 120 A3 .3mm
- Tombow Brush Pens Colors: Yellow (090), Pale Orange (020), Dusty Rose (772), Purple (620), Blue (491), Green (171), Brown (879), Grey (N60), Black (N15),
- Swiss Army Knife
- Micron Pens Sepia .5 and Black .05
- Altoids Tin Gouache Kit--also a great way to take delicate treasures home.
- Telescoping Mechanics Mirror--great for looking under mushrooms, into holes, etc.
- Roll of scotch tape
- Fiona's web site with more samples of her nature journal pages and her art cards
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ROSEANN HANSON'S KIT HIGHLIGHTS: Here is a link to resources from my classes, including images and explanations of my field kit (two large photos of everything, with captions of all the details and most brands:
https://www.exploringoverland.com/constantapprentice/2020/10/5/wild-wonder-nature-journaling-conferenceWrite-ups about my field sketching kit and journal can be found here:
https://www.exploringoverland.com/search?f_collectionId=5c4c8c5d168c730001761e18&q=journal%20%2B%20kitQuestions asked during the class but not answered live:
- Roseann was your leather bound journal handmade or can you tell us the brand? Thanks.
Answer: It’s a handmade cover with a simple leather binding. There are several tutorials on how to make one here:
https://www.exploringoverland.com/search?f_collectionId=5c4c8c5d168c730001761e18&q=journal%20%2B%20kit- Does anyone use recycled paper for journaling? What do you think about it?
You can definitely find recycled paper journals — they won’t work well with watercolor because it’s wood pulp rather than cotton. Most watercolor paper is 100% cotton.
- Please say a bit more about the Magnifyer feature on the IPhone?
It’s in the “Accessibility” settings. Mine is “triple click” the home button or side button (iPhone 11) and it opens. It’s great! Even better on the iPhone 11.
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KATE RUTTER KIT HIGHLIGHTS:
Good places to shop:
Note: Anything with a "+" I use ALL THE TIME
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Always with me:
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In the Pencil Case:
+ Regular sharpies
- Sharpie pen
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Zebra Zensations Super Fine Tip Brush Pen, Black +
ZEBRA MILDLINER Highlighter pen markers, Mild Gray - Micron Pigma archival ink pens in: .03, .01, .005 (tiny!)
+ Mechanical pencil x 2 (keep losing them in the field)
Fave: Zebra M-301 Mechanical Pencil + Photoblue pencil
Graphite wash pencil (can stroke with water to create a watercolor-like wash)
General's Sketch & Wash Pencils All-graphite pencil
Pentalic woodless graphite pencil 8911 - 4B (very soft lead) Blending stump
White pencil
White China marker (for resist)
+ colored pencils: Yellow (highlight things!), Grey (shade things!)
+ Mechanical eraser
Tombow Mono Zero Eraser, Round 2.3mm Eraser, Staedtler Mars Erasers, White- Tools: - tiny folding scissors (try Daiso)
- pencil sharpener
- Engineer rule
- Plastic ruler, metric + US customary scales
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* Primary Kit:
