Supply Questions

I've had a lot of questions lately about equipment to take out painting. One reason is that The Tuscany Workshop is coming up and students are gearing up to travel. The biggest advise I can offer is to "Pack Light"! Jenny Reynolds, Karen Hagan and I went for almost three weeks painting last year and swore we would never carry more than 3 t-shirts, 2 pair of shorts, two skirts and clean underwear - there is a small town in the Cinque Terre that has a lot of our clothes and left over art supplies because we "purged" out travel gear one night!
Easel - I take an Open M Box (www.openboxm.com) in the 10x12 size. It's easy to carry, packs in a small wheeled duffel bag and can carry various sizes of panels.
Panels - www.canvaspanels.com is my choice, but RayMar also makes good ones, and makes painting carrier that's lightweight to carry wet paintings
Paints - because of airline regulations, I pack my paints in my checked bag, and carry three small primary colors in my Carry on just in case. Never carry turpentine, palette knives or solvents. I also recommend NEVER buy the student grade paints - if you are going to invest your time and passion to painting, invest in good professional paints.

when tripods go bad....

the last day in the Cinque Terre region of Italy, and the tripod and I said "enough!"