ANGIE’S PAINTING KIT

● An e-bike and good paniers. I’ve now got a really great Cube Touring Hybrid One 500 and my paniers are Gottlieb City.

● A pertinent small collection of oil paints, a dipper and a small bottle of turps, all of which fit into a Lifeventure waist pack.

● A roll of brushes – some large bristle and some smaller soft acrylic and sable brushes.

● A palette knife. My favourite is a Reeves No 17 diagonal-ended palette knife which I use for some details in the paintings, especially fine lines, to separate out paint for mixing, and to clean up my palette at the end.

● A metal ruler.

● A small wooden hand-held palette.

● Wet wipes.

● A couple of rags.

● A plastic bag for dirty rags and wet

wipes.

● A small bottle for old turps, which I pour into a larger one in the studio to let it clarify for re use.

● A plastic bag to put dirty brushes in points downward. I use bags such as 500g rice bags that can’t be recycled. This fits in the side pocket of my rucksack to carry back home for cleaning.

● A lightweight portable easel; I’ve got a

Daler-Rowney aluminium one.

● A pinny with a pocket on it.

● Food and drink.

● A peaked cap for shade from the sun.

● Safety goggles. I wear these when it is cold and windy to stop my eyes from watering.

● Old tray frame and large Perspex

cover/palette.

● A green plastic garden sheet which I put on the ground under my palette to keep my rucksack and kit from getting damp, and to prevent oil paint and turps from inadvertently getting onto the ground

This all fits easily into a small rucksack which you can wear on your back while cycling – or transfer it all into your paniers. To get the wet board home I use an old tray frame which I made with a piece of MDF and edged

2.5x2cm with strip wood. On top of it I put a piece of Perspex which acts as both a lid and a palette/table. To fasten it to the panier rack of my bike I use two bungee straps with hooks which also hold the easel in place in transit