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Traveling Light – Road Trips
by Armand Cabrera

Depending upon what size canvases I plan to paint, I use different equipment setups for traveling as light as possible. I paint canvas sizes from 4”x 6” to 36”x 48” outdoors. Automobile trips usually allow for more gear and a better variety of panel options than when traveling by air.
I find there is no single system that is perfect for all my painting requirements because of the range of sizes I use. The recent popularity of outdoor painting has made equipment more available and much more affordable than it used to be. Whatever your preferred medium---watercolor, pastels or oils---there are currently great solutions for your outdoor painting needs.

Measure your Pochade Box and purchase a backpack that will accommodate all your painting equipment. I pack the bottom compartment with my brushwasher, garbage bags, paper towels, insect repellant, energy bars, water and sunscreen.

The Pochade box, with all my paints and brushes, go into the top compartment of the backpack.

I strap the tripod and panel carrier, with extra panels, to the outside of the backpack.
That’s all I carry!
This setup allows me to hike for miles with up to ten panels and all of my painting gear.

I have a plastic storage box that stays in the back of my vehicle at all times. In the bottom of the box, I keep extra clothing for extreme weather, paper towels, flashlight, solar radio, water, turpentine and a wet panel box.

On top of these supplies, I place my backpack and ugly painting hat.
Instead of using the lid, I secure my gear with cargo netting.
This enables me to pack the box higher than I could with a lid.

The plastic storage box keeps all my painting gear in one, organized place and prevents getting paint all over the vehicle.
OK…I still get paint on the vehicle.

Resource List

I use the following vendors for my equipment.
We find the prices of the following companies to be competitive, their products of good quality and the owners very informative and professional.
Please mention www.outdoorpainting.com when contacting them.

PAINTS

The following companies manufacture water-soluble oil paints:

Windsor Newton Artisan
Van Gogh oils
Grumbacher Max2
Holbein Duo

BRUSHWASHER

Holbein makes a handy, collapsible brushwasher.

DISTRIBUTORS OF ART SUPPLIES

Paints, turpentine, collapsible brushwashers, linen and other art supplies, can be purchased from:

The Art Store
1-888-5-GO-ARTS
www.artstore.com

Cheap Joes
1-800-227-2788
www.cheapjoes.com

Daniel Smith
1-800-426-7923
www.danielsmith.com

Jack Richeson
(800) 233-2404
www.richesonart.com

Utrecht
1-800-223-9132
www.utrecht.com

Art Supply Warehouse
1-800-995-6778
www.aswexpress.com

When painting with regular oil paints, I use Gamblin Oils.
I use Gamsol Odorless turpentine by Gamblin.
www.gamblincolors.com

PANELS

I buy my linen panels and panel blanks from SourceTek
1-800-587-5462
www.canvaspanels.com

POCHADE BOXES

Pochade Boxes come in many sizes and configurations.
The following vendors make quality products.
Call and explain your specific painting needs and budget before purchasing the boxes.

Open Box M
1-800-473-8098
www.openboxm.com

Artwork Essentials
1-949-856-2196
www.artworkessentials.com

Guerrilla Painters Pochade box
1-866-762-4233
www.pochade.com

WET PANEL CARRIERS

Wet panel carriers are as varied as Pochade boxes.
The Pochade vendors also offer wet panel carriers as part of their product line.
Raymar makes a lightweight, plastic panel carrier.
1-888.809.3314
www.raymarart.com

Extreme weather gear and clothing, backpacks and pistol cases can be purchased from a local sporting goods store or from an online store such as Cabela’s
1-800-237-4444
www.cabelas.com

The plastic storage boxes are available from stores like Home Depot, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart and Orchard Supply Hardware.
My 35-gallon tote cost about 8 dollars.