You are definitely the go-to person for consolidation, re-purposing, inventiveness and preparedness! Awesome examples Lindsay!

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Yeees, these videos seeing what's in people's EDC or travel kits are my faaaavorite ❤ Love your setup!

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

You may be a sketchbook floozy, but, you're also an inspiration as to how much you actually paint!

Remove the friction needs to become my mantra. Thanks for sharing this. It would be so nice to just pick up and go with everything together. Happy Mother's Day, too.

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Thank you! Happy mother's day to you too!

@olderendirt

Ай бұрын

@@thefrugalcrafter Thank you!

Hullo Lindsay, I do enjoy seeing what people take with them when they are not working in their studio! Plein-Air set ups are so Artist specific and you certainly use the most of what you got! I love the wide range of paints and products you use to get yourself out there and PAINTING! I loved it when I saw Alice Cole use her Inktense pencils and scribble them down on the tape holding her paper down to get a "pool" of ink to put down on her picture! She made use of her water brushes as well! I know your trip is coming up! I wish you many happy memories!

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I am so excited!

You can turn the preppy’s into eye dropper pens with silicone grease and o-rings, and that would make them hold a ton of ink! Wonderful travel bag and set up Lindsay!

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Good to know!

Another great dyi idea to help us on our journey! Thanks Lindsay! And happy Mother’s Day!

Like the smaller bag for your setup. To make any palette magnetic I use the adhesive backed metal plates for phones ( very inexpensive packs available on Amazon if a spare one isn’t laying around from a phone mount setup) and adhere one to the bottom of the pallet. Magnets really grab these plates. 🙂

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Neat, I've never seen those!

Hi, Lindsay. Thank you for your video. ❤

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

I've been meaning to make one of these things for awhile now and thanks to you I finally made a couple. I did one with magnets and one with the magnetic clips and I like them both. Now to get better at painting with watercolor lol. I find painting from a photo reference is so much easier than painting from outside. I seem to forget everything I've learned until after I'm done and then I'm like "I forgot to make the background a more muted color than the foreground" or "Why did I draw out those distant trees when I just needed shapes?" Hopefully my memory will start to kick in before I make mistakes one day lol.

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

I think it might be due to the changing light. It is something you will get used to. Don't give up!

I enjoyed seeing all of your paintings! Have a wonderful trip, and Happy Mother’s Day! You are in my prayers!

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

And this is obviously why you call yourself the Frugal Crafter! Lol! Great ideas. I will use a couple of these. I use a small piece of plexiglass for my board. Thanks again!

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Great idea!!

Love the DIY painting board! I recall seeing the slick system you fashioned yours after. You did a nice job simplifying it. I just love your make it work style, a woman after my own heart!

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Yes! Thank you!

AMEN! Remove the friction! Yes, thanks so much Lindsay!

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Such a clever set up! I have my DIY version of your boatd and it works so well. Thanks!

I love this palette board you made! I’m going to try it, hopefully I don’t dismember myself!😂 Thanks Lindsay!

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

You can do it!

this is wonderful, thank you for sharing ☺☺

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

My pleasure 😊

YES! That would definitely do the trick. I love your ideas. Thanks so much. 🙂

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Thanks, Lindsay! I love to see your ideas. My goal is to get out more and do some small things. I like that panorama book and can still use my Sketchbook Floosy stencils.

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Love that!

I have Grandkids. One? Is fairly sensible at 14. The other 2 are over enthusiastic artists (ages 6 and 2) This would be a fantastic holiday bag idea , for when kids are " BOREDD , iVE NOTHING TO DOOOOOOOO" or if we visit the lakes for the day ( Derwentwater isnt very far) My oldest Granddaughter will paint, and the two younger ones will do their own thing. This way I can tailor supplies to the respective ages and the kids have fun. Im a great believer in letting children use better supplies than those that are deemed "kid friendly" that way they get good results and dont learn to dislike art (I hope that all makes sense)

@melodiemclellan5245

Ай бұрын

When I was young I wanted grownup stuff, not kid stuff. My folks didn't even dare put training wheels on my bike. So it makes sense giving them good quality tools to explore with, they get a sense of mastery early, and strongly.

Yes, Happy Happy Mother's Day to you 🌹. Becky B

Lovely video! I think im ginna try to make one of those travel sketchbook easels....thanks again for sharing ❤

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Please do!

Thank you Thank you 👍👍👍👍 Lindsay 🙂. Becky B

You can wrap the bottle of sepia ink in a paper towel and put in ziplock bag so if it broke the mess would be contained. If you really wanted that ink.

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Good idea!

Love your setup! Your sketches are beautiful!!!

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Love the "sketchboard"! Do you think corrugated plastic, like recycled yard signs, would be rigid enough? That would make it super lightweight to hold.

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

That's a great idea!

I combined my urban sketch and intensity palettes. it looks so cool!

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Nice!

I like your small bag you got from Marshalls. I'd love to know what size it is. I may or may not already have something this size, but it's hard to tell size in videos. These videos are fun, but then again, all of your videos are fun 😊. God bless you and yours. Sincerely Becky B from Arkansas

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

It's about 6"×9"×5" I think. The grid on my table is inches if you want to pause and count:)

The tines are probably messed up on pens. They have small tubes to carry ink on your travels.

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

I'd there a way to fix them. The pen is new and the ink never flowed well.

@donnakelly8911

Ай бұрын

@@thefrugalcrafter yes, look at the tines threw a magnifying glass . You can usually tell if they are misaligned. If not it could be the are two close together. They have thin brass sheets you can put between the tines to clean or spread slightly.

hello ,good to see you here ,have a great weekend

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Thank you! You too!

I really like my Sailor fude fountain pen. I wonder if cleaning the Preppies with a bulb syringe would improve ink flow. Super fun video and some really nice paintings (of course) in your sketch book. Thanks for sharing!

@melodiemclellan5245

Ай бұрын

Yes, clean your Preppies. Keep in mind that the feed has a wick in it, so if a section of that had dried completely, you'll have to use a loooooong soak with dish detergent, snd then a looooong clear rinse.

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Good to know, they are fairly new so I didn't think they would be dirty.

@stacys447

Ай бұрын

Since fountain pens seem sensitive to flow issues, it seems like the cleaning helps with any dust or bits left over from the manufacturing process. Brian Goulet of Goulet Pens sells bulb syringes just for cleaning fountain pens. Love your videos. Just signed up for the colored pencil class, which I hope makes them a bit more fun. Maybe markers plus pencils and your mixed media section will help. Thanks!

That bag holds a lot for being fairly small.🎉

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

It does. More than enough really.

I love this! I have made similar setups with the board made of plastic (not sure what it is called - used for political campaign signs).

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Coraplast, great idea!

@taylorjudi

Ай бұрын

much better use for all those annoying signs!

@sararamer-dean7846

Ай бұрын

Free and reusing something that would end up in trash.

If the ink in an inexpensive fountain pen doesn't want to flow is almost always because the nib is too tight against the feed. I have the exact same fountain pens you have, the ones that came in the array of 8 colors. The nibs are tight on the feed. This can be fixed easily by lifting the nib for about 5 seconds. Then let go. If this doesn't allow for more room for ink to flow, do it again. You don't need a large space. Maybe a quarter of a millimeter, but slave is required. If i did not explain adequately let me know and i can upload a video showing this. I bet there is already some on KZread. I just wouldn't know how to look for it. I'm sure you would though, but again, if needs must I'd be glad to upload a video showing you how.

@thefrugalcrafter

Ай бұрын

Great tip, I'll try it. Thanks!