Welcome back to Day 6 of the 64 Million Artists January Challenge! Today’s challenge, crafted by participants at Eden’s Court, invites us on a purposeful journey. Join me as I reveal what goes into my bag when I embark on urban sketching!

I believe in traveling light, and my essentials include an A5 Sketchbook, 3 ink pens (including a 0.5 and a couple of grayscale brush pens), and a camera for capturing scenes and colours. If I’m sketching on holiday, I expand my toolkit with a watercolor palette, pencils, additional grayscale ink markers, a larger sketchbook, and video recording equipment.

In today’s artistic exploration, I’m taking a unique approach by using collage as my main medium. Old brown packaging paper and children’s sugar paper will be the stars of the show. I’ll layer them, draw over with ink, and finally, add interest and shadows with gouache paint.