 Hey guys, how are you today? I know you're probably all wondering. What the hell is that bag? All right So we are here as part of the my year 2017 Facebook group if you don't know what that is it's a year-long our journaling group and documenting your life sort of group if you are interested in Being a participant in the group or my other Facebook group or shopping at my Etsy shop or sending me happy mail or emailing me Anything like that. Please go and check out the video description because the links for all that are in the video description. All right That being said this month is June and we are exploring the prompt of growth so and this in my week, I'm really encouraging you to stretch your wings and Encourage you into the area of personal growth I'm still trying struggling with how to exactly say that to you, but I'll figure it out, but hopefully the end of the week so whether you're we're talking about Exploring yourself and what you really want out of life Exploring your art being more brave about expressing who exactly you are whatever that is I want you to explore that I want you to take a deep breath and you want you to take a step towards that goal That being said one of the scariest things for most of us Creatives who are also tech usually introverts of some sort. I know I'm on YouTube and that makes no sense But trust me I am Is to do art in public or to tell people that you do art because how many times have you been in a group setting? with maybe your husband's work friends and They get introduced to you and they say oh hi Gina. How are you? What do you do? Oh, I'm an artist. Oh You get that you get that oh Okay, kind of response from them. You've all been there. I know you have I get that all the time. I don't let it get to me anymore So wherever I go, I always have some kind of arts about this is my actual handbag This is from Amazon the little thing is from my local hippie shop my little owl Jinkalbells and this is my actual handbag and I'm gonna prove to you everywhere I go Put those away and I'll go in there Everywhere I go. I have art something to do art with everywhere. I go. I have this small pocket size Well in cough drop wrappers receipts small pocket size plan Travelers notebook and it has a mini ink joy pen in it and some notebooks that I can just doodle in and do whatever I don't work in this all the time, but when I feel the urge. I can just sit down and do a doodle I can do a more realistic drawing of whatever is right in front of me. It doesn't have to be perfect I don't care if they don't like it. This is about me. This is not about them. This goes with me everywhere if you guys want links for anything that you see in the video if you leave a comment and Let me know I will try to remember to put them in the video description But if I forget let me know. All right, so this is my handbag. This goes with me everywhere, of course One of the other things I do when I go out of town, or I'm away even for overnight I always take an art bag with me. So my main travel art bag is this one. This is a little mini cosmetic suitcase I got it in a vintage shop. I get asked about this all the time It's from a vintage shop. It's a little train case and I don't know You'd have to look around for them. I will tell you that it measures about Just about eight and three-quarters by probably 14 by 6 My dream is to manufacture these some day Or something similar and a few other items that I'm going to show you today My dream is because I've really Searched high and low for something that works for me whether I'm flying or driving That'll just work for me and this works great because it seals shut. I can put whatever I wanted it I don't have to worry about stuff falling out. It is small enough to go on the plane with me It fits under the seat So I don't have to let it out of my sight. I don't care if they lose my clothes, but don't lose my art supplies I did create a belly band for it. There's a video for this on my channel This is just to ensure it stays closed and doesn't pop open because it is a vintage case And I do have a tendency to put a lot of stuff in here It does have its own Travel tag address tag With my business card in it. So that does which is on the other side So that stays on here and that's more cute than anything because I would never check this and I can pack this with a variety of different things depending on what I'm doing while I'm gone and what Projects I'm inspired to work on generally speaking. I always take my watercolor with me Sometimes I take the sort of smash bookie stuff with me Occasionally I take acrylic paint with me, but not too often. I do have a mini paper trimmer This is by American Crafts. I Think I got it at a lobby lobby. I don't remember baby wipes always Talk about those in a minute. I have a Faber-Castell Waterglass This doesn't always come with me because frequently I mean this is cute and all sometimes I bring it But frequently I can just find a paper cup or what something like that wherever I'm at and that works just fine If I'm not sure I'm going to be near somewhere where they're going to have something like that That also happens occasionally then I do bring this but this doesn't actually always come with me In fact, I've thought about getting rid of it recently A small sample-sized container of extra heavy gel medium you could use anything But you don't need to bring the whole big giant jar I just need to bring the small jar for when I want to glue heavy things into my journal And I do keep it into a Ziploc bag because if you're taking it on the plane the air pressure can make it explode So, you know better be safe than sorry This is my travel watercolor journal And this always almost always goes with me. I do stick all my plain luggage tag things in the cover I You know start working on the back cover soon, and I do little paintings in here at least one every time I go somewhere And you know, it's gonna take me a while probably to fill this up, but that's okay It's not about filling it up anytime soon. That's oh that always comes Something else that always comes is my basic watercolor travel kit now. This is from art-toolkit .com And you can get these with or without a palette in them. I would recommend without Especially if you already have a Small pocket palettes now the Windsor Newton pocket palette will fit in here. I have a metal pocket box in here And with my favorite watercolor colors and Then I have a small sprayer a Couple of water brushes. There is a needle-less syringe to refill these although honestly, I've never used this I Still have it in there. I don't even know why actually some mini pencils and colored pencils and mini pens a White gel pen a black sharpie pen a black pilot varsity pen and Actually a super fine point black Sharpie pen a ruler a piece of a gift card and a couple bulldog clips Paper tallying wax paper Plastic wrap a little bit of salt and some an eraser all of the tools that I would maybe need to create an Interesting watercolor while I'm away. I really don't need more than this. This has gone with me a lot of different places It travels really great. What colors exactly that you bring in your watercolor kit are totally up to you I have a selection of Coy and Daniel Smith colors in there. I took the inside Let's see There's a little tray that fits inside of these that I took out So that I could get more watercolors in here And these this is my palette selection But you could customize that to be what works for you And I just keep the rubber band on there to just help keep it closed Of course. I'm on camera. It doesn't want to go back together Okay, so this is always in here usually right there This is another travel bag. This is from Amazon I Don't know I don't think there's a manufacturer on there I just said something else, but this it doesn't matter what the bag is But this is a small one and this one contains a spare pair of reading glasses I have a ménage that needs that a little small vino shampoo bottle that I washed out that has glue in it and Then a stapler some tape runners a little mini ink pad a date stamp and some glue stick This is like my adhesive bag. So my stick it an adhesive bag. So generally this also is always in here This bag is one of the optional bags. This bag has colored pens and Markers a mini pair of scissors a palette knife my neocut up small set of neocolor some stencils Some sponges this one doesn't have to come with me. It usually does But it's one of those bags that can take out and leave if I don't want to work on that kind of project I do have a spare one of these watercolor kits Now if I decide I want to bring an extra set of watercolors like maybe my metallics I would stick them in here. I do have some regular watercolor brushes travel brushes that I occasionally bring I don't bring them again all the time So this is one of those optional bags if I'm going to the desert I frequently bring this one and I stick my muted palette in here because it has just the right colors Extra colors that aren't in this one And then I do have an acrylic bag now this acrylic bag just has some acrylic brushes in it I may actually add a couple of things in here I was thinking about last night, but for right now It just has some brushes in it and some small bottles of Liquitex basics paint. These are 15. Oh, sorry 22 mil bottles and it is a nice little travel pen bag and it's small enough so I could take this out I Could put my gel medium in there and my baby wipes And that would fit just fine I if I wanted to bring this extra travel kit the watercolor kit Yeah, it would still fit so think about Taking art supplies with you wherever you go whether you're just going out for coffee with the girls take a little sketchbook Don't be afraid to show who you are To those who care about you or and who cares what strangers think have fun with your life Take your art supplies with you if they make you happy. That's the bottom line I do that all the time and I love it and I don't know how to now go on vacation or go anywhere without them Even if I don't think I'm going to use them. I bring them Alright, that's it for today. Don't forget to check out the video description above all have a great day remember our prompt for the my year group this year this month is growth and Explore that and see what that means to you Have a great day do something nice for yourself because you deserve it and I'll see you later. Bye guys