How to Draw a Body Bag
Early on terminal year my urban sketcher friend Cecilia Simonyi from Hungary asked me to test a prototype for a sketching pocketbook and was it corking to meet her selling the final product at the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Amsterdam in July. I wasn't able to review the final version at the fourth dimension, so Cecilia kindly sent me four different versions to test. I'thousand even so in the process of testing all four Walkit numberless to detect which works the all-time for me, merely I can tell you straight away that I absolutely beloved them!
Note: I prepared this article a few weeks ago and have decided to publish it now as information technology was written. Although I'thousand not out sketching and needing to use this sketching handbag for its intended purpose, I am using information technology at dwelling. And I'k reminded of the wonderful global community of Urban Sketchers to whom I feel closer to than normal at the moment as nosotros become through lockdowns, self isolation and social distancing. I also like doing my flake to promote fellow modest business owners, especially in uncertain times as nosotros are facing at the moment.
And then this is what I wrote a few weeks ago:
Terminal month I taught a 3-day workshop and each day I loaded up a different Walkit bag to test. It was then convenient to have all my tools by my side and to have them and then hands accessible. I wore the Walkit all day with my usual blue cantankerous body handbag over the top. All my tools felt secure whether I was sketching, walking around or communicable public ship.
Although I utilise the front pocket of my Hedgren handbag in a similar way, the Walkit was a more than convenient and organised mode of holding my kit. It as well meant that I didn't need to bear my purse while I went around the grouping giving i on one sessions. So the Walkit was perfect for teaching.
The bags are top quality and I really honey the designs and colours. I beloved the mitt stamped patterns on 2 of the bags I tested – you can read about the inspiration of each on the site. Ultimately I remember that I will apply the manifestly darker i for my side by side big sketching trip as I call up information technology will show the dirt less.
Here are a few photos showing the diverse bags and what I fitted into them.
Small bag: 16.5cm broad x 21cm tall
Large bag: 21cm broad x 24cm tall
This is how I filled one of the larger bags:
- Front pocket: Travel brushes and short pencils
- Second pocket: Water container (I actually can fit 2 of my minor water containers in this section)
- Blueish Pockets: My Faber Castell Sharpener, TSWBI Eco pens (how'southward that for colour coordination?) and my paint can (perfect fit!) Annotation: if you had a tall h2o container it would work well in one of these blueish pockets.
- Rear pocket: My other (longer) fountain pens, while gel pen, watercolour pencils (if I carry them at all), toothbrush holder containing my dagger castor).
Note: I pulled all the pens etc out of the pockets a little for this photograph so that you can see them more conspicuously. But you can see in the photo beneath what they were like when I was using the bag.
This is the Balaton walkit purse in large size: 21cm wide ten 24cm alpine
Clarification of the design: The Hungarian Sea – as people call it, an lxxx kilometer long lake with silky blue-greenish h2o in the center of Transdanubia. Lake Balaton is one of Hungary's most precious treasures, and besides the largest lake in Central Europe. The essence of our iconic lake is brought into this series of walkit numberless. If y'all cull it with pattern, you lot will see the cute vegetation in the Balaton World Heritage area.
My local sketching friend Yvonne has kindly written a review of her Walkit handbag then I'll let her tell y'all more nearly the purse.
Cecilia Simonyi'southward Walkit – the pocketbook for sketchers
Small size: 165 x 210mm
REVIEWED By YVONNE FRINDLE
When it comes to urban sketching, I put bags into ii main categories: i. the regular pocketbook (work, casual or dressy) that will happily agree a minimalist fine art kit for spontaneous daily sketching, and 2. the bag for dedicated sketching excursions, comfortable and light on the torso, and ideally with external pockets that can be used in situ without unloading. This 2d one is something of a holy grail!
Then there's a third kind of purse – let'due south call it the tool holster. Hairdressers and carpenters will know this well. But until Hungarian artist Cecilia Simonyi developed her Walkit "pocketbook for sketchers", nobody seems to have devised anything like this specifically for outdoor artists. It'southward a smart combination of flat and gusseted pockets combined with sturdy elastic looping within to agree private pens and pencils.
When I first saw a Walkit – in social media posts from the 2019 Amsterdam Symposium – I knew I had to try it! I opted for the smaller of the two sizes (165mm West x 210mm H) – I like to travel calorie-free and I didn't want a wider purse that would encourage me to fill it with more than than I really needed as an urban sketcher working in ink and watercolour.
The Walkit in activeness
As a public send user, I carry my loaded Walkit in my main sketching bag, together with bulkier things such every bit my sketchbook, water containers, clipboard and so on. I then put it on when I get to my destination. The shoulder strap is adjustable and long enough to exist worn crossbody style, and while the design isn't symmetrical, it tin can be carried to the left or right.
When worn, it's light, meaty and doesn't arrive the way, whether I'm sitting or standing. Everything I might want is immediately to hand, which is dandy if I'm wearing a haversack or if I'm resting my sketchbook on my principal bag while sitting. I especially like that I tin can move effectually between sketches without having to pack everything away, and it's skillful from a security signal of view, since my master bag can stay completely zipped upwardly while I focus on sketching.
I was curious about the elastic loop on the side of the bag, which wasn't mentioned on Cecilia'south website. It turns out this is to let y'all to curlicue the filled purse and secure information technology when travelling. I can see how this might work with the wider bag if filled with pencils, merely it's not as useful on the pocket-sized bag, peculiarly if you have anything wide in there. That said, the loop could be useful as a lanyard for attaching a name tag or any small tool with a loop or hole in it.
Blueprint and worksmanship
The Walkit has been designed by a working artist and it shows – there's no feeling of compromise and every feature is useful. Perchance my only criticism is that it could do with a few more than of the slightly looser rubberband loops, big enough for fountain pens. The fabrics are sturdy and everything is cleanly stitched and finished. And it looks beautiful!
Will it hold a sketchbook?
One of the first questions I'chiliad usually asked is whether my small Walkit will hold a sketchbook. Yes and no. An A5 sketchbook up to 18mm thick and no more than 148mm broad on the outside (think Leuchtturm1917) volition fit in the back pocket, protruding just slightly over the top edge, but it volition reduce your power to make use of more than a few of the rubberband loops within that pocket. I don't attempt to carry a sketchbook in mine because I come across the Walkit as something to hold my tools while sketching.
What'south in my Walkit?
At the moment I'm carrying:
- Front pocket loops (backside the angled forepart panel): two fountain pens, three fineliners, a white gel pen and 3 travel brushes. I don't carry annihilation loose in that frontmost pocket.
- Front directly pocket: ViewCatcher (for framing compositions and checking values).
- Heart gusseted pockets: sheets of kitchen towel in an old Kleenex wallet, propelling eraser and (non pictured) modest spritzer.
- Rear pocket loops: a mechanical pencil and a clutch pencil, greyness watercolour pencil, h2o-soluble graphite pencil, white chinagraph pencil, waterbrush.
- Rear pocket: Japanese "handkerchief" (one side linen, one side towelling), folding ruler.
[supplied flat photo shows all the higher up items except the spritzer]
Loaded in this manner it's certainly not chock-a-cake full. There would be room for 5 or six more than pencils at the back and a few more travel brushes or shorter pens or pencils in the forepart. I can besides fit a classic 12-halfpan can watercolour palette in the larger of the gusseted pockets, but I prefer to carry my palette horizontally in my main bag. Then even the small bag holds a good deal.
Decision
The Walkit won't hold your sketchbook, nor your wallet, phone, drink bottle or lunch. In that respect information technology's not a bag, but it is a fantastic artist'southward holster. If y'all've been looking for something that will proceed your tools conveniently to mitt during extended sketching sessions so this is worth your attention.
Caveats
I wouldn't recommend the pocket-sized Walkit for artists who work mostly with markers or want to carry a lot of fat pens, as most of the loops are sized for pencils (thicker Albrecht-Durer pencils are fine). Also, you'll need to look elsewhere if you're hoping for a pocketbook or holster that volition carry your working water pot on your trunk à la French sketcher "White Rabbit".
Thanks Yvonne!!!
My summary: This is a fantastic bag to wearable either cross trunk our around your waist which keeps all your sketching tools handy and organised. I love many of the design features and the overall quality and colours of the bags. Highly recommended. Check out more here.
And finally, hither is a photo of my Walkit yesterday. I have taken the strap off and I'yard using the pocketbook to keep my usual sketching kit in identify as I sketch at dissimilar locations around my home. My art tools always seem to spread all over the place at dwelling and then I'yard looking forward to being more organised in the coming weeks. Using my Walkit is also a constant reminder of all my Urban Sketchers friends around the earth – stay safe!
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