Park test - intro

Last week I decided to pay a visit to our local zoo for a whole day of sketching and painting from life. Sounded like a good plan until the weather got a tad depressing, so I decided to test my life drawing equipment in the park I live in.
I sure don't want to find myself carrying too much weight on a day long trip!

A couple shots of the "Parco degli Acquedotti" - winter and summer.
Snow is actually very rare in Rome. Oh how I love snow.

Sorry! I'm not a photographer.
Nor am I interested to be one, although it could benefit my composition skills; I take photos for personal reference, so I can study my subjects and render my stuff after I had to abandon my choice landscape/person/lizard in real life.

I'm well aware that I tend to drag around a lot of "useless" stuff. Like my external hard disk: I'm not leaving my laptop alone in a room if I don't have the hdd on me. Or the few pieces of jewelry I hold dear. Or my nds cartridges. Or my fat wallet, packed full of 1-2 cent coins. Or skecthbooks I won't be preferring over the smaller ones.
So my quest for that day was basically this: test a distibution of weight and choice of items - in search of a solution that allows me to paint publicly, comfortably, for a whole day without breaking my back.

The pencil case. The damn pencils case. 

...I need a comfy pencil case that isn't embarrassing

My poor watercolors weren't treated well in their early days. I'll learn.