What to take when painting on location?

This is my travelling paint-box. It measures 10cm X 7cm.  It used to hold quarter pans, but now these are no longer easily available I refill from tubes which in fact gives me much moister colour - quite a consideration when working in hot climates. I include Titanium white in this box as I often make my studies on tinted hand-made paper and this is a useful way of making direct notes of highlights in the composition (although these are more often left as reserved paper in the final painting. Contained in the box is a small water container.  Some cut down brushes, a stump of a 2B pencil and a knife blade (for scratching  lights into dark areas) to complete the kit.    

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