I despise feeling unprepared so I tend to over-pack. Here’s a list of the essentials I keep in my painting backpack and the occasional tool I pack in my trunk - just in case.

We all have to start somewhere, and for me, that place was the 2019 Spring Semester at Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYUI) when I embarked on my very first plein air painting adventure. Little did I know, this experience would mark the beginning of an incredible artistic journey. Join me as I take you back to that moment when I had no idea of what I was getting myself into.