The Ultimate Tool for Watercolor Plein Air? Guerrilla Sketcher Sketchbuddy 

We love these rigorous, in-depth reviews from this experienced, skilled artist! Emily, some days we think half of our universe is held together with bulldog clips and washi tape!

Because of your review I bought this. I added a note to my order, to please make sure all the rings were tight. And they were! So I can confirm, they are not all like that.

Oh a cool small sketching setup bag! Perfect for the small size that I enjoy working with. Thanks for sharing this wonderful video!

Love the Wisteria sketch!

Hullo Emily, I have never found a great solution for traveling with art supplies and personal items together. I have used several different kinds of bags with straps for support and most are to wonky to provide a stable rest area. I did use a mono pole to support the weight of my travel easel. Rather like the James Gurney boards, with the mono pole screwed into the camera mount they have the same mounting screw that is used on tripods! You must support the board from angular movement but the pole supports the weight. I made it work for years before I became a permanent sitting Artist. I simply cannot work standing anymore. I did enjoy watching your review and your videos are very well done! Thank you for sharing this traveling kit with us. Please take care, be safe and enjoy your day!

Thank you Emily what a great video to watch right before I start my summer travels. I am always lost when I don’t have my paints with me.

I have the exact same spray bottle. And I loved the waterfall painting. I think more people should dare to paint outside. And especially I think art teachers should go with the students outside to paint plain air. When I was in high school our teacher always had a page full of questions about our field trips but we never properly learned watercolor and never drew outside. In fact they never even taught any technique or medium properly. I had to teach myself as an adult because my thirst to draw and paint was not filled in school.

So glad you got to visit WNC! I hope you enjoyed it! We do get a lot of rain here!

Emily , thank you for the review on the sketch buddy, honest and amazing as always. I trust your recommendations and value them. I am also happy to hear that you visited my city, Asheville and Biltmore! It’s a beautiful place to visit and paint (and live!!😊). I hope you enjoyed your time here! I’m sorry that it was so rainy! Please come back to visit , maybe in the fall one year, it’s so beautiful! Again, thank you for the review on this art tool!

Fantastic! I hope you enjoyed Biltmore!! Such a beautiful place. Your paintings from the trip look awesome!!! Thanks for the review.

Cool little sketcher and beautiful sketches Emily!!

Hello Emily, great review and great paintings! 🤗

I made a standing desk easel that works well - it is much larger and one solid flat piece with no folding hinge

Thanks so much for this review. I was one of the people requesting a review of this, as I've been thinking about it since you showed it in your PACE video 😊I just placed my order for one!

Love the Restaurant painting!

This is so timely. Could you or others here suggest a lightweight comfortable folding chair to take along on sketching trips?

I watched a Mind of Watercolor video the other day and you doubled up on that one. Made for an interesting lesson. So much so that I subscribed to your channel as I am already subscribed to his. I am always on the lookout for different lessons via different perspectives. Great way to learn and enjoy the process at the same time. I’m looking forward to more as I go back in time to see what you have presented in the past. Of course I am looking to the future as well. -OkieSketcher 1949

i love the reveiw very indepth. i like your style of bideos too very clean.

Nice review Emily. I am always looking for new and interesting sketching products. I’ve been painting exclusively in watercolor for much longer than you have been alive, I’m sure. I use a product found in the children’s department of IKEA. It has a hard cover made of wood, zipper opening , I can carry my sketch book, water container, brushes, eraser, etc. if you like I can send a photo. Let me know. I also have very strong magnets that holds my Lucas palette on the board. Anyway keep up the great videos. They are great. ❤

Beautiful sketches! Next time try the North Georgia Mts. We have fabulous waterfalls. My question is about the wooden support you used on your tripod( full video of waterfalls)?

Hi, Thank you for this great video. I saw you placed your watercolor tin on the chair arm...did your metal tin fit in the binder? Thanks again!

Hello Emily from Madrid, Spain (fellow wildlife artist and plein air/urban sketcher from New York & expat living abroad). I have been in search for the "right" (or more "practical") Sketchers Easel bag at World Wide level and I have studied many through the internet and RU-vid, but only 1 fits the bill best, and it still needs minor adjustments, though... So, what am I looking for in a "Sketchers Easel Bag"? 1. One bag for everything: my personal stuff (keys, wallet, smartphone, etc.) Without getting carried away. 2. Small, light weight and easy to carry: considering the bag as an EDC with essentials (personal and Art things, including up to an A4 size sketchbook), but something inconspicuous that looks like a bag and is in fact a bag (messenger type). 3. Converts into an easel: without the need for a tripod, has a sturdy hard surface where you can draw/paint standing up, and hands free to just paint. 4. Economically viable: something that's worth it's money for value, but that you don't have to sell a kidney to purchase it, whilst being of good quality for the long term. Under these parameters, which I believe many thousands of Artists have and agree on, I have found only several world wide (I've been doing my personal R&D for a full year already) that fit some if the parameters... Good Artist Bags but are not easels: JustGoSketching Companion, Joe Miller's Travel Painter, etc... Many Art bags out there, but no EASEL (without a tripod). Only 2 bags fill those parameters: - Etchr Slate Mini Satchel: great bag for carrying everything (though not too good to include personal belongings in an easy and accessible manner) and can be used as a portable easel (standing up with it, etc.), but won't fit an A4 (there's a bigger size, but I think it's too big to be an EDC for all ages). Note: pretty pricy but good quality. 2. Darsie Beck's Field Easel Art Bag: I think it's the only one that complies with all the parameters listed. It's a bag, looks like a bag and acts like any bag. Will fit all your personal and Art stuff (again, what's needed, not a full art studio). You can fit up to an A4 sketchbook. It's an easel (standing up, sitting, anywhere) so no need to carry a tripod (based on parameters for my personal search). And... It's still a bit "wee" expensive for my taste, but doable. I sttingly belueve is the best option I have encountered so far. I am planning on getting one next Autumn. Note: lack of distribution and vendors to purchase from, so from Europe is a bit more difficult. I do post the following question, though... Why are NO other companies, etc... more focused on these types of bags for urban and plein air sketching on the go, where you have a convenient easel (hard surface included for drawing/painting) and polivalent (without being ginormeous) enough to also carry personal belongings? I just do not understand... from a market perspective I am sure there is a market for such products. Well... I am truly sorry for such a long comment. I hope it may help others in their search, and thank you for your great channel and content. It is wonderful! Cheers from Sunny Spain! 😁👍😎

Emily, i love your review! I live in belgium and want to buy a guerilla sketch buddy.. sadly they only can be ordered in America and Canada? Can you help me out please?

My problem with these bags is that you always have to have another bag with you for your personal belongings. And the two together are already much less practical. I'd rather have my sketchbook separate and a limited selection of tools in one small folder like the ArtKit folder. Those I can fit into my bag or backpack which I will have to carry anyway.

What is this thing you call "Wadder" dont understand alien word to me!!!