Zoe.. thanks for you words of wisdom.. I have found that lugging around all this in the bag was a bit of a chore so I have cut back on contents and swapped out my larger Crumpler for my smaller one. Instead of the big "Dreadful Embarrassment", I now use the "Considerable Embarrassment" bag. The waterbottle holder is gone also. The contents of the bag are now as follows:
Bag contains:
▪ 2 - 8" x 12" Moleskine Watercolour Sketchbooks
▪ 1 - 5" x 8.25" Moleskin Plain Notebook
▪ 1 - 5" x 8.25" Moleskin Watercolour Book for Ink sketches [added]
▪ 4 - Holbein Waterbrushes [added]
▪ 1 x iPad and Targus iPad sleeve (for protection)
▪ 2 x paint cloths in ziploc bags
▪ 1 x extra pair of eyeglasses
▪ 1 x rain poncho (for emergencies)
▪ 1 x bag of Wet Ones (wet towels)
▪ 1 x bag of Kleenex (wet towels)
▪ 2 x sizes of ziploc bags (rolled up)
▪ 1 x Fujifilm XP20 digital camera (used to take these photos)
▪ 1 x Camera bag with adapters, spare memo card and battery with neckstrap
▪ 1 x camera battery recharger
▪ 1 x extra eyeglass cleaning cloth
▪ 1 x Targus iPad Stylus
▪ 1 x Swiss Army Knife
▪ 1 x Steel Multitool
▪ 1 x Travelling Watercolour Palette ( I use WN tube paint)
▪ 1 x Eraser (stick form)
▪ 5 x DR Pigment Ink Pilot Drawing Pens
▪ 4 x Koh-I-Noor HB Pencils
▪ 1 x Watercolour #6 brush for ink [added]
▪ 1 x bottle blue Mont Blanc fountain pen ink [added]
ahhhh much lighter!
The following have now been eliminated and left for use at home
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▪ 1 business card holder
▪ 1 x empty pill bottle (to hold pencil sharpener and shavings)
▪ 1 x circular cutting board
▪ 1 x steel clip with two screw-top water containers
▪ 1 x tin of 72 water-soluble Derwent Pastel Pencils hugely reduces the weight
▪ 1 x tin of 36 Derwent Watercolour Pencils hugely reduces the weight
▪ 1 x tin of 24 Derwent Graphitint Pencils hugely reduces the weight
▪ 1 x tin of 24 Derwent Inktense Pencils hugely reduces the weight
▪ 1 x Winsor & Newton Travelling Watercolour Palette ( I use WN tube paint)
▪ 1 x metal pencil sharpener
▪ 1 x set of utility knife blades
▪ 1 x tin containing:
▪ 2 x short handled watercolour brushes
▪ 2 x X-Acto knives with #11 blades (1 not shown in photo)
▪ 7 x Koh-I-Noor 2B Pencils
▪ 6 x Koh-I-Noor HB Pencils
▪ 7 x assorted Derwent Graphic Pencils (Hard 4H-8H + Soft 4B and 9B)