Comparing 2 Travel Kits

I created my first tiny travel palette by using a mini Altoids tin that my husband gave me and retrofiting 3 full pans so that I could bring lots of paint in primary colours on travels. I've also tried several different water brushes so I thought I'd share why these are my favourites.

PALETTES:
Both are small, light and  take up very little space which makes them easy to travel with in my shoulder pack. Both palettes are similar in size and I love the Altoids tin as it holds so much colour which lasts for such a long time while the Art Toolkit Demi pans only hold the equivalent of 1/4 pan. Unfortunately, the Altoids tin is also thicker which means it does take up more valuable space in my small bag. The Demi allows me to bring 6 different colours, which is very nice though they don't last as long (I could potentially place 6-1/2 pans in the Altoids tin but I prefer a longer pan in order to have lots of room to swipe my brush). The Demi is also fantastic to attach to my sketchbook with a small butterfly clip (I can't do that with the Altoids tin). A challenge with the Demi is that the mixing pan has no edges so I can't mix a lot of watery colour as it runs off the edge whereas the Altoids tin has a nice, deep mixing well. All-in-all, both are fabulous for different reasons though I tend to bring the Demi on shorter trips and the Altoids tin on longer ones (more than 1 week). 

WATER BRUSHES:
I love using water brushes when I'm out and about...they're tidier, no water dish to lug and fill and to find a space for, and I don't have to worry about disposing of paint water when I'm out and about, which is so much better for the environment. I use both of these brushes at different times as they are approximately the same length when capped or posted (cap on the end). They are both easy to fill under a tap or with a water bottle. The brush on the left is the Pentel Aquash Mini, which holds a little more water and has a finer tip and is a bit easier to control water flow. The brush on the right is by Sakura (Koi) and is narrower for easier transportation and the brush is a bit larger for ease of applying larger washes of colour (ie. sky and sea).

All-in-all, I like both of these kits/brushes equally thoug I'm a bit sentimental about the Altoids tin. :)