The Best Bag for Urban Sketching Bag?

[@danbolton3180]

Thank you Doug for just being human especially when your sketches are out of this world!

[@dougjacksonart]

My pleasure!

[@ralphherrick596]

Every time I watch you, you make me laugh... makes your tutorials a pleasure to watch and learn from ...

[@dougjacksonart]

THANKS 😊. If I can make someone smile then I am indeed a wealthy man!!

[@ralphherrick596]

That's a fantastic way to look at everything.....

[@aprilmunday1152]

My passion is for the 14th century, so no hope of getting a seven-hundred-year-old bag. I'm slightly impressed that you had a conversation with James Holland about a gas mask bag.

[@theartisticactuary]

If this video were a painting, I'd be describing it as loose and expressionistic. Great work. And that gas mask bag has to be the coolest bit of art gear I've ever seen.

[@dougjacksonart]

Wow, thank you! 😁

[@peter-robinson]

I have a hungarian bread bag which is similar era but a squidge smaller. I waxed it with some beeswax and so it looks & feels lovely, plus is somewhat waterproofed. A few minutes of hot air from my wife’s hair dryer was enough to melt the wax in and occasionally to redo it and even the wax out.

[@petesuchon7340]

I always pack a shaker of Martinis and a small jar of olives. Thanks for the video.

[@JessKnowles-wj5os]

Thank you for making me smile..again

[@dougjacksonart]

My pleasure Jess. MERRY XMAS 😁😁🐕

[@CarlynTucker-s9m]

I have a WWll gas mask bag as a sketch bag as well. Mine is US Army surplus that I got in the late 60’s for really cheap. I used it well into the 1970’s when I went off to college. It was such a favorite that I’ve used it since, it’s stashed with some other treasures in my garage as we speak. The design is a little different than the UK model. The main modification I made was to put a patch with a heron on it , over the army chemical warfare insignia (to combat so to speak that sort of dark origin). It really is a good design, though the one made by the ladies in Wales looks really beautiful. I enjoy your sense of humor keep up the good work. Best Wishes from the USofA!

[@dougjacksonart]

That's very intresting and army surplus gear was definitely popular with students when I was at uni too. I doubt that's still true. I'm currently falling down a rabbit hole of 1940's fountain pens. I think I'm regressing 🤣🤣

[@valeriegehling4358]

When I was young in my bedroom cupboard was dads‘ tin hat, a canvas bag & his sailors‘ hat. I guess as with my „Beatles“ autograph mum threw out whilst „clearing up rubbish“! As you do! Those bags are great! Thanks

[@dougjacksonart]

Love it!! Keep those precious things safe.🤣

[@beverlymarch7916]

I think so many people have great stories from the war,I remember my Mum telling me how she woke up and found her street with a huge hole and rubble everywhere from a bomb,she had slept through it and heard nothing!She had been out the night before and consumed a fair amount of Shipstones bitter and puts it down to that!lol!It must have been a terrible time to have lived through but brought about a great community spirit that sadly is a bit lacking today!Thanks for sharing your interests in the war and fab soldier bag,wonder what stories that could tell!!The Gunslip bag looks really well made and it’s great to support small Uk businesses!Well done you!👍🏻How about taking us along to the We Have Ways fest next time you go?Would be great to see some footage!!I would just like to add that you would make a great bag model Doug..keep swinging those hips!!😂❤

[@dougjacksonart]

🤣🤣🤣..that's a fabulous idea, and I always do a bit sketching when I'm there. It's true when you say theat the war affected everyone. Sadly, that generation is almost gone. Still we have a lot of reasons to be thankfull for thier efforts. 😁

[@simpson1672]

There are waterproofing or water resistant fluids for camping gear that could be used on canvas bags. You could look into those for treating the bottom of the bags.

[@dougjacksonart]

That is a great idea 💡

[@SharonFoster852]

Cool! I love Indy's bag! I use a simple backpack because I like the weight distributed over both shoulders, but if I saw a WWII era canvas bag, I'd probably grab it, too.

[@dougjacksonart]

That's most wise Sharon. Thanks for taking the time and comment and support the channel. Merry Christmas 🎅

[@ladyflimflam]

Pretty sure I’m not going to find myself a sketching bag from the bronze age. However, if you are interested in ww2 conceptions of nationalism and how that affects our world today, I can heartily recommend the work of Tim Snyder of Yale. I’m currently reading The Reconstruction of Nations which is quite dark but illuminating.

[@dougjacksonart]

He is a wonderful author. Bloodlands is an amazing and moving books. Also (like most of history) if it doesn't actually repeat it certainly does rhyme. Bronze age bags would be OK but you cannot get the mammoth leather anymore!! 🤣🤣

[@ladyflimflam]

@@dougjacksonartIt doesn’t have to be mammoth, auroch is quite rugged.😊

[@AndySnap]

I wonder if the women (almost certainly) on the production line sewing these bags would ever have imagined them even existing let alone being used 80+ years later...??

[@dougjacksonart]

Yes, it's an interesting thought. I love objects with history 😍