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Wanted to share my snazzy plein air set up I took to Italy.  Space was at a premium so I brought my Guerrilla box which holds 6x8s.  My splurge purchase before I left was the Guerrilla tripod which weighs 2 pounds and is 17 inches folded up.  I had an old Unison box that fit into the bottom of the easel (where the paints would go) and brought another small Terry Ludwig box which I attached with a giant rubber band to the palette.  I ended up with about 35 pastels.  My palette was could not quite capture the colors that were there.  Italy has beautiful yellow light, with violet shadows.   I brought too many greens with red in them, and could not capture the blue greens on the shadows of the foliage.  My pastel surface was a 9x12 Kitty Wallis pad that I kept in a Panel Pack and connected it to the box using a bungee cord.  When I wanted to watercolor I had a 6x8 block that sat inside of the box and then my watercolor palette sat on top of the box palette.  I brought a collapsible bucket for water which I hung with a hook.  All this fit into my laptop bag which I used as my personal bag when I was flying and the whole thing weighed about 12 pounds.  Other than having the wrong colors to capture the light in pastel, I was very happy with the set up.

Here is a close up of the my plein air box and pastels. 

The watercolor set up: I painted on a 6x8 block which I kept in the box.  The palette fit on the top, and I kept the watercolor tubes in a small tin.