Outdoor painting equipment, materials, clothing and health safety items needed

I've shown below the equipment, materials and personal clothing and skin and health protection items you need when painting 'en plein air' - outdoors!
It's important to have everything you'll need during the days painting, so study this list carefully.
Painting outdoors is absolutely a wonderful way to spend time but it's important to bring all the essential stuff with you - usually you're within a few yards of where you can park your car, so even if you make a couple of journeys, it's worth having everything with you.
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You'll need the following items if painting in oils - there's a different list for acrylic - which is not yet uploaded on this site.

Spiral bound small sketchpad to work out your composition, and your light & dark areas - thumbnail sketches
A couple of pencils - at least 2B, maybe 4B and 6B to give strong deep dark shaded shapes
Light Outdoor Easel - there's many types - wooden and metal - a table easel is not suitable
Canvas boards - various sizes but not too large - from 6 by 8 to 14 by 18 inches is usually the range. At least one per day of the workshop.
Paints - I've shown the minimum range I usually bring with me. Half used tubes are lighter to carry
Brushes - I've shown a selection, from large (about 1 inch) to small for details (size 2)
Palette - for laying out your paints, and for mixing paints; I use a light hardboard palette; you can use the disposable pad type though if you're holding them in your hand all day, the support cardboard tends to warp and it becomes difficult to hold. The disposable type is best left on a light folding table.
Painting Mediums - I use Turpentine outdoors, and Sansodor indoors - to thin the paint as an underpainting or first quick coating of paint.  I use a little Liquin for when I'm using thicker paint in the middle to later stages - to help quick drying and it also is easier to 'push' the paint around while still holding its 'thickness'.
Double Cups or Dipper - for holding your turpentine and liquin on your palette for immediate mixing at all times.
Small Jar for cleaning brushes - A screwcap lid is essential. You put turpentine in this jar and keep it beside your palette, and use it when rinsing brushes while you paint.
Larger jar for Used Turpentine - Pour dirty turps from your small jar during the day and keep your used dirty turps for bringing home in this larger jar
Small cotton cloths or kitchen towels - for wiping paint off your brushes before cleaning in turps.   
​Small, light folding stool - it gets tiring standing at your easel all day, and sometimes there isn't a low wall to sit on
Small, light, folding table - not essential, but it avoids you having to stoop down on the ground for accessing your stuff all day long
Plastic bag to take home your rubbish those dirty cloths, kitchen towels, lunch wrapping etc. We always leave the locations as we found it.
Large Carrying Bag or preferably Rucksack - to carry all the smaller items above; you can carry the easel, stool and table separately.

I've also shown the range of clothing/weather gear I bring with me - no point in pretending, sometimes the Irish weather can be changeable so be prepared for light wind and short showers - if it's worse than that, we head home.  Warm feet, warm legs, warm torso and warm neck and head are really important when painting for hours outdoor. A wide brim hat shades the sun and helps your observation; suncream is essential and occasionally you'll find midges are attracted to you - so midge spray comes in handy.  I use a very old pair of golf overalls for showery/windy weather, a light jumper, good socks and strong shoes; I also have a neck-warmer or neckerchief, and also (not shown) a wooly hat as a cool wind can be very debilitating when standing still, painting. Having said all that, most days you won't need to wear these extra items - just your usual casual clothing with perhaps a jumper on top.

For sustenance during the day - please bring a small flask for hot water, a mug, tea or coffee, spoon, sugar or whatever you mix (if anything), a tiny bottle with milk perhaps, sandwiches, biscuits, and fruit as you like. It's amazing how revived you'll feel after a light lunch.

​With all that sorted - you're ready to paint your masterpiece!!  Good Luck!!!!
See below for pictures of all this equipment