There’s no telling when inspiration will strike — but keep these gadgets handy and you’ll always be ready.
From keyboards to smart lenses, here’s the best tech for creating masterpieces on the move.
Roli Songmaker Kit
This all-in-one music creation system is every bit as futuristic as it looks. Comprising a 24-key digital keyboard, light-up Midi controller and loop block for easy production, it’s like having a studio you can carry around. The Songmaker Kit includes a software bundle and hundreds of sounds, including packs by Grimes, Steve Aoki and Rudimental.
£599.95 | Roli | Buy it now
Boogie Board Scribble n’ Play
A full-blown tablet probably isn’t the best idea for little artists but this ingenious gadget bridges the gap perfectly. It’s an electronic sketchpad that lets your pint-sized Picasso scribble, draw and erase without needing messy pens or paper. The coin-cell battery lasts up to five years so there’s no recharging to worry about either.
£29.99 | Soda Says | Buy it now
Nebula Capsule II
Painting a mural is much easier when you can project your plans onto the wall beforehand. This pocket projector provides a HD picture, quick autofocus and up to three hours’ projection per charge. It also offers strong sound and thousands of apps, so you can relax by watching movie The Artist when you’ve finished being one.
£600 | Selfridges | Buy it now
Take Better Selfies Lens Kit
No artist’s life story is complete without a self-portrait, although these days it’s more likely to be made with a smartphone than a paintbrush. This kit comes with five lenses that clip over your phone’s selfie cam: fish-eye, wide-angle, macro, telescopic and polarising (for removing glare). You can use them on the main camera too.
£19.99 | Firebox | Buy it now
Nixplay Seed Wave
If you love to surround yourself with your own pictures, a digital photo frame saves you carrying around the regular kind. This one has speakers so you can also watch videos and play music, and it automatically adjusts to landscape or portrait format depending on which way you turn it.
£240 | Amazon | Buy it now
Microsoft Surface Go
This light, super-portable tablet PC has a glorious high-res PixelSense screen for showing the most colourful art to its best advantage. Grab the £89 Surface pen and you have a digital sketchpad for drawing and painting anywhere. It’s not the most technologically advanced tablet, though, so for intensive work such as animation and video editing, you’ll need to look elsewhere.
From £369 | John Lewis | Buy it now
