This is a project that I have been looking forward to completing for some time now. I am very happy to have this finished and look forward to getting out and putting it to use. The outside dimensions are 12 x 16 inches and it was built with 1/4 inch plywood with 3/4 inch ripped […]
A modern, full-size French easel for outdoor and indoor use Black varnished pine frame with brass-plated fittings Adjusts to any angle; holds canvases up to 34″ Three telescoping legs accommodate all painting positions Chrome-lined storage drawer with removable dividers Coll...
I like doing sketches of my fellow plein air painters because we don't move much and we are often in interesting positions. See more of my art at www.howiegreen.com
The EaselAir plein air easel has an aluminium construction that is much lighter than a comparable box French easel, with basically the same concept. Company name: EaselAir Website: Pochade box name: EaselAir Type: Aluminum Box Easel Price range: $250-$300 Weight: 4.4lb 2kg Palette size: 20cm x 25cm Construction: aluminum Description This easel is a similar design the the traditional French Easel but weighs about a half of the weight of comparable box French easels. It has two nested palettes that slide out of the box when in use, and slide back in for packing. It has also has two straps for
Premuda est un kit de voyage aquarelle pour votre créativité. Entièrement fait main et conçu pour le moleskine ou les albums jusqu'au format A4 (21 x 29,7 cm). Entièrement modulaire, conçu pour les créations en extérieur ou en studio. Avec son système d'ouverture sur les 2 côtés et un support universel pour trépied photographique, Premuda est parfait pour l'aquarelle et les illustrations, même dans des techniques mixtes. Il est disponible en 2 versions : - Plume : avec 36 demi-godets vides, 1 élastique et 1 support pour rouleau de papier. - Moleskine : avec 36 demi-godets vides, 1 élastique, 1 support pour rouleau de papier, 1 kit de rangement, 1 pinceau d'artiste, 1 tasse d'eau Faber Castell et 1 album d'aquarelle Molekine. Taille du premuda : large 34,8 cm. | 25,8 cm de profondeur. | hauteur 8,5 cm.
Getting ready for tomorrows plein air competition - Prix d'Art at the Old School House Gallery, Qualicum Beach an hour south of here on Vancouver Island. A really fun event that draws 50 artists from the Island and the mainland of British Columbia. So this morning I start to organize things, picked up my tripod - and a leg breaks off. Just metal fatigue I guess - I have worked it pretty hard and felt I was going to need a replacement soon. This has been a great tripod, bought 8 years ago from Judsons ( Gorilla Box ) - good tripod at a good price. But I am now tripod-less as needed to support my Alla Prima Pochade that I like best for acrylics - as shown in an earlier post. And I wanted to use acrylics for this event. So I set up my Soltek and played with different ideas to make it work. I have used it for acrylics - but don't like it nearly as well as my Alla Prima. For acrylics I like to have a small Masterson Palette for the heavy paints and easy access to the bottles of Golden fluid acrylics that I squirt out as needed - and on to a glass palette where I mix. So next I got out my Coulter Art Box system that I have been using for oils this summer. And yippee I think I have a system that will work - in fact, I took it for a "short ride" this morning - spent about 30 minutes at the end of my drive way working on a 9x12 - and think it will do the trick. Coulter system set up for acrylics and my transporter cart Masterson Stawet on the left, glass in the middle and fluid acrylics and medium on the right, brushes hanging on the back, two water containers on front Taking system for a short work out to see if I am happy Never tried this before - using a cut out view finder - thought it might be good for architectural subjects Summer traffic in Comox Initial block in The system worked well and let me set up the way I like acrylics to be set up, in fact, having the panel at shoulder height was an advantage over the Alla Prima. The only limitation is that I had planned to work 14x18 but felt it was too big for the panel holder to support - so I will stick with 12x16 or 11x14.
The LederEasel Kit is an easel and palette holder that is compact, and lightweight and comes with a carrying/storage bag. It's made to attach onto a standard tripod (tripod not included) with a 1/4-20 threaded attachment screw. The parts are made of powder-coated steel and hardwood, giving a unique and stylized appearance. It has been designed so there are no loose parts to get lost, everything is integrated and assembled easily. The LederEasel will hold a canvas or board up to 25" high or as small as you'd like. Adjustable tabs on the crosspieces can be utilized to either extend over or trap the board or canvas up to 3/4" thickness. Thicker panels can be trapped between upper and lower crosspieces without using the tabs. How you use the adjustments will depend on the material selected and the medium you are using. The palette holder will attach to any size or shape tripod leg up to 1.25" in diameter. The board shown in the photo is not included, it's simply an example. The entire kit including the bag weighs 53.5 ounces. PLEASE NOTE: TRIPOD IS NOT INCLUDED There is a $15 restocking fee for items returned.
Plein air, or painting outdoors is an invigorating experience. Read these 9 tips so you can feel prepared when you next take your easel out.
Setup from the Rear Setup from the Front (NOTE: This review has been recently updated.) Like most professional painters, I've collected enough easels and pochade boxes that I could make a good living on eBay. However, I'm not ready to part with any of them just yet. Each has some quality that makes it better for some situations than other boxes. One new easel I've added recently is the En Plein Air Pro "Professional Series" Oil Easel. Right off the bat, I discovered three things that I like. It can handle a panel or stretched canvas up to 22" tall. For these larger sizes, it offers a large mixing area that is 9"x18.5"—that's over 166 square inches. But better yet, I can set it up in under two minutes. I can't do this with my French easel. If I want to go out and paint an 18"x24" and not have to fuss with gear, this is the easel I'll take. For testing, I took this setup out a dozen times with a variety of different size surfaces, both panel and stretched canvas, and in windy conditions. Overall, I was very pleased with the system. See the video below for a quick overview: Palette Box The heart of the system is the palette box. As I mentioned earlier, it offers just over 166 square inches of mixing space, and it's made of lightweight ABS plastic and PVC reinforced with aluminum. The lid pops up and attaches with a tiny magnet to the tripod so it shades the palette from the sun; this is a very nice feature. Two shelves slide out on either side of the box and have pre-drilled holes that you can stick your brush handles in. The right shelf also has a hole into which you can insert the turps jar. Both shelves have enough room for other items like painting knives and paper towels. The palette itself has a mixing area made of a clear PETG panel. (Unlike acrylic, PETG is resistant to solvents.) Beneath this palette is a value scale. For the beginning painter, this is handy, but even advanced painters will find it helpful to have something to test values of paint mixtures against. Although the PETG is advertised as scratch-resistant, be careful if you use a painting knife. Mine, which has become literally razor-sharp over the years, dug into the plastic slightly when mixing. (I get a little careless in the heat of the moment.) The surface can easily be replaced, though, for a couple of dollars. For cleaning, the maker recommends scraping the surface gently with a palette knife, followed by wiping with turps. The whole box attaches to the two front legs of the tripod and is secured by gravity, making for a sturdy paint mixing unit. Panel Holder The panel holder, a lightweight aluminum bar fitted with ABS brackets that attaches to the quick release mount, can hold anything from a 6"x8" panel to a 22" stretched canvas. Cleverly, it also functions as a wet panel carrier that you can tote in your hand. The brackets that hold the panel sometimes get a little tight, making it hard to making minute adjustments without unscrewing the bracket and re-seating it. This isn't a big deal, but it'd be nice if the brackets slid up and down more easily without having to loosen them so much. (Update: The maker tells me this has been corrected.) Mounted on the tripod, the panel holder can be adjusted to a variety of positions quickly. It's nice to have the panel holder separate from the palette, since you can keep the palette flat and level but still change the angle of the panel. Panel Holder Panel holder used as wet canvas carrier Turps Jar This 4-ounce jar, made of the same PETG plastic as the palette, fits neatly into the right shelf of the palette box. Although the directions say to not leave OMS or other solvents in it for very long, I've left OMS in it for a couple of days without any problems. The butyl gasket on the jar doesn't leak, even though it turned over in my backpack a few times. Tripod A couple of years ago, I reviewed the En Plein Air Pro "Advanced Series" easel for Pastel Journal and discovered that the included tripod was rather flimsy. Good news! The "Professional Series" offers a better, medium-duty tripod, the SLIK U800. It has a plastic head, which I usually don't care for. Plastic heads tend to flex no matter how hard you tighten them, but this wasn't the case here. It performed well on my largest test canvas, a 12"x16," on which I painted aggressively with both brush and knife. The only problem I had was with the tripod head tilt mechanism. If I pressed hard at the top of the canvas, maximizing my leverage on the mechanism, it would slip a little. I wasn't able to tighten it sufficiently to stop this. On the other hand, the tripod set up and adjusted quickly for field work. On one day, when gusts were hitting 50 mph, I fastened my backpack to it for weight, and it held up just fine. Showing how the palette box attaches to the tripod Backpack The Everest backpack, which comes with the system, is large and spacious. I had no trouble fitting in everything I needed for my painting sessions. I was even able to shove in the tripod, though I found that strapping it outside the backpack made for a tighter, more compact package. It has plenty of pockets for all those miscellaneous things a painter needs to carry. Over all, the package is a little heavier than I like, but then when you want to deal with a bigger canvas and larger mixing area, it's hard to avoid this. Backpack, with tripod strapped to outside The En Plein Air Pro "Professional Series" Oil Easel is a well-thought-out system. If you're looking for an easel that offers a large mixing area, can set up in a snap and handle formats large to small, this is it. It's priced reasonably at $325. For all that you get, it's a good deal. For full details, visit www.EnPleinAirPro.com
The Coulter Plein Air System is a wooden palette box and panel support system with a high ratio of paint mixing room to weight. Company name: Art Box and Panel Website: https://artboxandpanel.com/Pochade box name: Compact Painting Palette Type: Palette Boxes/PanelSupport Price range: $250-$300 Weight: 4lbs, 1.8kg Palette size: 12'x16', 30..5cm x 40.6cm Construction: Wood Description The main mixing area is 1' deep and the wings are 1/2' deep. You can hold and mix your oil paint in the palette just like it is. You can also mix paint in the two side wings or use them to place your brushes, palette
An inexpensive and simple DIY plein air painting easel for watercolor or gouache inspired by artist/illustrator James Gurney.
Today my husband made a shelf for my outdoor easel from a piece of leftover birch plywood. Such a simple pattern but yet it is snug and sturdy. Easy to attach and remove - just slide it on and off. The canvas holders that came with the easel give added support. Perfect for holding my palette and brushes. Stores easily in my outdoor kit. What a guy! Thanks for visiting. Celene
Use basic woodworking skills and these detailed instructions to make a DIY pochade box for plein air painting on the go.
Plein Air Box für Künstler Plein Air Box Benutzerdefinierte handgemachte Öl-Reise-Box Holzkiste Einzigartiges Geschenk für Künstler. FOLDING FOLDING PALETTE für einen Künstler auf einer Stativstaffelei Eine große hängende Freiluftbox hat die größte empfohlene Größe; Die auf die Arbeitsfläche gedrückten Farben reichen aus, um große Skizzen zu malen, und ermöglichen gleichzeitig eine erhebliche Gewichtsersparnis, da Sie nicht eine große Anzahl von Tuben mitnehmen müssen. Leicht, einfach zu bedienen, hat ein zuverlässiges Design. Es ist auf Stativstaffeleien aufgehängt und dient als ausgezeichneter Arbeitstisch, so dass Sie die für den Künstler notwendigen Dinge an den Türen ablegen können: Pinsel, Servietten, Papiertücher, Verdünner. Es ist bequem, Farben, die aus einer Tube gepresst werden, in der Palette zu transportieren und aufzubewahren, da die geschlossenen Türen angenehme Bedingungen für eine längere Lagerung von Farben schaffen. Leicht von getrockneten Farben zu reinigen, was eine lange Lebensdauer gewährleistet. Diese Palette ist ein hervorragender Begleiter für echte Profis. Material: Holz, Birkensperrholz. Arbeitsgröße: 39 x 99 cm Gewicht: 1,6 kg. HINWEIS: Das Stativ ist nur zur Präsentation, nicht zum Verkauf. Verkauft werden nur leere Bilderboxen. Größe: Länge: 50 cm Breite: 39 cm Dicke: 3 cm Gewicht: 1600g https://shrubmart.etsy.com Wenn Sie irgendwelche Wünsche und Fragen haben, können Sie mich gerne kontaktieren.
