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Monday, October 4, 2021

Clipboard palette build

Threaded insert attached to wood block.
 Block "taped" to clipboard with duct tape. I used tape so the block can be removed from the clipboard later.
Tripod mount attached to clipboard.

6 x 8 watercolor pad, w/c brushes, empty mint box for water, magnetic clips, clamps and Window Newton Cotman watercolor palette (watercolor replaced with upgraded colors).









 









Saturday, October 2, 2021

October 2021

 

Stephen Quiller Study
5 x 7.5
Oil pastel
On Rembrandt Multi-media paper

Thursday, September 9, 2021

September 2021

 

Bar Harbor Dawn
7 x 9
Acrylics

Tony Allain Study
10.75 x 7
Casein on Rembrandt Multi Media Paper



Monday, June 14, 2021

Pastel field box

 

 
Guerilla Painter French Resistance box converted for pastels.

Rembrandt semi-hard pastels on left. Mungyo soft pastels on right. Gallery and Sennelier pastels in center.





Cigar Box Hacks

 

Utrecht thumb box replacement. Utrecht box is no longer being made, this is about the same size. Added tripod mount, but box is small enough to hold in one hand without the thumb hole (which may be added later).


 


 
Watercolor sketch box.


June 2021

 



 

Cload study after Strisik 
 

 

Sunday, May 9, 2021

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Butterfly Easel




 

1/4 inch Poplar
5 1/2 inches wide
Total length, extended 26 inches
Three 5 x 8 inches
One 5 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches



Two 5 1/2 x 8 inch pieces attached with hinges.

Folded 5 1/2 x 8

Tripod release

5 1/5 x 8 x 1



 

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Hacking U.Go 6 x 8 Pochade Box

 

All components for hack. U.Go 6 x 8 pochade box, 5 x 8 sketch book, metal pencil box (converted to hold 1/2 w/c pans) and DYI accessory tray.











 
Accessory tray.
 Magnetic strips added to base. 1 x 3/4 inch strip of wood with two 1/4 round magnets and metal bracket that corresponds with magnets on U.Go box.





Metal paper clips added to 5 x 8 sketchbook attach to magnets on open U.Go box.

Sketchbook, accessory tray and paint box attached to U.Go box.

 Attached to tripod.

'Hack' set up for using watercolor board/pad.