Easel prototypes

Revised on March 5th, 2020. Added magnets to pallet to hold metal pencil box. Panel holders were cut from sheet metal and attached via magnets.

[6 x 8 Plein air sketch using the above set up.]

The above is the final version out of all that have been tested so far. It is the simplest design for the functionality I am looking for. It can hold up to 9 x 12 panels.

Prototype final version

9 magnets added for horizontal or vertical configuration.

Slides set up for horizontal placement.

Vertical panel loaded.

Previous prototypes.

MeGo easel with slide bars.

MeGo easel with magnets attached to hold metal bar taped to back of drawing/painting board.

Guerrilla paint box screwed directly to tripod making for a very stable base. 

Shoulder bag easel with tripod mount attached and folded for storage.

Opened wide enough to hold sketching journal and watercolor pads.

Easel opened and pallet extension attached.

Opened with sketch journal.

(See the Butterfly Easel post for the final version.)

Sandwich bag attached to tripod to be used to hold water for water media.

MY Go 2 Pochade box designs

This is an adaption of several pochade boxes already in production. I used magnets in the panel holder to hold the steel bars in the three slots. The slots are necessary to keep the attached panel straight.

A torque hinge is used to hold the palette/tray in place.

I used  a horizontal format here and upon reflection I could have added vertical slots for portrait panels.

The tripod mount is on the top section for stability to the painting surface.

Another method for creating the panel holder.

Three holes were drilled into the board and magnets were inserted into holes reinforced with a heavy duty epoxy glue.

A steel bar was taped to the back of a gator board. Gator board was used because it is light weight, water resistant and strong. 

Various materials can be taped to the front of the gator board, watercolor paper, canvas, panels, etc. Or, if using a panel, just tape the piece of metal to the back of that.

The gator board/panel is attached to the front of the panel holder with the magnets.

May 2019

Sunrise/Sunset

8 x 4 1/2

Gouache on Pastel paper

Mudpies

8 x 4 1/2

Gouache on Pastel paper

Seascape study after Mike Hernandez

8 1/2 x 5 1/2

Casein and Gouache on Pastel Paper

(190520)

Rock off Ogunquit

11 x 14

Acrylic & Gouache

Sketch book tripod mount

Optional tray for accessories.

Tray mounted to sketch book holder. Tripod mount attached.

View from below.

Sketch book holder and tray attached to tripod. 

Opened sketch book with watercolor pan and water brush on tray.

April 2019

Foggy morning at the Point

16 x 20

Watercolor

Santa Fe River crossing

9 x 12

Watercolor, Gouache & W/C Pencil

Pine Point Afternoon

9 x 12

Oil Pastels on paper

Started this on 4/06/19. It was too windy to finish so I went back the next morning to complete it. Observed a green tint and pink in the water and added those colors.

Hide & Seek
12 x 8
Acrylics on panel

Original photo taken by Donna McClure from her back yard.