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Building a Wilson Street Studio Easel

5/18/2014

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A number of artists have asked us where we got our special, plein air easel set up. When I tell them that I built it, they all want to see plans. To respond to all those requests, I've put together a PDF, which goes through all the steps or building your own field easel.


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This easel requires some basic woodworking and metalworking skills, however, nothing advanced.
You need to be able to measure, saw wood and metal, drill, file and glue with epoxy. The most complicated thing is tapping threads.

This easel works for both oil and acrylic set ups. The instructions are for the acrylic set up. To modify the set up for oil, you don't bother to use the magnets, as your palette will not be metal, and you adjust the length of the hold-down clip to suit your preferred palette.

Also, you need to adjust the large opening in the brush and cleaner flap to fit whatever liquid holder you use.


Click here to download a PDF (2 MB) that has complete instructions to build this set up.




Click here to download a PDF that shows the oil solvent cup holder modification.


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4/4/2021 04:16:15 am

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8/25/2022 10:57:07 am

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    Keith Thirgood

    Is an artist working in the Canadian, post impressionist style. I paint  en plein air when I can and in the studio the rest of the time.
    I teach both studio and plein air workshops and use this blog to supplement the classwork.

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