I stand. I need more mobility than I'd have if I tried to sit. When I did plein air I sometimes sat as I painted, but I don't recall why I did that.
Vision issues contribute to this preference; I can see the easel without glasses but only with one eye; for true three-dimensional vision I have to use my glasses, and for that I have to back off. My glasses are Varilux but the near prescription is at the bottom, of course, so I'd have to tilt my head to see close up. An artist on a painter's list I belong to actually had a special pair of glasses made up which offered near vision closer to the center of the lens for use while painting.
Today I painted from about 11 to about 6 and I'm tired, despite having a rubber mat (nicely decorated, to be sure) on which to stand.
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