Christmas art presents

Leslie Ficcaglia · 01-01-2005, 08:58 AM

What a beautiful new easel! Isn't it thrilling to have such a terrific new support? And the painting is coming along very nicely, too. Do you really paint on that lovely hardwood floor? Or that just temporary quarters for your new possession?

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Elizabeth Schott · 01-01-2005, 12:39 PM

Thanks Leslie,

If you look at the bottom of the easel you'll see my lovely throw rug, HA! It is just about down to bare threads. I learned my lessons the first year I started with oils with spots and funny, it is always the incredibly slow drying, power pigment tubes that get where they shouldn't!

Mary Sparrow · 01-02-2005, 08:17 AM

Beth, That easel is so beautiful how can you paint on it!? All of my easels are covered with blobs of paint. Will you try to keep it this way?
Those windows in your house are fabulous too!

Uh, Kim, thanks for sending the ebay trigger finger over here. I followed your link to that dynatran tripod, decided to see what else they had and the next thing I knew I was the owner of this. . Who knows where they come up with a retail value of $495, but I figure for $51 it will be better than what I currently have which is nothing more than one of those pitiful table top tripods that come with the cheap digital camera kits.

Has your $4 tripod shown up yet?

Leslie Ficcaglia · 01-02-2005, 08:36 AM

By the way, Beth, do you have to use some sort of opaque backing for your stretched canvas? I see that your easel is backlit by windows as well. I use masonite boards, cut to various sizes to accommodate different sized canvas, but have begun to set them up on the easel so that there are several extra inches on either side of the painting. That way I can clip my reference photos right to the board and they're at eye-level and quite handy. It doesn't look as though you would have room for that extension on either side on your new easel, or would you? It works well with my Sorg.

Kimberly Dow · 01-02-2005, 01:53 PM

Mary,

No - it hasnt. I am sure it will not be good enough, but maybe for the moment... That one you ordered looks like it will work well. Glad to be of help- if you order something that is one less item I am tempted to bid on.

Elizabeth Schott · 01-02-2005, 07:58 PM

Mary, you'll understand my reaction yesterday when I let out a little scream and my family all wanted to know what was wrong... I said I got paint on my easel! HA! I will remember it is not a piece of furniture, but will take better care of it because of the investment.

Leslie the canvas is a Belgium linen that is toned, so both sides are about the same value, this is if your question was regarding light shining through. I have a bank of high windows on the northwest side too, but I roll my work around.

This easel has a large back, what you are actually seeing with the knobs is the attachment for smaller canvas. I'll go ahead and repost the detail I posted elsewhere.

Isn't it funny to think this is the prototype? Imagine what Michael George's looks like!

Elizabeth Schott · 01-02-2005, 11:19 PM

Leslie, sorry ...I forgot to address the picture question.

I pretty much stick them anywhere if I need too. Honestly I pretty much just use a monitor now, it is much more productive for me to zoom in and out, plus I can hold my brush up and size.

The bad thing about this practice is I keep looking for the "zoom" button on my canvas so I can blow up the detail to work on there too!

Garth Herrick · 01-03-2005, 01:26 AM

Beth,

That's not your studio is it (in your easel pictures below)? Is it Michael Georges'? It's funny how many of us Forum dwellers now have exactly the same formula:

Leffel/Sherrie McGraw/Whitaker/Georges/Herrick/?who else?/ Olive Green

on our studio walls. It's kind of dark, but everything sure looks great next to it!

Just wondering,

Garth