Portable Artist Easel
Painters are born, not made. Creating a masterpiece is not something you just wake up one day and do it’s something that you are raised with. And that explains why not every one who can hold a brush is termed an artist. But for those who can, it’s a remarkable talent to say the least. There are some essentials that an artist should have. Of course the painting kit comes first as it’s the basic necessity. What comes second is debatable, but most artists would say the easel, as it is what creates a backbone of the canvas to be painted on. That is unless the painting is done on some other medium, like a wall which is rarer.
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ARTIST EASEL DESKTOP COMPACT PORTABLE TYPE ART TABLE Sale Price: $11.12 Average Rating:   |
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Brand New - Desktop Artist Easel with Rounded Corner! Portable, easy to pick up and take to your location! Closes up to a briefcase size box. Closed measurements: 14" x 10.5" x 3" Brass hinges and thumb screws with Leather carry handle Opens to over 90 degrees Adjustable to any angle Inner compartment can easily hold your brushes and paints! Inner compartment is seperated to four individual areas... |
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Portable Wooden Artist Easel with Carry Case List Price: $59.95 Sale Price: $49.95 Average Rating:  |
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Portable Wooden Artist's Easel with Carry Case...A solid wood folding easel in a hard wearing carry case for easy portability. Easel features: Adjustable shoulder strap on carrying case. Rapid adjust main locking bolt... |
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Heritage Basic French Easel List Price: $179.00 Sale Price: $84.40 Average Rating: |
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HWE208 Attractive and sturdy, the Basic French Easel is crafted of oiled elm wood. It conveniently folds to sketch-box size and opens up quickly to form a full three-legged easel that can accommodate canvases up to 33 '' high... |
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Aluminum Field Easel With Case List Price: $64.95 Sale Price: $34.95 Average Rating: |
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Aluminum Field Easel With Case... Matte black powder coated aluminum field easel has telescopic legs to accommodate a variety of height adjustments. Can be used sitting or standing. Will accept up to a 55 canvas... |
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Heritage Deluxe French Easel List Price: $229.00 Sale Price: $106.04 |
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HWE235 Made of oiled beech wood, the Deluxe French Easel folds to sketch-box size and opens up quickly to form a full three-legged easel that can accommodate canvases up to 33'' high. Telescoping legs with nonskid rubber feet make this easel ideal for both sitting and standing work... |
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Art Advantage Italian Style Metal Sketch Box Easel List Price: $188.99 Sale Price: $49.99 Average Rating:  |
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Art Advantage Italian Style Metal Sketch Box Easel...A sleek elegantly designed compact aluminum sketch box easel. Features telescopic aluminum legs and a metal lined drawer with adjustable dividers to customize your interior compartments... |
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Portable Artists Easel Is Perfect For Painting Or Display! List Price: $42.99 Sale Price: $33.95 |
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This is an ideal portable easel for the artist on-the-go or it can be used as an attractive display base. You can set it up virtually anywhere! Standing only 18 1/2" high X 17" wide with a depth of 14", this compact easel can be used where space is critical... |
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Portable Wooden Artist Easel with Travel Case List Price: $60.95 Sale Price: $49.95 |
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A solid wood folding easel in a hard wearing carry case for easy portability. Easel features: Adjustable shoulder strap on carrying case. Rapid adjust main locking bolt. Comfortable adjusting mechanisms... |
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Ravenna Table Easel with Drawer List Price: $81.95 Sale Price: $42.50 Average Rating: |
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Ravenna Table Top Box Easel...A roomy portable easel that securely holds your canvas (up to 34 inches) and your painting supplies. Made from seasoned hardwood it has an easily accessed side drawer plus a handy carrying handle. |
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Full Box French Style Easel List Price: $179.95 Sale Price: $59.99 Average Rating:  |
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Jack Richeson Full Box French Style Easel...An affordable French style easel imported from China by Jack Richeson & Company. Compact sturdy and convenient the French style easel is the most popular travel easel-carrying case ever made... |
The array of artist’s easels is huge. The designs are different, ranging from simple to complex. There are some artists that like mobility, as sometimes the inspiration to get painting comes from the great outdoors. In such a case a portable easel is required. There are many considerations that you need to make before you narrow down on just one kind of easel. First you need to know what kind of paints you are going to work with- watercolor, oil or acrylic. For each of these, the easel you need is different for convenience.
Most portable artist easels are made from aluminum. It has long held a reputation of strength and durability and those are the precise characteristics that make it the preferred metallic material. If you want wood in your easel, Beachwood would be an awesome choice as it sports more or less the same set of characteristics as aluminum, only that it’s wood. These are best for water color paintings.
A portable French easel comes as a foldable box which reserves room for all your painting accessories, including a canvas you have painted on. It’s made from light wood which makes carrying it easier. If you prefer sitting down as you do your painting, there is a portable ‘Horse’ easel that gives you a place to sit on as you paint. But as you can imagine, it’s bigger that most other types of easels. Portability is created by the attached wheels which make it possible for you to drag it to the place you want to do your painting from. Granted, it’s a lot less portable than other types, but it is portable nonetheless. The degree of portability you are looking for will be essential in determining the type of portable easel that you want, as it has been initially suggested.
When you are out buying a portable artist easel, make sure that it has room to store all your painting essentials. That reduces the bulk that you carry when all your painting accessories are in one convenient location. Also ensure that the portable easel is not too complex in assembling or setting it up for a painting session. The easel should not compromise on space just because it offers mobility. It should be large enough to accommodate a painting canvas with little or no trouble at all.
