Table Top Easels
There are many kinds of easel designs that are available in the market, each with its own set of pros and cons. Variety always means that you can narrow down on precisely the kind of easel that matches your needs. There are some that are meant for heavy painters who do paintings on a regular basis, while there are others that are for the small time artists that only engage in painting when the spirit moves them. Table top easels have long been a choice for most artists for a variety of reasons.
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Quartet Tabletop Instant Easel (28E) List Price: $17.99 Sale Price: $8.98 Average Rating:   |
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Ideal for conferences, trade shows or on-the-go presentations, the tabletop version of the Quartet Instant Easel showcases your message with ease and efficiency. The lightweight material is strong enough to support up to 5 lbs... |
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Prima Table Top Display Easel in a Natural Wood Finish Sale Price: $11.19 |
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PRIMA Frame Easel features a channeled center column with a single rear spike leg enabling easy angle adjustment. Its rectangular design provides maximum support of canvases up to 34" in height by any manageable width... |
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Melissa & Doug Deluxe Easel Paper Roll (4 Pack Bundle) for Deluxe Standing Easel and Table-Top Easel List Price: $23.99 Sale Price: $17.95 |
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Melissa and Doug Easel Paper Roll Imagine the possibilities! This extra long roll of premium white bond paper is 18 x 75. Draw with pencils, crayons, markers, chalk or paint with poster or watercolor paints, this paper is awaiting the imaginative touch! Whether on an easel, a table or unrolled on the floor, this is the perfect paper for any project or masterpiece! |
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Gowrite Dry Erase Table Top Easel Pads, Non Adhesive, 16 X 15 Inches, White, 10 Sheets (TEP1615) List Price: $24.99 Sale Price: $20.62 |
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Perfect size to set on table or a desk, Comes with a two sided cover that folds to become base of easel allowing it to stand on its own. Convenient carrying handle |
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Table Top Kid's Easel Sale Price: $18.00 |
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Gowrite Dry Erase Table Top Easel Pads, Non Adhesive, 20 X 23 Inches, White, 10 Sheets (TEP2023) List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $24.75 |
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Perfect size to set on table or a desk, Comes with a two sided cover that folds to become base of easel allowing it to stand on its own. Convenient carrying handle |
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Post-it Easel Pad, 20 Inches x 23 Inches, Dry Erase Table Top Easel Pad (563 DE) List Price: $32.11 Sale Price: $25.48 |
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It is the best of both worlds! Use the dry erase surface for temporary brainstorming and capture action items on the Post-it Easel Pad. Built in stand with convenient carrying handle. 20 in x 23 in, 20 sheets per pad. |
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Wausau Astrobright Table Top Easel Pad with Self-Sticking Sheets, 24 Sheets per pad, 20 X 24.25 Inches (25920) List Price: $22.49 Sale Price: $19.99 |
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Color-code your idea generating sessions! Each pad features tear-off sheets of 3 high-energy colors; 20 lb paper that resists marker bleed-through; a sturdy backer; a built-in carry handle; and universal slots for 2 or 3-hole easels... |
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Gowrite Self-Stick Table Top Easel Pads, 20 X 23 Inches, White, 25 Sheets (TSP2023) List Price: $24.99 Sale Price: $24.99 |
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Self stick Table Top Easel pad perfect to set on table or desk. Convenient carrying handle |
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Gowrite Self-Stick Table Top Easel Pads, 16 X 15 Inches, White, 25 Sheets (TSP1615) List Price: $19.99 Sale Price: $19.99 |
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Self stick Table Top Easel pad perfect to set on table or desk. Convenient carrying handle |
For starters, there is the issue on space. Most dedicated painters have a special room where they get to do all their paintings. But there are the other painters that do small-scale work and these usually find it harder to find any dedicated place to do their artwork. It’s this group that the table-top easels are meant for. They usually fit in any available space, though a table is needed to give them a vertical boost to the position where you would be most comfortable doing the painting from. They usually have a solid base to give enough strength to create immobility so that you don’t move them back and forth as you paint your canvas to life. This is not achieved to perfection, unfortunately.
Second is the issue of portability. Most artists look for inspiration when it comes to doing their paintings. It’s not always confined to the art room and at some point the artist will be forced to tread the great outdoors in the hope that a great idea will find them. And when it does, it’s always best to have all the painting supplies in place so that you can get painting right away. They are lighter than the free standing designs, though their height limitations- without a table or related piece of furniture- may always come to be their downturn, and as such, most mobile artist prefer a freestanding design, especially the tripod kind.
Table top easels are limited to the painters that do their paintings when they are standing. It’s really hard to paint on a table top easel when you are seated because of a variety of limiting factors. You are usually in more control of your painting when you are standing because the easel holds the canvas in a vertical or near vertical orientation. Like other easels, these ones too allow for the verticality of the canvas or painting surface to be adjusted to the most suitable angle.
When it comes to large canvases, the table top easels are not recommended. They usually offer a limited painting surface owing to their designs and large scale painters, or at least those that use large canvases. Thus a free standing design is best at this point because if offers you more room and more strength. Ensure that you make all the right considerations before you go buying a table top easel. Make sure that its compromised lack of legs or ground standing apparatus will not create any kind of inconvenience for you.
