Kat makes a plein air easel

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I make a sketch easel, inspired by James Gurney's easel and all the other variations on this theme that the RU-vid algorithm served up to me.
Everyone has their own awesome, customised plein air kit. I'm jealous. So I'm working to develop mine. There's definitely a joy in experimenting with and refining ones plein air equipment and process. I really like to have an efficient set up that gives a low barrier to entry on getting stuck in with the art creation.
MATERIALS
- 2 sheets A4 laser ply
- 2 torque hinges
- 1 camera tripod compatible t-nut
- 4 rare earth magnets
- spray paint
- black sugru
- superglue
LEARNING RESOURCES
James Gurney Sketch Easel • How to Make a Sketch E...
FONT
Timeburner by Nimatype nimatype.com
GRAPHICS
Inkscale inkscape.org
CAMERA
Fairphone 3 www.fairphone.com/en/
Apexcam M80 Air
EDITING
OpenShot www.openshot.org/

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23 апр 2022

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@OldDungeonMaster Год назад

Great job I did the same thing on my first builds using the Sothco tension hinges then I found “ELESA” hinges it is a absolute joy usking my palette now as I can tighten my hinges and holds my palette flat like it’s a solid board on my lap helping me to use my setup in many different uses.I’d suggest to look on the manufacturer website as do to so many miss leading manufacturers saying they are one brand and are not on Amazon just a FYI.

@kathastoomanyhobbies Год назад

Hmm - maybe I'll have to give the ELESA hinges a try. The current ones are not standing the test of time, but I did buy the cheapest ones on Amazon.

@VanmeterFL 11 месяцев назад

Nice job, Kat! Thank you for this video.

@richardfuchs5131 Год назад

Suggest reversing the t nut board as the base and therefore holding the weight directly to the tripod. The hinges will hold the pressure of painting on the unsupported board. ( you’ll have to remove the magnets and install them on the t nut board. As well as drilling holes in the t nut board ). This method works very well.

@kathastoomanyhobbies Год назад

Thanks for the suggestion. However, I have tried this in the past, but the sketchbook I tend to use is too heavy and overwhelms the resistance of the hinges and tips backwards.

@ollekoos2071 Год назад

As a Ukrainian i felt proud when you mentioned our Rosa (" gallery" line) company! 🇺🇦 . I graduated Kyiv s Academy of Arts as far long away as 1981🙈🙈, and i found that Rosa at the moment is the best substitution for the habitual St.Petersburg plant's production. I truly miss them now, living in Germany as a refugie...

@kathastoomanyhobbies Год назад

They really are wonderful waercolours. Such great quality for a good price. I'm looking forward to trying other products from this awesome Ukrainian brand in future.

@budakart Год назад

Olle, come to Islam and success

@instrumentlegend Год назад

Loved your channel name 🩷🩵

@peterrameas6688 6 месяцев назад

Why not attach to the tripod board facing down, with your heavy objects and use the tale to hold sketchbook?

@kathastoomanyhobbies 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the suggestion. However, I have tried this in the past, but the sketchbook I tend to use is too heavy and overwhelms the resistance of the hinges and tips backwards.

@nattyw495 Год назад

Thank you actually made me understand a hinge or friction piece better and the nut on the back also thank you for showing how to do this via a walk thru show process i was thinking of upcycling one of my daughters old three ring binders and mcgyvering it to my tripod i think i might try to velcro a thin piece of wood to the back of your piece or but how to adapt so can use on a tv tray with out rocking? Maybe if velcro is used then it would be more flushed or still wobbly due to velcro? Or go with your idea of a thin piece or maybe glue around back nut? Hum?...lol..i know easier just to buy pieces of wood but i kinda find it exciting to try to macgyver older things so they dont end up in landfill, i do have a extremely large clipboard from older days of holding building blue prints i can get hubby to cut down and try your idea which seems more developed than my idea of using a upcycle 3 ring school binder broken down, best go with your idea as id be able to use in different areas of house while watching tv...but still what to do with a old broken( just the vinyl is ripped off in pieces binder idea.)..lol...really enjoyed your video....do you think you can do a updated video on your thoughts of the hinges working and such much appreciated...thank you again...mikelle art mom👩‍🎨✍🎨

@kathastoomanyhobbies Год назад

I like the idea of using velcro. Definitely quicker and less of a faff than the fiddling I have to do with the tripod nut. I'm not sure about the adapting to a TV tray part. Do you mean that the base where the palette is would sit flat on a flat TV tray and the back angle up from that? If so, I guess you could make an angled wedge with one side designed to be flat on the tray and the other at the angle you want the back held at. Then put the velcro on that edge to hold it in place on the back. Let me know how you get on and what you decide to do. It's very cool how many variations of this idea are out there and how people adapt it to their own needs and preferences.

@carolmarashian2 Год назад

Kat- What did you remove from the hinges? I didn’t understand what you were doing!

@kathastoomanyhobbies Год назад

Hiya. On the side without the tightening/tension screw there's a low cross piece that connects the two higher ends where the hinge is screwed to the wood. This cross piece hit the end of the tightening/tension screw and stopped the hinge from closing 100% flat. I wanted to enable the easel to fold as flat and small as possible, so I removed the cross piece to make room for the hinge to shut so far that both planes are parallel. Doing so sacrificed some stability in the hinges. It's not a required step, but a choice I made to get the easel as slim as possible. In my mark 2 easel, which I didn't make a video about but can be seen in some of my plein air excursion videos, I skipped this step. So the mark 2 easel doesn't fold down as flat. But I just use the 'wasted' space in the gap to store sketchbooks when packing my plein air bag. Hope this helps explain what I did. For a more tutorial-style video about how to make this sort of easel, you can search 'james gurney easel' here on RU-vid. There are so many variants. I think the videos I watched for inspiration and found most useful were the ones by Jared Cullum and by James Gurney.

@Mirnagi 2 года назад

Nice! Did the thin wood end up working for you? I want to do the same but am not sure if thin 3 ply wood would work.

@kathastoomanyhobbies 2 года назад

It's definitely under a bit of stress around the hinges. I'm thinking of adding a thin strip of metal to reinforce the wood at that end, but haven't gotten around to it. I tried a smaller version with thicker ply, which is mostly working out ok. Except for the fact that the torsion hinges sheared through the middle. Quality of very similar looking hinges is quite variable apparently.

@ladygoogle9596 Год назад

Have you tried it the other way with the board with the t-nut flat on the top of the tripod and the other board as the back board for the paper, would hold more weight as it would be centred on the tripod but I'm not sure if it would work that way?

@kathastoomanyhobbies Год назад

I have, but the sketchbook I tend to use is too heavy and overwhelms the resistance of the hinges and tip backwards.

@OldDungeonMaster Год назад

If your really ambitious I like to embed my t nuts and cover it with a inlay piece of wood to make the surface nice and clean a big help is grinding the t nut or filing it to the thickness of the palette wood it’s embedded into.

@budakart Год назад

Kat, come to Islam and success