Plein Air Painting Setup

The camera tripod is standard any basic tripod will work and needs only a little explanation.

Plein air painting setup. While plein air painting today i thought i would take a minute and update you on my artwork essentials easyl classic mini after about a hundred paintings on it. Click here for your passion for plein air value pack from north light shop kim lordier painting along the american river. Camera tripod for holding the pochade box. See the full article in the june 2015 issue of pastel journal to see mckinleys plein air setup.

There is a special vibrational frequency deep in the forest that i capture in the paintings. Id recommend our handmade linen panels. Like many artists my first attempt to paint en plein air was with a french easel. On site you can see much in the landscape that the camera simply cant capture.

I was hoping to get some insight into what others are using for hiking backpacking and plein air painting. Barbara jaenicke painting en plein air on cape cod. New wave pochade box with a clear glass palette. Compatible with both a pochade set up and a french box easel you can take several with you without them taking up much room.

A clunky wooden easel box that holds all your tube paints palette and canvas with three attached legs that unfold and are secured with wingnuts and leather straps. I hike 2 3 miles up and down hills deep into the forest to paint en plein air. Really good equipment that survives the rigors of plein air painting is available but so is an awful lot of. By michael chesley johnson for many of us painting en plein air art is an addiction but one with benefits.

Studio tamera the mystical paintress 67 views 5516. Cinch and carabiner sets for securing accessories to the pochade box. Ive been plein airing for about 12 years now and it seems like ive tried just about everything on the market. Here is a summary of everything included in my plein air painting setup.

Make the most of your plein air art sessions by planning ahead for a studio painting. Side tray which attaches to the pochade box and holds my brushes. Ready primed panels are a good stiff substrate for painting plein air. Also as much as you may dislike racing with light that changes by the hour those shifting light conditions push.

How to put together a simple plein air painting set up camera tripod. The support tray is my current simplification after many attempts yet it still has many parts. Most of these set ups appear to be for roadside painting.