How to choose an easel for beginners

Abstract: An easel is a shelf used to place drawing boards when painting. Art students often use easels. When you use an easel for the first time, you need to choose an easel size that suits you so that you can paint better. So what is the general size of an easel? General easel dimensions: 54CM when folded, 10CM in width. Can be stretched to 1.6 meters. How to choose an easel for beginners? Find out below. 1. What is the general size of an easel?

The general size of an easel: 54CM when folded, 10CM in width. Can be stretched to 1.6 meters. In addition, according to your painting habits, if you are sitting down to paint, you can choose a low easel with a fixed height that does not adjust the height. If you are standing or sitting casually, you need to buy an easel whose size can be adjusted. Here, the adjustable size of the easel and the adjustable frame of the easel that can be stuck are two concepts.

An easel refers to an independent structure designed by artists to support canvases (CANVAS) or drawing boards (PANEL) when painting. The easel used in the studio usually consists of four strong wooden bars fixed on a square or rectangular base. The base is equipped with casters, with two strong supports crossing at the top, and a diagonal support in the middle behind. There is an adjustable sliding groove, and its spring hooks can be fixed in sections and support the painting; there is a movable clip at the top to secure it. The sketching easel is made of wood or aluminum. It is small, lightweight and easy to carry. All accessories can be folded into a compact volume; its design is between stable and portable.

2. How to choose an easel for beginners

1. Choose based on the period of use

For example, if it is used for a short period of time and then thrown away after use, For example, when a student buys an easel, it is not convenient to take it with him after graduation. It is the same place as an advertising company. Sometimes it is only used once and thrown away after use. It is a one-time use. Then use something light and simple like pine wood, and it doesn’t need to be too heavy. It’s simple, very cheap, and can be thrown away after use. If you want to give it to junior students in the next grade after using it, you can also buy hard miscellaneous wood such as beech and elm, which will last a long time.

2. Choose based on the functions used

Sketch stands usually use tripods, but there is also a four-legged easel with drawers. Oil paintings need to lean forward, and there are also three-legged stands that can lean forward. It is a rare low-end stand for sketching and oil painting, but the largest user comes from advertising exhibitions. Chinese paintings and watercolors need to be placed flat on a stand. If your cervical spine is uncomfortable and you cannot lower your head to paint for too long, you can choose an oil painting stand for painting Chinese paintings.

3. Choose based on the environment of use

Most of the shelves used indoors are relatively tall, thick, and stable. At most, they are equipped with universal wheels to maintain small-scale movement indoors. Most of the stands used for outdoor sketching have better folding effect. In the past, most people used painting boxes, including watercolors. Some netizens also said that there was no good stand for watercolors when going out, so they would just close the lid of the painting box and draw on the lid. It was very pitiful. It was only in the past two days that a professional multifunctional stand for sketching came into being. The folding effect is quite good, and it can be used for Chinese paintings, watercolors, sketches, and oil paintings. However, the biggest sales of this stand come from advertising exhibitions.