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Comment on Free Comic Book Day 2012 by James Goldby

James Goldby — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:09:25 +0000

Is free Comic Book Day just a US thing or is there a way of getting them in the UK?

Comment on Pochade Boxes by Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:07:35 +0000

Great to know, thanks, Jim.

Comment on Pochade Boxes by Jim

Jim — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:54:51 +0000

Hi Charley,

For those boxes that come without a Tripod Mount or are Homemade…

Here is a Mounting plate from Ken Bromley… http://www.artsupplies.co.uk/item-camera-tripod-mounting-bracket.htm.

From experience I can tell you it is solid and dependable, though I did replace the screws supplied with bolts…

Comment on Pochade boxes (update 2012) by Lorette

Lorette — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:17:39 +0000

Easel (EZEL) in Dutch means donkey. Says it all, doesn’t it?
This year I plan to do some serious outdoor art work. Thanks to you, Charley, and all the readers’ inspiration.

Comment on Pochade Boxes by chris

chris — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:48:13 +0000

Hey thanks Charley – that’ll be in the works for a step by step – it was pretty easy actually.

Comment on Pochade boxes (update 2012) by Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:45:33 +0000

David & Tim,

Thanks, I may well expand the article a bit in the future to include more detail about the Soltek, SunEden and other portable easels.

Comment on Pochade boxes (update 2012) by Tim

Tim — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:57:52 +0000

Ahh,I see now why you didn’t include the larger Solteks and so on, smaller boxes only! For that I made my own box, that only holds 8×10-14´s but I still prefer the soltek, even though I can feel a bit heavy at times. I actually bought a bunch of smaller empty tubes to lighten the load when going out.

Comment on Pochade boxes (update 2012) by Tim

Tim — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:53:12 +0000

Nice! I remember reading your very thorough article back then, a great help! I got myself the Soltek, and its worth ever penny. I call it the Macbook Pro of easels (and Im a PC man!) It really is amazingly versatile, good for large scale and small,watercolors, anything you can throw at it. Needs to be reviewed here! I had it imported to Sweden, and that cost me more, I also had to wait about 6 weeks for it, but I’m glad I did. I’ve even made some modifications to it, so that I can attach daylight lamps with neodyme magnets and paint whenever, in a motel-room in case need should arise. I love it!