Tag: pochade box

The mountains are calling and I must go

Sep 24, 2014

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fellpainter

in paintings, plein air

Some kind hill god had created a comfortable seat for me in the middle of a group of rocks. It was just the right height and had a flat piece of grassy floor underneath on which to rest my feet. Below was the drop into the valley below. Of course, I had forgotten to take…
Painting outdoors – the importance of weight training

Sep 21, 2014

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fellpainter

in paintings, plein air

After my serial outdoor painting project last year I became accustomed to using my “big” pochade box which carries 9″x12″ canvases. Although the box isn’t really all that huge the fact that I am small and don’t weigh much makes it seem relatively heavy. When I first obtained the box it seemed ridiculously ponderous and…