March 28, 2011
Oh how I am lusting over you, Best Elegant H-Frame Easel of my dreams….
So for the past two years I’ve been using an old easel I found at a garage sale. Now normally I think the best stuff comes from garage sales, however, this easel leaves a lot to be desired. Its a hulking old thing that loves to teeter from side to side. No matter how many times I tighten the myriad of bolts on my Frankenstein easel, it doesn’t help. This makes painting anything straight ever so easy.
But perhaps the greatest thing about this easel is how glorious it is to move the canvas up and down. Most easels have a crank or key system that allow you to move your canvas easily and in one motion, without having to adjust the top shelf that holds your canvas in place. Not my easel. On this baby you have to adjust the bottom and top shelves separately. Now that wouldn’t be so bad if adjusting the bottom shelf wasn’t such a nightmare. The key system is rusty and old, so every time I try to move it up, it won’t move. What I end up having to do is put both of my feet on the bottom of the easel for leverage, and then pull like bloody hell in order to raise the canvas. I must look like some sort of deranged jack hammerer. And usually, the amount of force needed to raise the bottom shelf causes the canvas (which isn’t being held in place by the top shelf) to come crashing down on my head. Good times.
I guess I’m just trying to justify the expenditure on this easel. I have to get a bit more money in savings before I can allow myself to make such an investment. I mean photographers spend this much and more on cameras, right? I just want the pretty easel!
