Nifty stuff
Mijello Waterbucket 1,5l , 3 seperate Slot
Handbank 40x2,5x1cm Wood
Grayscale Finder DIY
a Grayscale Print-out on a High Gloss paper ,
glued on 8x10x0,3cm cardboard , cut out the slots and a spray of fixative ....you go............
Value Finder DIY
600 grm Testpaper 2 x 6x6cm cut out2x2cm and a spray of fixative and you go..
Mirror
6X6cm Mirrrow DIY
a scrap one , Make Up Beauty Box
Landscape Compositions Finder DIY
Plein Air Stuff
Folding Version 1.0 Size 16x16cm
Design & Development by by me :)
Basicly a full 30x27cm dark 1mm Card Board
4cm Frame size with white marks in 5cm distance
Primely for Landscape work aswell with a 1/2 turn mulitple purpose , in Portraitpainting :)
Funktion : Folding to 16x16 cm is a suiteable carrying size.
Texture Tape ( Icehockey Tape is perfect) is used as floating hinge to flip the strips .
Do keep the strips together , small clamps with rubber bands safen it.
Open Up the 2 frame-parts and the clamps hold it in size you choose.
Its sturdy easy to build and sometime useful @Plein Air painting , if you like fast set a leadpencile frame on your Watercolorpaper and use constand papersizes up to 34x31cm then place marks on outbounds for Golden Ratio :).
Landscape Compositions Finder DIY
Size Extreme 34 x31
Why 2 Parts + clamps ?
The give you the freedom of sizing the frame in same manner you use papersize up to 34x31cm ,one frame-part has the possibility to use as a outdoor ruler or even you need just a straight line.
Clamps are the smallest one and belong to hold the 2 Frame - parts together . In case of emergency there are to left .... :)
Landscape Size Finder Grid DIY
Clear grid window, black / white
16x16x0,5cm Card Board
Red / green grid window
not shown now Value finder on shadows
simple Grid , 0,5mm ClearFoil x textmarker
Black/White Value change of light
Landscape Size Finder Grid DIY
This is not quite white :)
more creamy like my Boardtape is....
Foil red for shadows ...
all the Finders ready to go ...
packing Size 16x16x1cm weight near nothing
Workhorse I
29x20x0,5cm Card board Frame layout . Golden Ratio .
Workhorse II
The Bricklayer Ruler
Spare of a 5mm Cardbord Strip ,
Cutout slots , the size of brick is needed verry handy on large oudoorwalls work.
Ps.: ! Frontshape is cut with an angle to provent the fluid go under the ruler.
...would work on any cutable shapes ....
Workhorse @ Table DIY
Kitchen Bottle Board "Björn" from Ikea
Size 40x24cm
DIY upgrade
40cm x 2,5cm x 0,5 cm Balsa wood strip mount on Björn. Angle adjust : Plastic textil ribbon , no flex!
2xDrillholes 1 drilled down to tighten the Ribbon , 2 Woodhole &Textil ribbon no spezial fixition needed , fits tight.
Angle from 1--45 degree
Why i use this .. I use a big large Drawing Bord on that aswell , so i can go all my small board sizes on this backup and the large ones.
The nifty thing is it´s folds together in second and store away by size 40x24cm nearly flat and the cutouts reduce wight.. .so can travel with easy.
Fit the Angle .. just use one of the free apps for your phone / tablett....pull the Ribbon slightly . done .
Mainly i use this on plein air work to level the easle if needed.
Ps.: to the right you see my wash board
Glas cups from the fifties for Blues - Greens - Yellows
Plastic cups for all the others ...
2 of the Workhorses Brush
Nr.: 10 B Cosmotop Mix B , Nr.: 8 Maestro Da Vinci ,
DYI Tip : Two cuts with a soldering iron gives a nice well in a plastic cup :)......the Woodbord is a former Carpe Diem Softdrink display .
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